jodi.shea asked:
My fiance is in the business of landscaping and heavy machinery. There have been several accident of men having injuries due to wedding bands getting caught in machinery. This is one of his big concerns. I’m trying to come up with alternate idea to a wedding band. Can anyone help?
John
My fiance is in the business of landscaping and heavy machinery. There have been several accident of men having injuries due to wedding bands getting caught in machinery. This is one of his big concerns. I’m trying to come up with alternate idea to a wedding band. Can anyone help?
John
Tags: Fiance, Mens Wedding Bands, Wedding Band
Jeremy
Get him a wedding band that he wil wear on occassions but not to work. He can always take it off when it will be a danger and leave it home if it might get lost. IT is not the ring that will keep the marriage together anyway, it is the mind and the heart. Why should he get hurt just to prove a pointless point.
Nicholas
i won’t let my man wear one. a dear friend of ours lost his entire finger doing what you are describing….only bc he had a band on.
can he wear it on a chain?
Carla
Get him one he can wear when you all go out, holidays, etc…
My husband doesn’t wear his to work, nor does my dad or brother for the same reason.
Ruth
My FH has a band that I bought him. He’ll have it on during the ceremony, and pics, and then promptly take it off. I’ve known for a long time that he wouldn’t wear a ring, and I’m OK with that. My BIL doesn’t wear his either.
I don’t think you need an alternative. He knows he’s married, and that’s all that matters.
Timothy
Can he wear it around his neck? Attached to a necklace (under his shirt?)
Colleen
Jewelry is a bad idea in his line of work (my Dad is a heavy equipment operator). I would suggest not wearing a ring or even a necklace. I don’t really like the idea, but he could get a ring tattooed onto his finger. I think your best bet is to ask him to wear a band only when he is not at work. I pushed my husband to wear a ring when he wasn’t at work because he didn’t want one at all, and now I can’t get him to take it off even for work because he says he wants to keep it on all the time.
Beverly
My fiance is a farm equipment mechanic and it is against shop policy to wear rings… so we are getting him a simple band to wear when he is out and not working on equipment
Judith
If he’s a tattoo kind of person, he could get a tattooed wedding band (or a tattoo of your wedding date on his finger). If not, just get him a sterling silver wedding band (or one made out of another metal less expensive than gold) so that he can wear it when he’s not working but that won’t be a huge loss if he loses it from taking it off so frequently.
Derrick
get a gold chain that he can hang it around his neck…..
guys will say.. that’s like a millstone…
ask him before you do it…..
Kelly
having a wedding band he can treasure but not wear to work? he could save it for special occasions? that’s what my grandfather did.
or he could wear another piece of jewelry? an earring, a necklace.. try to think of something safe. many men where their wedding bands on a chain around their neck, but that can be very hazardous when working with heavy machinery too.
tattoo is another option. it’s not something i’d like for my husband, but hey, if you two like tatts, why not go for it??
Lauren
You can still use the wedding band for him. He just shouldn’t wear it to work. No biggie. Do not get him anything that can get caught in machinery. People have nice intentions, but a necklace WILL strangle him to death should it get caught.
Claude
My brother is an automechanic and only wears his ring when he’s not working. I’ve known several guys who do manual labor who do this, so I don’t think you really need an alternative to a ring.
It’s a habit he’ll have to get into once you’re married–take it off before he shower in the morning and put it back on after he showers in the evening.
Lisa
My fiance also has a job working with machinery. We bought him a wedding band anyway. He is just not going to wear it to work and I’m fine with that.
Maureen
Go ahead with the wedding band, but he only wears it “out” like for Church, or going out to eat. You are an awesome woman for understanding what a danger this is. and very mature!!! My husband always wore his until one day he was taking some old stairs off a building, his ring got caught and almost tore his finger off. That was thirty years ago. It bothered me at first, I was young, but we are still together, very much in love and his fingers are still on his hand! I hope he knows what a great woman he is getting! best wishes to both of you.
Lillian
I think it would be great to get him one to wear when he is not at work. Afterall, he can’t be working all the time.
This would be even more dramatic, but I’ve always thought a tatooed wedding band would be awesome. Though, I’m sure most people would disagree.
Edna
My husband is in the trades, too. Just get him a regular wedding band, but he doesn’t wear it to work. LOTS of men do this.
Actually, my husband and I just talked about this the other day. He was holding my hand at the time, and lifted it up to his chest and he said, ‘My wedding band is in my heart,’ when I asked how he felt about not being able to wear one. The dude made me cry happy tears!
Constance
My husband and I have rings (plain gold bands) which we exchanged during the ceremony. Neither of us likes to wear jewelry so we don’t wear our rings on a daily basis–only for special occasions like the annual office Christmas party of to the opera. It’s more important to feel married than to have a symbol of marriage on your finger. And if one doesn’t feel married, no wedding ring can substitute for that.