# Am I the only one who can't stand rings on my fingers? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 23, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568 "2008-04-23T17:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/1 "2008-04-23T17:42:22Z")
It’s not an aesthetic issue by one of comfort. I’ve tried rings that fit perfectly and comfortably until I go to pick up something that’s fairly heavy or unwieldy that requires a solid grip and the metal of the ring mashes into the flesh of my fingers, and it’s extremely uncomfortable. How do other people do it? Doesn’t it hurt? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/2 "2008-04-23T17:44:08Z")
No rings, no watch. On occasion I’ll wear a man-necklace, but only with certain attire. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/3 "2008-04-23T17:44:09Z")
I’m another non-ring wearer, although my husband happily wears his wedding ring which seems to amuse people when they realise. For me, it’s because my chubby fingers aren’t suited to rings - my fingers are chubbier at the base than at the knuckle so the only way for a ring to stay on is if it is really tight, which I’m not comfortable with. Plus I play the piano and it just upsets the way my hands feel. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/4 "2008-04-23T17:45:03Z")
I feel uncomfortable if I DON’T have my rings on. Same with my watch. Just habit I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/5 "2008-04-23T17:47:52Z")
I feel uncomfortable if I don’t have a certain bracelet that I wear every day on, on my left wrist, but I hate wearing rings, too! I like the way they look, but they just feel…odd. ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/6 "2008-04-23T18:18:38Z")
I’ve worn a variety of rings on a particular finger for 20yrs now. I feel weird without one. It did take my husband several weeks to get used to his wedding band, but now he doesn’t notice it. It helped that it is a “comfort fit” band (slightly rounded in the inside to minimize pinching). I think it’s a matter of getting past the initial weirdness to the point where you don’t notice it. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/7 "2008-04-23T18:20:52Z")
Rings freak me out ever since I heard about “ring avulsion injuries” (Google at your own risk). ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/8 "2008-04-23T18:22:32Z")
Once I get used to the ring, it’s a complete non-issue for me. There’s a weird period of adjustment while I get used to it (one I’m facing starting this weekend, in fact). The bells on my toes are a major annoyance, though. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/9 "2008-04-23T18:42:20Z")
I miss wearing my wedding band. Over the years, I got used to checking for its existence with my thumb (making sure it hadn’t slipped off, y’know), and even now, almost a decade after its post-divorce removal, at least once a week I’ll casually tap my thumb over and panic because there’s no ring there. Overall, I’ve found that I not only get used to wearing things off-center, but I come to expect them, and feel naked without them. I feel wrong without a wristwatch, still miss my wedding band, and if I have to carry my wallet in the “wrong” pocket, I feel like I’m so off-balance that I’ll topple as I walk (I’m apparently the only right-hander to carry his wallet in the right back pocket-- dress pants don’t often take left-handers or folks like me into account). ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/10 "2008-04-23T19:29:05Z")
Wearing my wedding ring was agonizing for the first few months. I couldn’t stand it. After a year of wearing it, I got used to it, and now it feels weird if I’m not wearing it. I guess that means I can never get divorced, since it would take me years to get used to not wearing a ring any more. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/11 "2008-04-23T19:30:11Z")
I don’t like to wear rings or watches. First thing I do when I get home is take my wallet and keys out of my pants pockets. Less is more. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/12 "2008-04-23T19:43:59Z")
I can’t wear a ring for very long, but that’s because my hands are all burn-scar tissue from a childhood accident; the skin won’t callous and is easily irritated. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lovely\_Margo\_Lane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@The\_Lovely\_Margo\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lovely_Margo_Lane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/13 "2008-04-23T20:16:34Z")
The webbing between my fingers goes up really far- like 2/3 of the way to my lower knuckle when I splay my fingers. This means that rings cut into the skin painfully when I move my fingers around. My fiance has had to take a lot of shit about it since we set the date- “where’s the ring? where’s the ring?” It’s gotten really old. I probably wouldn’t want one anyhow, I work with my hands and I’m not fastidious enough to take care of something so precious. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/14 "2008-04-23T20:22:33Z")
I is one of those guys who tend to sweat upon anything that I wear. Consequently, I wear no ring, watch or chain. And I don’t like wearing shoes neither. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/15 "2008-04-23T20:42:31Z")
For those who don’t like rings, could you be persuaded to wear [these?](http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/cat-5-wedding-rings-help-nerds-couple/) ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/16 "2008-04-23T20:59:22Z")
I love rings, although I only wear one per hand. (I have friends who can carry off that gypsy-look of having a ring on almost every finger, but it isn’t for me.) The heavier/bigger the better. I actually enjoy the weight/feel of them, and my hands feel naked when I forget to wear them. (They change depending on my mood.) Same for my fairly heavy/chunky charm bracelet; I like the weight of it on my arm. Maybe I’m weird. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/17 "2008-04-23T21:15:02Z")
I like wearing rings, but I’m really picky and I can rarely find ones that fit unless I have them specially ordered. (The last time I wore a ring slightly too big for me I almost broke a finger when the stupid thing got caught on something.) The one on my right middle finger I’ve been wearing for years so I barely noticed it’s there. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/18 "2008-04-23T21:28:08Z")
Another person that can’t wear rings, but I can wear a watch for short periods. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/19 "2008-04-23T21:57:35Z")
My dad lost the top of his ring finger (above the base joint) when he was in high school. His class ring got caught on the top of a chain link fence he was climbing over. He’s definitely averse to rings. You would think I would be averse to rings. I’m not. Susan ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568/20 "2008-04-23T22:14:42Z")
I was expecting a “bells on your toes” reference within the first 5 posts. How disappointing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-cant-stand-rings-on-my-fingers/446568.md?page=2)