the ring thing

[metaphortunate]

Do you wear a wedding ring? Or a ring on the fourth finger of your left hand? If so, do you notice any difference in the way people treat you when you’re wearing it vs. when you’re not?

This question brought to you by the guy who was so very friendly yesterday, like making paper airplanes to amuse a grumpy sick little toddler friendly, like get off at the wrong stop because you just think you’ll sleep a little better if that guy that is soooo friendly maybe doesn’t know exactly what street you live on kind of friendly. Huh, I thought, that’s odd, I don’t get that much anymore, I really thought I had aged out of that, especially what with the kids and all, and then it occurred to me: because of the eczema flareup, I have been wearing my wedding ring on a necklace instead of on my hand.

Huh.

Comments

[thistleingrey]

I've been wearing an unadorned titanium band since I was married a few years ago, but people did not tend to hit on me all through my twenties and early thirties. (Those few who did were prior acquaintances.) Now I'm idly curious what'd happen if I moved it, except that I'd have to explain the experiment to my daughter as well. Maybe in another year or two.

My mother (!), now a widow, continues wearing a random ring on her left hand's fourth finger specifically against attention. She doesn't want elderly men to offer to carry groceries to her car and so on, which I totally understand.

[laurajv]

My mother does this, too, with a claddagh her mother gave her. The only time she doesn't wear it is at work (she's a nurse).