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@autumnlove: me too! I only wear mine when I'm out of the house.

I always take mine off at home.

It's braided, so I don't want to get any gunk in it by cooking or doing dishes or lotion. I have lost it a couple of times, so now I always put it into a little box on my dresser so I won't lose it.

I take mine off a couple of weeks ago to apply some sunscreen.

This morning when I put lotion on. There have been times I forgot to put it back on and i felt so naked!

I take mine off very often when at home but I'm super anal about putting it in the same place. These days because my ring hardly fit, I will go days without wearing them (hot/humid days)

I took my rings off the other night to put lotion on. I hate when they get gross. I also take them off if I'm going to be handling raw meat. I always put them right back on after I'm done & have washed my hands.

@mrbee: don't feel too bad about it going missing! It's happened to the best of us. DH's ring had fallen off in bed while he's sleeping. My engagement ring has a 6 prong setting that would catch in my hair in the shower and pave diamonds on the band, I knocked a couple of stones out of it so I was trying to be more careful & started taking it off to do things, took my rings off to shower & put them on a little table between the bedroom & bathroom, well when I came out the cat was on the table, the wedding band was on the edge & the engagement ring was gone! He likes to throw things off the table : ( I know it has to be somewhere, but I haven't found it yet! I just wear my wedding band.

@BoogieBea: Yup. DH asked me to put a hook in the kitchen--we both use it to keep our rings from ending up in the meatloaf.

I took it off when I was pregnant with LO, but it stayed around my neck.

Mine has not been on in about three days It fits on my finger, but it's getting really painful to push it over my knuckle. So it's sitting in it's box for now. Normally, I would take it off while washing dishes or before showering/bed.

Hubs and I both take our rings off every night when we get home from work and put them back on when we leave in the morning. Haven't lost one yet!

I take mine off at the gym and then every night before bed. DH takes his off as soon as he gets home.

i take mine off as soon as i get home from work. so i haven't worn mine since thursday afternoon.

Everynight to go to bed. I have a ring holder in my bathroom just for them. Also when I am working around the house.

@Coco Bee: I have this too!! It's called "wedding ring dermatitis" (seriously, it's a real thing!) and it's caused by moisture getting trapped under the ring. Apparently it's more common with channel set rings (not sure what you have, but both my rings are channel set). I think for me, since my fingers have been bigger, there's less room for moisture to escape. It's gotten better since I"ve kept my rings off over the last week or so.

Mine are off now because my fingers are swollen Usually I never take them off. DH's ring is somewhere in the ocean - he lost it surfing this summer. I had a minor freak out when he told me.

I get skin issues if moisture stays trapped, also, and I was told that if it's a big enough problem, they would still some holes in the bottom to let some air in

This is going to be really different for most women whose rings have a diamond or other gemstone, versus the plain bands most men wear. Gemstones, diamonds in particular, really should come off your finger as soon as you get home. They need light, and any little bits of stuff that get in there block the light and make the ring look dingy. Never wear your ring in water, because stones come loose all the time and you'll never find them in water - and never wear them when cooking, cleaning, putting on lotion, hair product, anything!

I have two Waterford crystal ring holders I received as wedding/bridal shower presents, and my rings are on those 100% of the time when I'm at home. No chance of them getting misplaced that way. I'd be very nervous if I didn't have those designated places for them.

My husband, on the other hand, wears a platinum band that's worth as much as my rings are, but he wears it 24/7/365. I think he's taken it off like a few times in the two years we've been married. He'd definitely be prone to lose it if he put it down somewhere.