Jewelry

[Desertdi]

One:    I love my wedding ring

Two:   This town is loaded with old geezers looking for a widow (preferably with money) to take care of them.     I've even been asked what my net worth is.........    They can place a want-ad for all I care.    Kitty and I will remain widows forever.

[Bird mama]

I was married to a man 18 years my senior.  I was widowed at the age of 44.  I knew then just like I know now, I won't be marrying again. 

[Kachina624]

My parents married in 1940, mom died in 2003 and dad in 2009.  Dad had never ever removed his wedding band.  I left it on his hand after his death but the funeral director took it off and gave it to me.  I'd intended it be cremated with him.

[Bird mama]

Kachina, that's why I am wearing my DH's rings on the middle finger of my right hand.  He was cremated and all metal had to be removed.

[Kachina624]

I didn't know that, birdmama.  I'm surprised they could get it off of him as it was paper thin and of course he was a little bigger then than he was in his 20's.

[chrystaltree]

When you are ready, think about switching to a band style ring that includes your late husband's birthstone.  When my mom was ready to stop wearing her wedding set, she opted for an emerald and diamond 5 stone band.  My dad's,birthday was in May and he proposed to her in May.  So the ring was a link to my dad.

[CatsyCline]

my doctor wears his own wdding band and his father's wedding band stacked together.

my mom wears her own band  and around her neck, a silver charm with my father's initials as a pendant. the initials were part of a keychain she had made for him as a wedding gift. she keeps his gold ring in a tiny sachet she made with potpurri. she  keeps this with her lingerie.  before he passed away, his ring was removed in the hospital by someone when he was ill. months later it "turned up"!

[catnipper]

Thank you all for your answers. I have no desire to get married again. So wearing my rings is kind of a message to that fact. 

[lobstergal]

I'm 48 and have been a widow since December 2013. I will never date or marry again and cannot fathom ever not wearing my wedding ring. My husband was cremated and I wear his wedding band on a long gold chain around my neck so it sits close to my heart at all times. 

[151949]

I was widowed at age 30.I wore my wedding ring for about 3 yyears,when I had started to date someone.Now I am 66,and married 32 years I think I would still wear my rings even if I was widowed. I do think it is a personal decision, and there is no rule.