Unbridled

I was shocked at first, but he explained that he just doesn't like the way it feels on his finger. My brother, another newlywed, says he too found it to feel funny but is slowly getting accustomed to it. (Although, he said that he occasionally forgets to put it on in the morning and then comes home to a disapproving wife who has noticed the left-behind ring.)

So now that I'm calmer and can look at the situation more clearly, I can possibly see how a guy might not like wearing a ring. Granted, he will probably get used to the way it feels after a few weeks, but women start wearing jewelry at such a young age that we don't even think about how odd it must feel for a man to suddenly start wearing a ring.

And men's wedding rings are a relatively new trend. According to coolmensrings.ili1.com, the tradition didn't start until WWII when soldiers wore wedding rings to remind them of their new wives back home. After browsing the collection of articles on this site, I understood my fiance's feelings on the subject a little better.

I'm still not crazy about his decision. I like the idea of us both wearing our rings every day, but then again, we're not ten-year-olds who have to have matching jewelry in order for the other kids to know we're best friends, so maybe this isn't such a big deal. I just wish we had decided this before we purchased his not-so-cheap wedding ring!