For widows and widowers: Wedding bands?

[shades_of_idaho]

Originally Posted by Marble cake

Mine is right where it has always been, and there it will stay. My husband was the love of my life. He just died on May 25 of this year. I'm still so very heartbroken.

Aw Mine too Marblecake. Feeling the same as you. And not that anyone would be looking at old me it gives me a sense of security. I do not want to fend off an advance. Just leave me alone.

[AlaskaErik]

My wife's would go to her daughter. I hate wearing rings, so I don't have one.

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Marchon

It's a personal thing, no right or wrong, rings can mean nothing ya know - about behavior, character or anything else

Thanks for such an enlightening, comforting and supportive post!

[Luckystrike1]

My brother lost his wife in 2009 and he insists that he will never stop wearing the ring. He was firm against re-marrying. Let me add, though, that he was 78 when she passed on, and they were married 52 years. He is physically incredibly healthy and could have re-married, but he knows he could never replace his wife and he wasn't interested in starting over. That ring is probably glued on his hand for good.

[shades_of_idaho]

I just remembered some thing some one else did with a wide wedding band. There were three daughters. I think it was the Dad's ring. It was cut flattened cut in three pieces then some how a loop was mounted to the narrow end of each piece and the daughters wore their piece as a necklace. I would think the ring had to be large or had a nice design on it on the outside like my first husbands ring does.

[cleasach]

I still wear mine and they'll have to pry it off my cold, dead hand. I keep his in my jewelry box.