I was never divorced from my wife or even separated. However, for the 1st time in four years I now wear my wedding ring.

It started 6 years ago when my wife’s wedding ring needed some jewelry work. A diamond prong was loose, and she had a shoddy resizing job performed which caused a crack on the underside. It was unsafe for her to wear, so it went safely into the jewelry box until it could be repaired. Weeks became months and months years. After a couple years of nagging her to get her ring fixed I delivered an ultimatum – start wearing your ring or Ill stop wearing mine. Surely her innate need to see me as “taken” would compel action, right? WRONG. So as promised on Valentine’s Day of 2011 my ring went into the dresser drawer.

Fast forward to 2014 [Pre-TRP].. My marriage is on the rocks and I finally decide the current agony is more than the divorce rape, child support, and emotional toil for the kids. I’m done. For the 1st time the restless Alpha in me began to emerge. It lasts a week, and I take her back; but the tone changed; I was willing to walk if the relationship didn’t improve. She promised a plethora of changes; some stuck and others didn’t. By the fall of 2014 I discovered TRP. Aug 22 I started lifting. By Jan 2015, my weight was down 40 lbs – my squats hit 280.. 1.4x my body weight!. The life overhaul improved my career, circle of friends, relationship with my kids, and most notably it changed the dynamic with my wife.

I am getting noticed by my daughter’s friends [21-24 age group], and others around town too. Knowing what I know now it is clear that my wife noticed the extra attention too – toward the man she married but had no ring on his finger! Well, this Valentine’s Day she shows up with a repaired ring on her hand. Steeped in romantic gestures, she presents me with mine and puts it on.

Now, I won’t discount the fact that she loves me and wanted to show some romance with the gesture, but the undercurrent is clear – She now knows that more eyes are on her husband and his ring-less hand. My lesson – Listen to Rollo: Women want the man who other men want to be and other women want to fuck.

TL;DR : Wife stops wearing her wedding ring. I alpha up and within five months she changes her tune.