I usually take mine off to shower, when I go swimming or the beach, or when I clean, and sleep just because my hands sometimes get swollen at night. But other than that I keep it on. It was very hard at first for me to take it off even to shower, but in my mind it's always there even when I have it off, the ring if for other people to see, we know in our hearts we are meant to be together, with or without rings... =)