The Day I Forgot To Wear My Wedding Ring

Photo by Mariano Rivas on Unsplash

I didn’t wear my ring today. I couldn’t believe it at first because I never leave home without it, but there was my bare finger as the bold evidence. It felt wrong, almost taboo to not carry around the symbol of the love and devotion he and I live every day.

But then I wondered, would anyone notice? Would a man who would ordinarily not pay me any mind pay me a compliment? Like those old days of catcalls and DMs and…