Does your husband wear his wedding ring?

[tlew12778]

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Just curious. I guess it really depends on the speciality. Mine's in surgery and we just ordered our rings. He didn't really care what he got bc he's not planning on wearing it daily since he is in the OR most of the day. It doesn't bother me as I would rather he not wear it than lose it. He said none of the other surgeons on his team wear their rings.

Just wondering what everyone else's husbands do.

 

[Do.the.DO]

Just curious. I guess it really depends on the speciality. Mine's in surgery and we just ordered our rings. He didn't really care what he got bc he's not planning on wearing it daily since he is in the OR most of the day. It doesn't bother me as I would rather he not wear it than lose it. He said none of the other surgeons on his team wear their rings.

Just wondering what everyone else's husbands do.

My husband doesn't wear his but only because he dropped/lost it when he took it off while changing the oil in our car. (Thank goodness it wasn't nearly as expensive as my ring!)

Yes, he's a dork. But a lovable dork. 😍

 

[lakesidegirl]

When we got married last summer, my husband warned me that he might not be able to wear his ring all the time. But so far he hasn't had any problems about it in clinic or in hospital. I think surgery might be the only place that its a problem. I want him to wear it on any day that it wouldn't interfere with work, but I'd rather him leave it at home than in a locker at the hospital.

 

[Danger Man]

When we got married last summer, my husband warned me that he might not be able to wear his ring all the time. But so far he hasn't had any problems about it in clinic or in hospital. I think surgery might be the only place that its a problem. I want him to wear it on any day that it wouldn't interfere with work, but I'd rather him leave it at home than in a locker at the hospital.

I have a good friend who is a surgery resident and recently got married. His wife bought him a necklace to put his ring on while he is in the OR...I thought that was a pretty thoughtful, practical gift.

 

[Wifty]

My hubby takes off his ring as needed. When doing the surgery rotation, it had to be off quite a bit. The worry isn't so much losing it, as it is a place to hold germs and also increases the risk of puncturing a glove.

I really didn't mind at all.....any females wanting to flirt with him would have to be willing to look past the blood and gunk on his hands to see if he didn't have a ring. If they assumed wrongly.....I figured they deserved to try and flirt for all that extra work that they had to go to. LOL

With smiles,
Rebecca aka Wifty

 

[SaraL124]

Mine wears his everyday. He even made us go back home one time when we were out and he had forgotten it, so he could put it on. He wears it under the gloves and there is no danger of puncturing it because his ring is a solid smooth gold band with no stones.

 

[linden]

Mine also wears his all the time. I take mine off whenever I'm home and sometimes I forget to wear rings if I'm rushing in the morning. Both of our fathers lost their wedding rings in the first year of marriage and never work a ring. My best guess is that DH doesn't want to loose his ring (we don't have the whole surgery issue though).

 

[f_w]

During sterile procedures requiring surgical scrub of you hands, it is absolutely forbidden to wear any type of personal jewlery like rings or bracelets. The glove doesn't make a difference here.

People will often tie their wedding band into the drawstrings of their scrub-pants, a secure way to send it to hospital laundry one day.

If you need to wear a wedding band in order for people to know that you are married, maybe you should re-examine your interactions with members of the opposite sex.

 

[FDoRoML]

Hi,

I've been working in medical research for 10 years and have to do a lot of surgery... plus I'm starting med school this August with the intentions of becoming a surgeon... so I've dealt with this a lot. Yes, I always take off my ring to scrub and don my gloves... been married since 1999 and haven't lost it yet! I either slip it into my pocket or street shoe (good luck not noticing it when you go to put your shoes back on!) and when I'm in the regular OR, it goes on a chain around my neck.

It's not that I feel like I have to wear it to advertise my commitment (although I find it rather protective around some overworked residents!), but that I feel absolutely naked without it. If I take it off to shower and forget it... I often had that "I forgot something" feeling even if it takes me a while to figure out what it was I forgot! I think it's a comfort thing... I'm used ot it being there and out of sorts when it's not. (of course, in surgery, I am concentrating hard on the task at hand-- no pun intended-- so I don't notice it's not on).

And, hey, let's be honest here-- when you're working those long, hard days it's nice to look down at a ring (or a picture of your SO, or anything other symbol of your relationship) and remember that there is life outside of work and how wonderful and fortunate you are to have both!

 

[kassie]

Neither of us wore them during our surgical rotations as each of us threw it across the locker room at some point during the first days in the OR.

Otherwise he wears his every day.

I have forgotten it from time to time and have been "reminded" that I should wear it by patients by either an inappropriate comment or a patient trying to set me up with a sibling/friend. As a female I feel more comfortable with it on.

In the future, on the days when I am in the OR I will leave my rings at home or get a strong necklace.

 

[tussin]

My wife is an OB/GYN resident. She obviously can't wear them during surgery and a lot of times when on the floor, but pretty much wears them the rest of the time.

 

[mshheaddoc]

He wears it (grudgingly) but I'm expected with his surgery rotations in the coming months that he's going to get a chain. I'm actually thinking of getting him one! 🙂

 

[doctawife]

I'm in peds, so I only very rarely need to take off my ring. I did, however, make sure that my husband bought an engagement ring/wedding ring combo that was not pointy - there will be no glove-perforation here!

The funny thing is that I've been married since 2000... and I still get people asking, "is that ring new, when did you get married?" I wear my ring every day. So the protective service of rings is somewhat in doubt.

 

[bananaface]

he's going to get a chain.

👍

Be sure it comes with a ball.

 

[mshheaddoc]

👍

Be sure it comes with a ball.

but of course

 

[Realtime]

My husband doesn't wear his ring in the OR and leaves it at home on days when he knows he'll be in the OR a lot. Other than that it stays on. I don't mind. It took me two years to consistently remember to put my ring on after showering. So I know it doesn't indicate a lack of love. Also, as an intern, he spends more time doing notes/discharges/rounds than in the OR so it is on most of the time.

This is a guy who definitely doesn't need the ring to advertise his commitment. He took the US of our first kid to school to show off - proud new daddy. OMG, yes, another lovable Dork.

 

[bsw]

If you need to wear a wedding band in order for people to know that you are married, maybe you should re-examine your interactions with members of the opposite sex.


I agree. If youre married and committed to your spouse, do you really need to rely on a ring. Just my thought. I am not married but committed to someone.

 

[dancelover]

I'm the medical student, not my husband, but thought i'd chime in here. My husband has a job in which he works with machinery, so no, he doesn't wear his ring at work. He does when we go out socially. I wear mine almost all the time b/c i like it and feel more comfortable with it on.

When I did my surgery rotation as a third year, I initially tied it onto my scrub pants. On one surgery, i didn't tie the knot well enough and the ring slipped off. I would have never even known until later, but one of the scrub nurses, while cleaning up, said "Does this belong to anyone?!" Last time I ever wore it until the end of that rotation! It was a pediatric burn surgery and I'm still amazed (and so grateful) the nurse even found it amongst all the nasty stuff accumulated during a surgery of that type.

 

[LiveLoveFartRepeat]

If you need to wear a wedding band in order for people to know that you are married, maybe you should re-examine your interactions with members of the opposite sex.


I agree. If youre married and committed to your spouse, do you really need to rely on a ring. Just my thought. I am not married but committed to someone.

I totally agree on not letting the ring define the marriage...My husband and I are pretty liberal on the subject...sometime we both don't wear them for weeks...sometimes we have them on for 2 days..or just one of us remember that there is such thing called a wedding ring in the house and wear it for few hours..anyway you got the picture..

Also, we live apart in different countries most of the time...so if one of us start stressing about rings....it's the beginning of the end..what an ideal setting for cheating..than being apart for so long and so far...so you understand that the wearing our ring or not is the least of our problems....
Most of the time people are surprised when they approach me to learn that I am married and have a baby living somewhere on this planet..

It seems that I do not look like a married person or a mother!!! unstead of the ring..I may start wearing T-shirt with my son pics on it!!!! 😍

May because we dated so long...7 years..and are married for less than a year...so ring..for us it's like..which ring...ahh!!! the wedding ring honey hihihi