I don’t know if it is a phobia, but I cannot stand to wear a ring, braclet or watch or necklace…I tend to fidget when I wear them, and unconscioulsy take them off and put them on, and off and on, to the point other where other people tell me to stop doing that!
So I stopped. Many many years ago. I have a pocket watch that that is it. Someone gave me a watch a few years ago “I noticed you didn’t have one” and I gamely tried to wear it, but before long it drove me nuts again. How can I describe it - I am just “aware” that I am wearing it and some part of me is ripping it off.
I’m the same way. I don’t wear rings, necklaces or bracelets. I also use a pocketwatch. I work with my hands and use tools all day and I don’t like having anything on my hands or around my wrists, I don’t even like to wear long-sleeved shirts or sweaters.
If you’re forming a club, count me in. However, I do wear a wristwatch, though I can barely stand it and take it off very chance I get. Thereby I am constantly in danger of losing it.
If I ever get married, I don’t know how I’ll ever stand wearing a wedding ring. Maybe I won’t have to.
I’m a jewelry fidgiter also.
I’ve lost more earring backs than I care to count, because of taking them off/putting them on/taking them off/putting them on.
If I wear a bracelet, I constantly notice it bumping into my desktop.
I chalk it up to not usually wearing jewelry, so being constantly aware of it when I do.
I don’t like wearing anything either. Not even a watch. Wouldn’t wear a wedding ring if I didn’t “have to”. At least its titanium and so light I don’t notice it.
She told me she loved me like a brother. She was from Arkansas, hence the Joy!
Not phobic, but I don’t wear jewelry for religious reasons (Adventists don’t wear jewelry except for wedding bands and sometimes not even then). What is interesting is that I used to make jewelry and a good job I did too.
I haven’t worn a watch since Mickey died. I had the neatest watch, it was plastic, didn’t fit snug, and had a cover over the face. It was great since to tell time I had to lift the cover therefore I didn’t clock watch. Well it died and unfortunately it was in a sealed case so the battery was not replaceable. I have not been able to find anything like it since, so I go watchless even though I have been given numerous ones.
Oh, and I don’t wear watches as a principle… I steadfastly reject the notion of shackling myself to a clock.
For the longest time, I carried no timepiece, and therefore got extremely good at estimating the current time, and elapsed time, up to a couple hours. I also got very good at reading other people’s watches.
Now I carry a cellphone, and that’s enough of a leash… at least it has an off switch. If I really need to consult a clock, I can look at my phone.
I have nothing against watches, bracelets, or necklaces, but I do not like rings – I’m scared they will get stuck on my finger and I won’t be able to get them off. If I ever marry, I think we’ll exchange tickets to Australia or something.
Many members of my family belong to a church that doesn’t believe in jewelry at all. Not even wedding rings. But somehow wristwatches are okay. So even though I don’t belong, as a tip of my hat to my family, I don’t wear jewelry, and go one better: no wristwatch. I just don’t understand how people stand those things on their arms. If that makes me phobic…
Count me in too. I’ve often wondered what the hell I would do if I got married. Hopefully the future Bruce_Mommy will be happy with a tattooed ring. :dubious:
God, I know exactly where you’re coming from. I have large finger joints (and crooked fingers) and I’m always worried that I won’t be able to get the ring back off. In fact, I have had exactly that problem with the few rings I’ve tried. Cold water is my friend…
I don’t mind my wedding ring or my watch, but I can’t wear earrings, and I rarely bother with necklaces. I do fidget with my wedding band occasionally, usually when I’m bored or pensive, and I feel naked if I forget to wear it. But I can do without other adornments.
A watch is jewelry? No no no—a watch is a useful device. Next you’ll be telling me that a doctor’s stethoscope is jewelry because he wears it around his neck like a necklace.
I’m not jewelry-phobic, but I am highly jewelry-ignorant. I’m male, and when I was growing up, the only men I was aware of wearing jewelry (other than wedding rings) were pirates (with their earrings) and Mr. T.
I’m the opposite of all of you – I feel naked if I’m not wearing at least earrings when I leave the house (and I prefer to wear a matched earring/necklace set); I used to be the same way about wearing a watch, but since becoming self-employed I’ve relaxed a little on that point. (I should add that I make and sell jewelry, so wearing it is a bit of advertising, but I was like this before I started making my own.)
I have three wrist watches, all given to me, but I never wear them. I have a pocket watch which I will carry if I absolutely need it, but haven’t done so more than once or twice in the last 3-5 years. I also own several (personalized) bracelets given to me over the years, but never wear them.
It was a major big deal for me to wear a wedding ring, a point made to my wife to tell her how serious I took it.
I’m not a big jewelry person, either. I always have to wear a watch and my high school ring, though. I feel naked without them. I’m allergic to most earrings, and necklaces and bracelets just bother me most of the time. I don’t really dress up enough to justify wearing them, anyway. If I try to wear something valuable, I am always afraid of losing it.
I’m in the club, too - I only wear a watch and my wedding ring for business situations and formal social events. I really don’t like wearing them…fortunately, my wife is cool with the ring thing…