Like several of the other girls said, I take mine off when dealing with messy foods (meatloaf, etc.), and also swimming. Your fingers will "shrink" in the water and I don't want to take the chance of them falling to the bottom of the ocean/lake/pool, whatever. Also, if I'm going somewhere that it might be not be a good thing to have a big diamond on your finger (for safety concerns), I will take off the e-ring and just wear the band. Other than those times, I pretty much never take them off.