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"Maybe you&amp;amp;#8217;d never lose your engagement ring or wedding band, but guys aren&amp;amp;#8217;t always as careful. Learn from these stories. &amp;amp;#8220;I used to take off my wedding ring before going swimming as I was afraid to lose it while in the water. When leaving the beach one day, I was getting dressed and couldn&amp;#x27;t find the ring where I left it--in my shorts pocket,&amp;amp;#8221; says Stan. Tip #1: Never put a wedding ring in a pocket. Shorts pockets don&amp;amp;#8217;t tend to seal up that well, and a ring can easily fall out, even if the shorts are lying still on a towel. Sadly, even after combing the sand with professional metal detector gear, Stan never found his wedding ring. Alex had a similar experience: &amp;amp;#8220;The thing didn&amp;amp;#8217;t sit too well on my ring finger, and it was common for me to take it off. I put it in my pocket one day, came home, and had no idea of where it was.&amp;amp;#8221; Tip #2: Get a ring that fits well. A too-big wedding band will slip and slide until it&amp;amp;#8217;s gone. Also, please refer to tip #1 again. Now I take you to Paul&amp;amp;#8217;s story. He wore his wedding ring to play pool volleyball in Aruba. Barely five minutes into the game, his wedding band was gone. Both teams and the lifeguards went underwater to feel around on the floor of the pool. No dice. Eventually, one of the hotel staffers got on the PA system and asked everyone in the vast pool area to help Paul look for his ring. I was grateful (but embarrassed) to have all the help in looking under patio furniture and sifting through the pool&amp;amp;#8217;s filters. Twenty minutes later, Paul decided to walk to the edge of the hotel property, many, many yards from the pool, and, amazingly, he found his ring sitting on the ground. It must&amp;amp;#8217;ve flown off his finger and rolled and rolled. Even though we got lucky&amp;amp;#133; Tip #3: Take off your wedding band when playing pool sports. I know some couples don&amp;amp;#8217;t take off their wedding rings for any reason. And if your ring fits perfectly then you usually don&amp;amp;#8217;t have to. But mixing water with a competitive spirit can cause rings to do funny things, like leave their wearers&amp;amp;#8217; hands after a forceful volleyball spike. So where should you put it when you remove it? Tip #4: Always keep a wedding ring in the same safe spot. Paul puts his ring in the box it came in on top of a wooden chest near our front door whenever he takes it off at home. When we go on vacation, he puts his ring on the nightstand (though it&amp;amp;#8217;d be smarter if he took the ring box, which is easier to spot if he accidentally knocks it off when he shuts the alarm). What else should guys do so they don&amp;amp;#8217;t lose their wedding rings? Do you want your groom to wear his wedding band at all times--even during pool sports? Who&amp;amp;#8217;s more likely to misplace a wedding ring: you or your groom? More About Wedding Rings The Sneaky Chic Thing About Michael Kors&amp;amp;#8217; Wedding Ring Match the Wedding Band to the Groom Avoid This Embarrassing Wedding Ring Thing at Your Wedding More Ways to Get Glamour Chat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;amp;#8217;s schedule. Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter. Photo: Thomas Northcut"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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