Our marriage is still very young, yet problems found us almost immediately. From the very beginning, we fought. Not every day, but often enough. To me, it felt normal. I believed disagreements were part of marriage, part of learning each other. I never imagined they would become weapons.

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Every time we had a misunderstanding, my wife would remove her wedding ring. At first, I thought it was childish. Later, it became painful. Each fight came with the same routine. She would take off the ring, stop talking to me, and sometimes refuse to cook or even acknowledge my presence. Days would pass. I would apologize, beg, explain, and try to resolve the issue, but nothing worked until she decided she was ready.

I kept telling her, “This shouldn’t make you remove your ring. What is wrong with you?” But my words meant nothing. No matter what I did, the ring always came off. Weeks ago, I noticed something strange. Things between us were calm. No fights. No tension. Yet she was still not wearing her ring. When I asked her about it, she casually said she didn’t know where it was. Later, the story changed. “It’s missing. I’ve searched everywhere but I can’t find it.”

That ring is not just jewelry to me. It represents commitment, pride, and the promise we made to each other. Seeing her without it feels like seeing my marriage stripped bare. I tried to talk about how it made me feel, but instead of understanding, it turned into another fight.

She snapped at me and said, “If you’re that worried about me not wearing a ring, then buy a new one for me. If not, keep quiet.”

That response scared me. It wasn’t just anger. It was indifference. It sounded like someone who no longer cared what the ring meant or what I felt. Since then, I have been asking myself hard questions. Is she already out of love and doesn’t know how to say it? Or does she simply not want to wear the ring so she can live freely without questions?

She is a nurse. She meets influential people every day because of where she works. I try not to let my thoughts run wild, but the silence, the missing ring, and her attitude give my fears room to grow.

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I feel like I am the only one still holding this marriage with both hands. I feel like I am fighting for something she has already dropped. If marriage is a partnership, then why does it feel like I am alone in this?

Would I be wrong to walk away if she was the first to let go? Because to me, the moment that ring came off and stayed off, something sacred was already broken.

—Sammy

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