lol! I can't stay away! well I spent waaaay less time on here today than yesterday.
About the rings: no one has ever said anything to me about not wearing a wedding ring. When I was pregnant, I bet people assumed my fingers were too swollen (they were). After the baby was born, I never put a ring on but people that didn't know about my sitch still never thought anything of it. Truthfully, the ring didn't fit so I figured I would say that if someone asked.
I asked WH to give me his ring last April. He wrote some sloppy sentimental note that said something about how he wanted it back some day to always remember and cherish the special years we had together. ???? I still have it. He was worried I was going to throw it away! Something I always wondered about was if I didn't ask him to give it to me, would he have kept wearing it to put up a front? I doubt OW would like that much, lol!
I think you are right, Gatsby, that it was in my head about the perception! But I put the ring in my purse just in case I want it for another time. Once I am divorced, I will not wear the ring ever!
BD- yeah it is NONE of their business why you aren't wearing a ring! Sheesh! Some religions don't allow their followers to wear jewelry. And my parents (who are divorced now) didn't wear wedding rings ever. Never got around to buying them for each other. Weird, huh?
me,34 exH,34 S,16 months S:3/31/09-left for OW started DBing 10/09 d final: sometime 10/10 current: http://www.divorcebusting.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2022856&page=1 met in 2004