By Jenny Suo
He has got a woman around his arm but not a ring around his finger.
Rugby star Dan Carter has married long-time girlfriend Honor Dillon but he has chosen not to wear a wedding ring.
So is this becoming a trend among men?
Dad, Neville Carter says it is a personal choice.
“I don’t wear mine, mainly because I’m in the building industry and it would get caught up and get quite dangerous,” he says.
“[It] depends, I think, on the occupation. I think it'd be fair to say he'd be taking his ring on and off, on and off every day, with all the training that he does.”
While a ring is often considered one of the biggest symbols of marriage, one wedding planner says it is not a necessity.
“I would say 25 percent would not have a ring at all,” says wedding planner Gayle Garmez.
“We find that a lot of men will have a wedding ring and they’ll exchange it on the day, whether they choose to wear it after becomes a choice.”
Carter is not alone. Prince William also chose not to wear a ring after marrying Kate Middleton in April.
But married men we spoke to today had their rings firmly on their fingers.
And jewellers say those who do choose to jump on the wedding band wagon are embracing new styles.
“Today - 18 carat, white golds, platinum, diamonds, sometime with stones,” says Steve Grout from the Jewellers Association.
The Japanese have found another advantage to having a wedding ring, if it all ends badly you've got something to smash in a divorce ceremony.
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