I only wear two pieces of jewelry on a daily basis. My wedding ring, of course, and my bracelet.
I wear my wedding ring because it's a tangible symbol of my marriage to the lady I love. Anyone that doesn't wear their wedding ring is kind of implying the things that a happily married person doesn't want to say. Obviously, I take mine off if it might slip off or if I'm doing something where the ring could get caught and cause problems; all of those reasons make perfect sense to me.
My bracelet is a little different. The last restaurant I worked at we had a group of people come in that were wearing polo shirts that had a badge as a crest and it said "C.O.P.S."...I had no clue who they were. I assumed they were the citizens on patrol (like a neighborhood watch) and didn't think about them again. While doing table touches I asked them what C.O.P.S. stood for. They explained how they were Concerns of Police Survivors which means that if a cop dies in the line of duty then they will help out the survivors of the officer in question. They explained to me that they might cook up some meals for the family, counseling for the family, help with expenses (I think they do more of the helping deal with the insurance company instead of actual cash), and more counseling. I told them that since my wife is a cop hopefully I will never need you.
Later on I was helping the server deliver their meals and they gave me the bracelet. They told me that hopefully I'll never need their help but I'm one of them now.
I'm not much of a joiner and that's a club I really don't want to join.
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