If you Liked it, you Should've Put a Ring on it

     So yesterday I attended a wedding for my cousin. This was the second wedding I have been to this summer and with being to two so close together, it got me thinking about a memory I have and the thoughts I have with it.
     I was at my aunt's and uncle's house for some family function. I was a freshman in high school at the most. We were on the deck and I was talking to my aunt. I forget how we got onto the topic but we were discussing the wearing of wedding bands. She had made a statement about how she had never removed her wedding band since the day she put it on at the altar and same with my uncle. I learned same was the case for my parents as well. She went on to say she would be heartbroken if he ever did remove his. I asked her why, and she because if he did she would think he didn't love her anymore.
     Upon hearing this my first thought was your crazy and that though is crazy too. I was thinking there has to be moments where its okay to remove your wedding band in order to preserve it while doing something with their hands. I was like, my aunt is psychotic.
     Now im about to be a junior in college, and I realize this outlook and way of living arent isn't crazy. It's CRAZY BEAUTIFUL! I see that love behind such a thought process and I want that too. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that the married couples who do remove their bands to preserve at certain moments love each other less, I'm just saying I see now, I want the fist.
     I want to fall in love with a girl and when we put those rings on that day we wed, I want for us to never take them off. I want to be married 25+ years and look down at my hand, with each passing year, see the scratches accumulate on that band, and know that everything I did to put those scratches on the band she was there with me in spirit at the least, because I never took it off.
     This isn't for everybody, I know. AND THAT'S OKAY! I already said, if you take it off at moments, within reason, doesn't mean you love less. It is all good. I just know that I want that crazy beautiful love and I hope to find a girl who feels and wants the same. And I'm sure I will, because if I feel she's the one, she's obviously everything I want in the way she thinks and acts and vice versa.