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Why doesn't Trump wear a wedding ring ? (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2018 OP
They don't make them that small. TheCowsCameHome May 2018 #1
Hey that's a good point. So you didn't notice a ring when he was violating the Iran Kirk Lover May 2018 #2
"You won't ever spot a wedding ring on his hands" left-of-center2012 May 2018 #7
my dad sabbat hunter May 2018 #8
My dad never wore one either MiniMe May 2018 #21
If he never wore his wedding ring... PJMcK May 2018 #24
Neither of my parents wore one leftynyc May 2018 #39
Why wear a sign of a covenant he never intended to keep? TexasProgresive May 2018 #3
Could be as simple as personal choice. CincyDem May 2018 #4
Ditto. elleng May 2018 #5
Boom - another thing in common. Classical music and now this. What's next ??? CincyDem May 2018 #13
Cincy (kind of!) elleng May 2018 #15
I never wear mine BannonsLiver May 2018 #28
now that you mention it, i can't ever recall him wearing jewelery. n/t Calista241 May 2018 #6
He's so wired he only wear 2 outfits a suit and tie or khaki pants white golfer shirt kimbutgar May 2018 #12
Maybe he wears one, but you can't see it because it blends in with the orange. LuckyCharms May 2018 #9
Stormy took it? quartz007 May 2018 #10
I just googled images of him and Melania BigmanPigman May 2018 #11
It keeps slipping off his tiny fingers. nt Buzz cook May 2018 #14
ONE LAST TIME trump IS A POS !!!!!!! stonecutter357 May 2018 #16
Agreed say it all day Capperdan May 2018 #19
My Dad never wore a ring MiniMe May 2018 #22
I know your DAD is not a POS like JOHN/TRICK trump .. stonecutter357 May 2018 #31
No, he was just not comfortable wearing a ring MiniMe May 2018 #33
should be john/trick 45 not trump ! stonecutter357 May 2018 #17
Probably doesn't have one Capperdan May 2018 #18
Vaniety! Wellstone ruled May 2018 #20
My husband doesn't own a wedding ring. Croney May 2018 #23
Melania must wear one to show she is property. Trump does not because he will not be owned. Midnight Writer May 2018 #25
Makes his fingers appear stubbier than they are? Freethinker65 May 2018 #26
Men who work with their hands, carpenters say, do not wear rings. Shrike47 May 2018 #27
I'm 73, and in my recollection, kskiska May 2018 #29
I never had a wedding ring. rickford66 May 2018 #30
I have the scars to prove you right , but that is not a hazard trump has to worry about .. stonecutter357 May 2018 #32
he's a MINO TalenaGor May 2018 #34
He used to wear one. I remember seeing it. I'm certain. rainin May 2018 #35
There isn't one small enough for his tiny hands? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2018 #36
I don't wear a ring because I work w/ my hands a lot and actually lost a ... SWBTATTReg May 2018 #37
He doesn't want to look like a hypocrite. no_hypocrisy May 2018 #38
Signals availability for adultery oberliner May 2018 #40
 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
2. Hey that's a good point. So you didn't notice a ring when he was violating the Iran
Tue May 8, 2018, 10:33 PM
May 2018

agreement? I'm not sure why nobody hasn't noticed this before.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
7. "You won't ever spot a wedding ring on his hands"
Tue May 8, 2018, 10:38 PM
May 2018

By the reckoning of New York psychotherapist Jeanne Safer, men are 'making a statement by not wearing a wedding ring.'
'It may unconsciously signal availability for adultery, either actually or in fantasy,' she told the New York Times.

https://graziadaily.co.uk/celebrity/news/donald-trump-wedding-ring/

PJMcK

(22,039 posts)
24. If he never wore his wedding ring...
Tue May 8, 2018, 11:14 PM
May 2018

...how could they cut it off his finger?

Sorry, but I'm confused.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
39. Neither of my parents wore one
Wed May 9, 2018, 07:29 AM
May 2018

Dad passed 6 years ago and at that time they had been married 53 years.

CincyDem

(6,375 posts)
4. Could be as simple as personal choice.
Tue May 8, 2018, 10:35 PM
May 2018


My folks were married for 59 years before dad passed away and he never wore a wedding ring. A school teacher who was home for dinner every night of those 59 years with the exception of vacations with me and some nights in the hospital. So I don't think there was anything nefarious about it - he just didn't like how it felt.

Me - I wear it all day every day but we both take our jewelry off at night so it sits on the night stand. Was halfway to work one day and forgot it (don't ask...lol) so I turned around and came home for it.

So we're all different.

elleng

(131,028 posts)
15. Cincy (kind of!)
Tue May 8, 2018, 10:48 PM
May 2018

Attended college in Oxford, after married guy who'd lived in Cinti for years, etc etc etc!



P.S., I wear Dad's (maybe GRANDPA's ring) along with an old gift from my daughter when she was in pre-school!!!

BannonsLiver

(16,425 posts)
28. I never wear mine
Tue May 8, 2018, 11:21 PM
May 2018

Tried it for awhile and nearly rubbed my finger raw playing with it. My mom and dad have been married for 50 years and my dad never wore his either. Of course neither of us are degenerate womanizers like trump. I just don’t like jewelry. I rarely wear a watch either.

BigmanPigman

(51,615 posts)
11. I just googled images of him and Melania
Tue May 8, 2018, 10:42 PM
May 2018

(now I have to wash my eyeballs in bleach) and he never has but she always does.

MiniMe

(21,718 posts)
33. No, he was just not comfortable wearing a ring
Tue May 8, 2018, 11:37 PM
May 2018

He was a good democrat, I'm sure both he and my mom are rolling in their graves these days

Croney

(4,661 posts)
23. My husband doesn't own a wedding ring.
Tue May 8, 2018, 11:12 PM
May 2018

He grew up on a farm, and saw at least one person lose a finger when it caught on some piece of machinery. I held out for the first 20 years, determined not to wear one if he didn't, but changed my mind, so he gave me a pretty ring 15 years ago. Some battles just fade away with time.

Midnight Writer

(21,778 posts)
25. Melania must wear one to show she is property. Trump does not because he will not be owned.
Tue May 8, 2018, 11:15 PM
May 2018

A wild stallion does not wear a bridle.

Freethinker65

(10,029 posts)
26. Makes his fingers appear stubbier than they are?
Tue May 8, 2018, 11:15 PM
May 2018

Seriously, I do not care. I have been married for over 25 years and I have not worn my engagement ring nor wedding band in over 10 years.

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
27. Men who work with their hands, carpenters say, do not wear rings.
Tue May 8, 2018, 11:19 PM
May 2018

Safety issues.

Of course, that’s irrelevant here. Trump does nothing useful and never has.

kskiska

(27,045 posts)
29. I'm 73, and in my recollection,
Tue May 8, 2018, 11:24 PM
May 2018

when I was younger (in the 50s-60s or so) it was more common for men to not wear a ring. I remember wedding announcements written up as specifically stating that it was "a double-ring ceremony" to differentiate it from the norm. Somehow it caught on and is now more common than not, it seems. Actually, depending on a man's job (not Trump's) a ring can be a hazard when working with machinery.

rickford66

(5,526 posts)
30. I never had a wedding ring.
Tue May 8, 2018, 11:28 PM
May 2018

I worked on and off as an electrician so as most in the trades didn't wear one. My Dad was an industrial engineer. No ring. Too easy to get caught in machinery as noted by the farmer's wife above. For electricians one danger is having the ring getting welded to a bus bar.

SWBTATTReg

(22,154 posts)
37. I don't wear a ring because I work w/ my hands a lot and actually lost a ...
Wed May 9, 2018, 04:31 AM
May 2018

diamond out of its setting once when I once wore the ring. Believe it or not, we found the stone later, but no longer will wear the ring because of the risk of losing another stone.

It does happen!

RUMP doesn't respect the vows of marriage thus doesn't wear a ring because he's signaling to others that he's available. What a joke. I actually feel sorry for his ex wives and wife. You can't trust someone like RUMP, a serial liar if he spots a possible conquest (I hate this word), forget the wife, etc., it is all about the Pu**y.

Disgusting.

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