What difference does it make if you cheat on your partner wearing your wedding/engagement ring or not? Cheating is cheating, no matter what you do to feel less guilty. Its all the same thing. I've heard cases of people (married or engaged) removing or hiding their wedding/engagement ring whenever they want to cheat on their partners. Some do this, in order not to let the other man or woman they are with know their real status. While others do so, in order to have a clear conscience or reduce their guilt while doing it. A guilt that will never leave you except you don't have a heart...So, why do it?