I wear my rings all the time, day and night. I only take them off for two things: (a) working out in the gym, to spare both the rings and my fingers, and (b) rolling veggie “meatballs”, like I did today, because it’s such gooey work.

When they rings are off, my ring finger feels naked. My left thumb goes looking for them and there’s a bit of a shock when they are not there. I sometimes fiddle with them without thinking about it, squeezing them between my thumb and the bottom of my little finger. It feels quite odd when those fingers meet emptiness.