When you meet a new friend, a colleuge at work, anyone new .. do you notice if they are wearing a wedding or engagment ring?

Is it important that your spouse wears the wedding ring or you dont care?

Why would one's spouse not wear the wedding ring?

In our culture at least, that usually means he or she wants to fool around.

My father and his father never wore rings of any kind because they thought it wasn't masculine. So, I guess that makes a kind of sense. But I wear one, of course. They had no religion and I am Catholic and we wear wedding rings.

Some people have an skin irritation problem and can't wear rings without hurting themselves. It's okay for them, I guess, but maybe they should wear it around their necks on a chain or something. There should be a public declaration that you are married...but then I'm approaching it from a Christian perspective where a husband is "taken" and "not available" if he's married. I guess it doesn't have to be the same with Muslims.

I think i wouldn't care but ppl tell me you would later :os

i would notice on a friend of mine i haven't met for a while just to open the right topics ;)

Not really sweety, I am married and I dont care if I wear the ring or not .. and my husband dont care if I do or not .. my husband doesnt even have a wedding ring :p

Jeff, I get what you are saying .. and I understand that in your culture people do look at the hands to check if the person is avaliable or not .. I dont think it happens here in Oman .. at least not me .. this is why I opened this thread asking if others care or not..

When we got married, I had ordered the rings, both Gold. Both matching.

with two colour golds like this one.. :cute:

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8438/web1qq2.jpg

To me it symbolises how him and I are different but united none the less. And it would make me very upset if he removed it. On our last anniversary, I bought him a silver one on the same design.. because he never wore the gold one to prayers and during Ramadan.. (because gold is forbidden for men..(?) ) and it works out better so he doesn't damage the original with wear and tear..


Since I got married myself, I do kind of notice wedding bands on people more often.. To me, they are symbolic.. like a proclamation to the world of one's vows to another person..

Here is an awkward question, but one I've always wondered about.. in muslim tradition, a man who marries a second and third wife gets a new wedding ring each time? One from each wive?

I don't think I'd notice because I hardly ever notice little things like that. When my turn comes, I might wear the ring for a while but then I'd get bored of it at toss it off somewhere or the other. My future husband however must always keep his on to remember that he's a married man at all times. :6: No not really lol, as long as I don't keep mine, he has the right to do the same too.
My grandmother never takes her wedding ring off because she believes that taking it off is bad news!

Men are not allowed to wear gold.

Anyways, I do not notice such stuff, just notice the nice diamond/ruby etc rings on some women ;)

To me, rings are just accessories. You already proved how much that person means to you by marying him/her.

It depends on which finger you wear one =) Every finger has its own interpretation. And yes I do notice.

Not really sweety, I am married and I dont care if I wear the ring or not .. and my husband dont care if I do or not .. my husband doesnt even have a wedding ring :p

Jeff, I get what you are saying .. and I understand that in your culture people do look at the hands to check if the person is avaliable or not .. I dont think it happens here in Oman .. at least not me .. this is why I opened this thread asking if others care or not..

Good for him.

I don't notice..
If I do get married I'd wear mine at all times, lol well except maybe when I'm cooking.. kneading dough? :D or cleaning the toilet! :p
I'd like my spouse to wear his always too :cute:

I don't notice... and I don't really want to wear one myself lol. Wearing things on my hands (bracelets, rings, watches.. you name it) is only done for special occasions. There's no way I could keep a ring on all day :os A toe ring maybe :D

I don't know yet if it'd be important to me that he wears it, I guess its up to him.

When you meet a new friend, a colleuge at work, anyone new .. do you notice if they are wearing a wedding or engagment ring?

Is it important that your spouse wears the wedding ring or you dont care?

Yeah i always notice if someone's wearing a ring..hehe..and personally it would mean A LOT to me if in the future inshallah my spouse wears his wedding ring..:rolleyes:

actually i do notice if someone is wearing a ring or not.. and to me its important that my husband wears his wedding ring at all times. i think its partially so that people recognise him as a married man.. and secondly because its a sentimental thing.. my husband has his wedding band made out of silver with my name around it and i have one with his name which i wear all the time in addition to my wedding rings.

I don't notice it mainly because I didn't start 'hunting' yet. :P

Well, if someone grabs my attention I tend to sneak a peak at the hands looking for that ring..

I would wear the ring and would want my hubby to do too :)
Atleast for the first 2..3..10 years :p

i never notice! even when im interested in smeone! :p i guess not many ppl wear it so you can't be sure if he's taken or not :dev:

i'd wear it and i'd like it if he wore it too! :cute:

My Thoughts Are Similiar To Blind Melon's.

I know of some single women who purposely wear rings on their left hand because they don't want to be asked out or harassed or whatever...
Or maybe they just like it when people start "assuming" that behind that ring there's a boyfriend, fiancee or husband..

It depends on the colleuge, I dont care to look to her fingers til I know that
I'm interested in that gurl at the first time **

I prefer not to wear such things ...**
If I'm interested in the gurl then i dont care if she's wearing the ring or not !!

I might notice if that person is special like a close friend but if they were anyone else i wouldn't really care..unless it was a hot looking guy! :p lol just kiddin
is it important for my spouse to wear his ring? of course it is!:yes:

When you meet a new friend, a colleuge at work, anyone new .. do you notice if they are wearing a wedding or engagment ring?

Is it important that your spouse wears the wedding ring or you dont care?

I would notice, it would be part of the analysis of how that person is presenting him/herself. And a good method to know an info about the person, though it doesnt have to be accurate or totally reliable. But an indication to something in a way or another.

Important? I do care, but it isn't important. In the end it's her finger not mine :p

I don't notice.. or maybe when I am married and when I am wearing a ring, I would start noticing. However, I wouldn't mind if my husband didn't want to wear a ring.

I notice, and I think it's very important that I wear it, and he does too. We're making a statement to the world that we are reserved for each other, and only for each other!!! lol

Or maybe they just like it when people start "assuming" that behind that ring there's a boyfriend, fiancee or husband..
and why would they want to do that.. eventually they wanna get married for real right :think:

well noticing the ring would be very interesting.. a person would tend to adjust they way he approaches the girl based on that i guess..

well ya she have to wear it i think.. and i will defenately be wearing one too.. kiss it every now and then when she is not around to kiss her ;)

I never really bother...

To me it symbolises how him and I are different but united none the less. And it would make me very upset if he removed it. On our last anniversary, I bought him a silver one on the same design.. because he never wore the gold one to prayers and during Ramadan.. (because gold is forbidden for men..(?) ) and it works out better so he doesn't damage the original with wear and tear..

Wearing Gold is forbidden for men in Islam not just while praying and fasting but all times.


Here is an awkward question, but one I've always wondered about.. in muslim tradition, a man who marries a second and third wife gets a new wedding ring each time? One from each wive?

Wearing a ring is not Islamic, so if he got 4 rings he can keep it or sell it :hyper:

well in school .. sometimes i do notice ,, depends on my mood or the other guy's lookings ..

when you point a finger at someone ,, three fingers will point at you .. so for me i will try my best to wear my wedding ring ,, cause i would love to see my wife wearing hers ,, in my opinion it shows that she always care about it :D

Never! :mmhmm: Call me blind but I don't notice or look for a ring..

Naaa I don't bother.

I'd want my partner to put on the ring all the time...'cause I know I won't be taking mine off. And anyway, who wouldn't wanna show off a gigantic tiffany ring and make other girls burn with jealousy lol

I'd wear my wedding ring at all times :) but i wont let my husband wear a ring cuz its weird and not masculine:no: . I think all types of rings look ugly on guys.

I don't think I used to notice the ring because most of my collegues are young but recently I started to after finding what about a couple of girls in my college being married and engaged! So now I do have a look on those fingers.

As for my spouse, although I have never thought about it, I think I would like her to wear a ring. Of course, I am pretty sure she would want to wear the ring herself in the first place.

I don't notice rings on other girls but i'd wear mine all the time.

I'd only notice it if it were a big ol honker ... 2+ carrots

I'd only notice it if it were a big ol honker ... 2+ carrots
Then you better make sure your wife gets a huge stone too. You don't want guys not noticing she's married and all that LOL :D

Actually, I think you should also call my husband. Give him a few ideas for 2+ carrot anniversary gifts. :hyper: (and by this, I don't mean a trip to the veggie man)