A ring matters only as much as you think it does, with respect to marriage.

If rings did not really matter then nasty Hobbitses would give them back.

To me a ring is pointless, and very expensive.
We would still be together anyway, so no need for a ring.
There are many things we could spend that kind of money on that we would enjoy more than a damn ring.

If you don't want to wear the ring, he could just piss on your leg.

I think there is a reliable authority on this.

According to Beyonce, "If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it." Note, she mandates "a" ring, not "the" ring.

Defense rests.

No, and neither does a piece of paper.

It is a symbol of what you have so I would say yes. Forget the paper and the ceremony...the ring is the lasting symbol and daily reminder.
I mean is your marriage more important than your vanity? Some things I think are more important than the fleeting fashion of the day. Maybe just me. I don't care what the church or the state think of our love but I do care about the symbols we agreed on...maybe I would be flexible on it but my initial reaction is that is all we have to say to others that we choose each other. I am not a very sentimental person by nature but that is one thing I definitely would be sentimental about

However if you both agree to "update" it then I say by all means. Maybe even do something to the original that shows the evolution of your relationship...even if it is melt it down and having something you both like created

I remember throwing one of mine out the car window, while driving down the highway, away from him.
Rings only mean what you think they mean.
They are only things. They're supposed to symbolize commitment.
If that's gone, it becomes just another piece of jewelry.

I once gave a girl a three carrot ring. It had three ceramic carrots on a silver inset. Bugs bunny would have been proud.

bit weird it is after all just a ring with sentiment attached . Does he maybe take it as a signal your unhappy or questoning your current life maybe or just has an old fashioned outlook on life i get its meant to symbolise eternal love but if all it engenders is annoyance and low level dislike all its doing is being a pain in the ass buy a new one that you like and keep the old one somewhere safe would be my thoughts good luck

Sparkly things are pretty. Take hubby to pick out a new ring that makes your heart happy. If you have children, save the first one as a heirloom for one of them.

A bit of a vulgar saying but to quote a common (high school age) quote/observation:

"A Ring does not block a hole"

Long ago a significant other asked me to buy her a ring - - - she lost it on a foreign country trip while experiencing life with a significantly younger guy.

I’m really not into rings but I make all sorts of other noises.

I prefer wearing crowns. More surface area for bling bling.

Can you two go shopping for new wedding rings? Kind of like a renew your vows type thing.

Get one that you like !

A ring is just that...a ring. It doesn't make you anymore married than someone who doesn't wear one. Personally, I've had about 5 different rings I've worn in the last 9 years of my marriage. Currently, I'm wearing a $20.00 ring that I picked on Amazon. I also bought my husband one to match. His was $45.00. He's had 3 different rings since we got hitched. So... tell your husband to get over it. ???

When I proposed to my late partner I gave her a ring (it was a long distance relationship and we got together once a month). When she next visited she confessed she didn't really like the ring. She was the director for a private elementary school and one of the parents was a jeweler. He said he could get her a ring she would like with a straight exchange and she did. I had absolutely no problem with that. She has to wear it and who am I to tell her what she likes. A ring should not be a brand of ownership. I got a puzzle ring for myself but as I work with my hands a lot, seldom wore it. She often took hers off to do dishes and often misplaced it. She got so paranoid she put it away and only wore it for special occasions. Who cares! It is just a piece of metal/stone. Oh, and when I proposed it was at a spectacular waterfalls. She said OK but she wanted me to ask again at a park along the shore in my neighborhood at sunset. She thought that would be more romantic. There is a saying "Happy wife, happy life".
BTW at 38 it couldn't be a billion years ago.

It has sentimental value for him. He associates that ring on your finger with your relationship and to see it replaced hurts him. It sounds like you don't like the aesthetic of it. Personally I think his case outweighs yours but it's not my business. Maybe you can talk to him and have the ring updated by a jeweler to be more in line with your current tastes.

I picked out both wedding rings (twice married -- twice divorced). They were beautiful rings, but symbolized something that was gone (or maybe never existed) so I pawned them.

We've been together now for 23 years. We didn't do the wedding ring thing. But when my mother passed away 5 years ago, my wife decided to wear my mother's old wedding ring. My parents were married over 50 years. My wife said that maybe the ring is why. That's her reason for now wearing it.

I personally would have accepted your decision. Especially being you and bought it to begin with.

Rings matter mostly to women. Women like gold. In reality the "ring" is a modern form of the chain that may have been used so many years ago. In the church world they prefer rings thinking that men will not go after their married women, so wear your rings. I"m saying that if another man wants your woman a ring is not going to stop him.

Wow! A gal that bought her own ring?!? Where were you when I was on the market? If I were hubby, I wouldn't care what ring you wanted to wear. You are the prize!!

If the onion rings... answer it. That's all I got.