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Have one (two), never wear it.
I found out the hard way that I was allergic to something in my first one. It was tungsten carbide and I think that's sometimes bound with cobalt or nickel which some people are allergic to. Luckily, I got it off before my finger swelled too much... reminder that super strong metals are not a good idea for rings. I was young, dumb, and thought "tungsten carbide = cool" without thinking all the way through it.
After that, I made a replacement but I'm a code monkey with very thin fingers and it was constantly annoying me by moving around so I took it off and never put it back on. If silicone rings had been readily available back then I might've switched to one of those and stuck with it since they don't move.
The spouse wears their band all the time and has never expressed annoyance about me not wearing mine... it's been about 25 years.