When we were getting married, I couldn’t believe the number of women who insisted I had to get him a wedding ring and force him to wear it at least for the ceremony. I thought that was sort of ridiculous. Why waste the money on something he’d wear for one day under duress and spend the rest of his life resenting?

He does work with electricity a lot - which may well have been the reason your repairman didn’t wear a wedding ring. It can easily become a sort of lightning rod and get him electrocuted.

If a man’s honorable, he’ll be just as married without a ring as with one. If he’s not, a dozen rings won’t stop him straying…and it’s the same with women.

I love my wedding and engagement rings. I wear them with pride. I know my guy is proud to be married to me. He just doesn’t like to wear jewelry. I’m fine with that. After all, he’s never strayed and when we’re out in public together, he still holds my hand because he enjoys being close to me.

A ring isn’t particularly feminine any more than it’s particularly masculine. It’s merely symbolic. I think it’s up to each individual to choose whether the standard symbol is one they wish to use or not.

For my guy, the symbol meaningless, but what the ring usually symbolizes means the world to him. And you know, if I was going to get one half without the other, I think that was the way to have it.