Congrats...!
You'll get used to the ring...The easier the relationship, the easier it is to wear.

Just don't lose the ring. I am already on my second one after dropping one in the trash at work. You do get used to it after a while. I still take mine off during the work day when it gets uncomfortable. And don't be like the dude at my last tri who wore his during the race, only to lose it in the swim. You can take it off--she'll understand.

Hehe, after these stories along with my dad's ring-loss story. I feel like losing the ring is more like an inevitable right of passage than something to be avoided.

yeah - you'll get used to the ring.

''among other honeymoonish activities." Bom chicka wow wow ;-D
Congrats!!
You'll get used to the ring. I give my wife the ring to hold if I have to take it off for a race.

Congratulations. I just got married a couple of months ago and also experienced a simliar island honeymoon in Moorea Tahiti. Like you, I had my first massage, went snorkeling, and stayed on an island that had one road that circled the small island. I did enjoy the experience of swimming in open water where the temps were in the high 70s. No shivering at all even after several hours of snorkeling with no wetsuit.

Another first was the experience of open water swims surrounded by several dozen black tip reef sharks. I faced the whole shark fear in one touristy moment and everything turned out ok.

I can't say my open water swim skills have improved because most of the swimming I did was lazy floating around. I didn't run or bike either but hey, honeymoon's a honeymoon.

You are right - wearing a wedding ring feels really odd. I didn't realize my finger swelled up and shrank that much. Some days the ring feels really tight and some days, it almost falls right off. I'm getting used to it and it's already a little scratched up.

Can't get my ring off. Think the wife must have sized it about 1/2 a size small as once it went on 13 yrs ago I haven't exactly removed it except with soap and water and then only to wash it.

Yeah, or when your out at a bar... it's really uncomfortable then. He he he - just kidding.

My ring is platinum, which means it's heavier than depleted uranium. The first week I wore it my finger actually got tired!

Did you talk to her? That's what she says.

I went into a phase of finger training and now it's good to go. But to make the story even more pathetic... her ring was inherited.

Inherited engagement ring: $0.00
Honeymoon received as a gift: $0.00
Getting away with it: Priceless

Ok, mine are platinum and weigh a lot . I think if I complained however I might not ever get another piece of jewlry again--how stupid would that be? I do take it (the engagement ring) off in the summer and just wear my band when training--Have already broken prongs by knocking it around. I fear loosing it swimming or schmucking it up changing a tire or something.

You get used to it. Hubbys is titanium, meaning its indestructable(with a platinum band ) and super light weight. Unfortunately though you cannot resize them.

OHHH MEAN. Yes I do, but honestly only a handfull of times. Been pretty lucky (yes that is all the flats I have had).

As odd as it feels to wear that ring, it will grow on you more every day. One word of advice - insure it now! When we got married, we insured my engagement ring and wedding band figuring the diamonds were the expensive part. Didn't bother with my husband's platinum band. Sure enough, he lost it in the Gulf of Mexico while racing last year. It cost over $2K to replace it! Plus another $150 for a titanium "training ring" so that he has something to wear while training, racing, weight lifting, or basically anything else that would scratch or potentially damage/destroy/lose the ring. So he now wears that ring while working out, and I wear an old Irish "claddagh" ring from high school rather than taking a chance with mine.