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Don''t have mine yet, but I have always envisioned myself NEVER taking it off - wearing it to bed, in the shower, etc. From what I gather from reading here, this isn''t common? I hear a lot of "If she plans to wear it every day,"or "I want a durable, low sitting ring because I plan to wear it daily," etc, as if daily wear is the exception, not the rule.

Just curious - Do most of you wear your e-rings every single day? Do any of you wear them to sleep / in the shower? Is this not wise? Do some of you only wear your ring on special occasions or with specific outfits?
 
I wore my engagement ring most of the time. I don't/didn't show with it or sleep with it on. BUT, I always put it in the same little house.
 
I don't have my engagement ring (yet! niceice is working on that for me... *crosses fingers*), but I have an heirloom engagement ring. I wear it all the time, showering, sleeping, working... just not during martial arts or rock climbing. I am, however, wearing a ring which is low-set, with a smallish diamond, with little diamonds set coming up to the center stone so that there's not much to catch on anything. It's very practical and pretty, and very much influenced what I wanted in a ring. It's also platinum, so I don't feel I have to worry about it.

If you have white gold, watch out for bleach and household chemicals, I'm not sure about yellow gold... In any case, everyone in my family wears their engagement rings (including the heirloom ones) almost all of the time. There are some times, like camping trips or working in homeless shelters, when my mom has worn her wedding ring alone, which seems like a good idea.
 
I wear them most of the time. I don't wear them in the shower or sleeping or in the ocean. I don't wear them when I do sports that require gripping or gloves, like biking, skiing or golf. My jeweler recommended that I take them off in the kitchen (this is after I beat up a setting and chipped the side stones), saying the many hard surfaces are hard on it. I also find it tough to keep it clean when cooking so I often slide them off momentarily.
 
I thought when i got it i would wear it non stop! i do that with all my other jewelry..but i guess this is just not "all other jewelry"... i take very careful care of my ering..i wear it everyday, but take it off before i clean, cook, wash dishes, or anything active like sports or garden work. i never thought that would be me, as i had a promis ring before that never ever came off. oh, and i dont sleep with it one either. my work requires me to wear gloves sometimes too, so i take it off then as well.
its really personal preference...i think mara kickboxes with hers on!
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I wear my ring daily, practically everywhere, I've even worn it when I coach swimming or do yoga. Sometimes I wear it when I shower, sometimes I dont. I've started occasionally wearing it to sleep, eversince I had it sized down to fit my finger and I don't have to use the uncomfortable ring guard anymore. However, for safety, I don't even bring it along when I go on holiday to certain destinations.

I have a high-ish 4 prong setting from Stuller.
 
I just got my e-ring Thursday so I must admit I'm a little crazy and take it off just to wash my hands (so many people are seeing it for the first time each day that I want it to be perfect), but there will, I'm sure, come a day when I won't take it off before showering or going to bed. My mom never takes hers off, but said she did when she first got it, and I'm thinking that may be the norm with people here--eventually. I don't ever see myself wearing my ring in the ocean or at times when I know I'm going to be extremely messy (painting or kneading dough), but other than that I expect to be wearing it more once I'm married.
 
I am trying to figure this out too... During the past 3 days, i of course haven't taken it off at all!! But realistically, i know i'll have to once i get back down to earth and have to do mundane stuff like cleaning. Any opinions on this topic appreciated!!
 
This post is very well timed. I say that the Future Mrs. VH should take it off prior to showering, washing dishes, cleaning, etc. for safety AND for cleanliness. All that grime mussies up my beautiful purchase. I see no reason why you need to take it off during sleep hours.

Of course, she refuses to let it go. I tried to take it off her (for fun) and she clamped down and almost broke my finger!
 
When I first got my Ering (10 years ago!) I wore it all the time...I was so excited to have it & be engaged! But then i started collecting anniversary bands, and wore the original ering & band (RB with yellow gold channel setting) less often. I had the original yellow gold ering & matching band re-set into platinum last summer, so I wear it more now since many of my anniversary bands are in platinum. However, most of the time, I still wear a couple wedding bands stacked, and wear the ering on my right hand.

I've grown to realy like the look of a couple of chunky wedding bands and nothing else. It's a personal preference.
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Since I've always wanted a princess, I am planning to get one for my 10 yr wedding anniversay in an ering-style ...I am sure THAT will rejuvinate my interest in the Ering
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This is so interesting! With my friends (including my mom), everyone seemed to take their ring off a lot more to protect it when they first got it, and then tended to not think about it and leave it on no matter what they were doing (they just got them cleaned more frequently). Hearing that people aren't taking them off in the beginning is so interesting! I would think that, with the knowledge of how much money is sitting on their finger, more women would be extra careful early on! Is it a matter of size/setting that determines whether people leave them on more? Just wondering because I don't think it would be the most comfortable thing for me to go to bed with my little piece of carbon on!
 
I ordered the ring as a 4.75 and it was loose from day one, I was sent ring guards by GOG but I never took to them as they were uncomfortable and made wearing the e-ring a hassle. I thus had a tendency to leave the ring off more often, especially when I was at home.

Eversince I had it sized down, I've been wearing the ring much more often and as I posted above, daily, almost everywhere. For me, it's not the height of the setting or the setting itself that's uncomfortable but rather because initially, it didn't fit and that deterred me from wearing it.

When I do wear it to sleep, it doesn't bother me or seem as if I have a foreign object on my hand that has to be taken off!
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On 6/23/2004 12:05:00 PM researcher wrote:

This is so interesting! With my friends (including my mom), everyone seemed to take their ring off a lot more to protect it when they first got it, and then tended to not think about it and leave it on no matter what they were doing (they just got them cleaned more frequently). Hearing that people aren't taking them off in the beginning is so interesting! -----------
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Not here. I've been doing the same routine with my "engagement" ring for well over 20 years! I am just as careful now as I was then. I take it off at night for comfort as I sleep on my side - the indentation isn't a pretty site! Also, I never take it off *unless* I am in the house. IT LIVES IN THE SAME GEM BOX EVERY TIME - and not near the sink! I usually take it off when I am cleaning. I take it off at night around dinner time preparation. I put it on again after my morning shower. Diamonds are grunge magnets.

I do wear it all the time outside the house.
 
"little piece of carbon"? Your diamond is HUGE. You could hurt someone with it if you're not careful.
 
I'm more careful with my ring now than I was 20 years ago. Originally, I NEVER wanted to take it off, and DH told me I souldn't have to due to a diamond's hardness. That didn't pay off. I broke a prong on my first setting, and really bashed up the next one, including chipping some side stones. The jeweler (Joe Escobar) helped me select a new setting based on "durability". He joked, but also meant it. Now, even tho I really like wearing it (my upgrade last year really rejuvinated that
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), I make myself leave it in it's case sometimes. Then it is a treat to put it back on.
 
That's the problem, ep6585 (although I amazingly enough don't think my diamond is that big--even though it's been called an ice skating rink))! When I first got it I didn't want to take it off when I went to bed, but it was leaving a horrible impression in my cheek or jamming into my other arm...it just wasn't comfy. The price of beauty!
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I take it off only to sleep but lately I have been lax about putting it on...since I am at home most of the day...and the dog likes to chew on it.
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I wear my engagement ring pretty much all the time, except when I'm in the shower (that's when I soak it in cleaner every day) or when I'm about to clean really gross dishes or use cleaning chemicals. When it's off, it always goes into my jewelry box. I sleep with it on and workout with it on. Oh- I did take it off last weekend when we went to visit an animal sanctuary. I was afraid that the chickens, horses, sheep, goats, and pigs would attack me, and they sort of did. I got trampled and hooved by a greedy goat (it has left a surgical looking scar on my stomach), got nudged by an even greedier mule, which literally threw me off my feet into my fiance, he got bitten by a horse he was feeding an apple to, and my sister got bitten by a sweet-looking lamb named Clover!

I also have my fiance's grandmother's wedding set from the 40s, which I take off quite often and when I sleep. It's delicate and a very thin setting.
 
Funny - I didn't think I'd EVER take it off, but I prefer to sleep with it off because my hands swell terribly in the night. Then it's hard to get it off for my morning cleaning without irritating my knuckles.




So, I take mine off before bed. In the morning, I shower, dress, and use all my nasty hair products.....and THEN I clean my ring (scrub with a toothbrush and sudsy cleaner) and put it on. It's the last thing I do before leaving the house (or on weekends, before leaving the bathroom.)
 
Then, why don't you clean it at night, before putting it away before you go to sleep? Then you can put it back on after you finish getting ready?
 
I wear my ring all the time - sleeping, showering and I wear rubber gloves when I clean (which is hardly ever).


Maybe if I get a special place for it, and develop a routine, I'll take it off.


But I'm afraid I'll lose it!
 
I almost always put things in the same place (can we say obsessive compulsive?). If I can get the GF (oops fiancee) to do this, I'd be set.
 
One suggestion: I keep a small jewelry pouch in my purse so that if I need/want to take them off when I am out, I have a safe place to keep them. It works great, and I always put them in the same place that way.

At home, I put them into or next to the cleaner jar. I'm not obsessive -- can you say scattered -- so habits are important or they will be gone, and DH will be telling yet another "dumb Lop" story.
 
I go through phases. Sometimes I wear my eng & wedding rings for an entire week then the following week, I don't wear either at all. For showering and all that I take my rings off so they don't get all gunked up with shampoo and stuff.
 


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On 6/23/2004 3:56:08 PM verticalhorizon wrote:





Then, why don't you clean it at night, before putting it away before you go to sleep? Then you can put it back on after you finish getting ready?

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The important point isn't when I decided to clean it....it really doesn't matter. The point was.....there are many morning activities that I prefer not to wear my ring for (shampooing, showering, heavy hairspray and hair products, etc), so I need my ring off in the morning. Since my hands swell during the night making it difficult to remove the ring in the morning, I've found it's easier to remove it prior to sleeping.



The point isn't when I clean it...it's when I remove it, and that's at night.






 
I take mine off the minute I walk in my house. And they go back on the minute I go to leave the house. Daboyzdaddy bought me a beautiful little mohagany jewelry box for our anniversary that I keep in the kitchen and always know where they are.

I use to work in the jewelry business and would get people in to clean their rings and they were so proud they "wore them all the time". And let me just tell you, OMG you could tell they did. I can't even begin to describe the amount of goodness-knows-what I would scrub out of these things.
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Not to mention the bent prongs or loose stones as well. So hence the reason I chose to take mine off...lol.
 
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I take mine off the minute I walk in my house. And they go back on the minute I go to leave the house. ----------------
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That's so funny because I do the same thing! I take of all my jewelery the minute I get home. (I also change in to my PJ's the minute I get home too). I've done that since about the day I got my e-ring. I NEVER wear any jewelery whatsoever when i shower or sleep because I just find it very uncomfortable. I don't cook or clean with rings on for the same reason.

These days, I've been wearing only my wedding band most of the time. I'd say I wear my wedding band and e-ring together maybe 3 days out of the week. I hardly ever wear my wedding ring, e-ring and right hand ring all together anymore.
 
OMG- I never ever take it off (well, when I'm not "between rings"...lol)....Never...doing dishes, scrubbing the toilet, making meatloaf (gross...well, ok, maybe when making meatloaf)...I shower with it, sleep with it...I never take any of my stuff off...I sleep with it all on...but then maybe that's why it's almost never clean...if I'm going out for something special, I'll pry it off and clean it....Between the time I got married to about 1 1/2 years ago, I "porked up" rather nicely and always had the ring on so that it was so tight I couldn't get it off. One day I mentioned it to a jeweler who took one look at my finger and told me that he had to cut it off right away (platinum!!!! omg)...but I was changing the setting anyway...
 
I wear my ring daily. I do not prepare food wearing my rings nor do I sleep/shower wearing them. When I participate in camping, exercise or sports, I wear a simple platinum band I purchased for that reason.

When I am out as a grown-up and my kids are not with me, I wear my anniversary eternity band too. I could never wear that band daily because it would become channel set ruby, diamond and playdoh!
 
I almost always take my rings off when I get home. I can't stand to sleep in any jewelry and I take them off when I wash my hands and put on handcream. You have to be careful, though...When we were in Florida last month, I was putting on hand cream in the car and had my wedding ring on my lap. My hubby decided to drop us at the curb and then go park. I hopped out of the car and heard a "plink." Thank goodness I heard that or the ring would have been lost!
 
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