Rosary necklace?

[MaximGun]

Is it just because Mexican gangstas and wanna-be fashionistas wear it a lot?

That would be my reason not to wear a Rosary.

I can't think of another reason other than scandal for people who saw it and thought I was being trivial with it.

[ChairmanJoeAintMyPrez]

I don't know for sure but I wouldn't doubt if that's the main reason.  Well and like I've said, being ashamed to show that we are Catholic.

I have a Latin Mass bumper sticker, so...it's not that.

Probably more the association with gangsters.

[MundaCorMeum]

I can see both sides of this coin.  Objectively, I would say wearing a Rosary out of devotion is not wrong in any way, shape, or form. Subjectively, it could  cause scandal for the reasons already mentioned.  However, I can very easily tell from context clues whether someone wearing a Rosary is doing so out of devotion vs. novelty or sacrilege....even on rearview mirrors sometimes (for example, a thug in a lowrider blaring rap music vs. a Mom in a van full of children).  Something tells me if I saw Bernadette walking down the street wearing her Rosary, I would assume devotion (I've never seen or met her IRL, either).

[Lynne]

I have a rosary hanging from my rearview mirror and after reading Michael's posts, I'm considering wearing the rosary.

(and yes, I pray it every day...except yesterday.  )

[Michael Wilson]

I wanted to wear a Rosary around my neck since I was in college and I saw a Catholic student wearing one (this was in a Southern mostly Protestant University); but I was too embarrassed. Then some years latter a teenage daughter of one of my friends was wearing one, and I said to myself: "This little girl is 5'1 and weights about 110 lbs and she is not ashamed or embarrassed  to be known as a Catholic; and me the big man, am? I started wearing a Rosary from then on.

[MundaCorMeum]

I have a rosary hanging from my rearview mirror and after reading Michael's posts, I'm considering wearing the rosary.

(and yes, I pray it every day...except yesterday.  )

We have a decade Rosary hanging from ours.  I have a hard time wearing a scapular even, because my babies would always get wrapped up and tangled when I nurse.  I'm done nursing at the moment, but my toddler would probably still yank and tug on it.  Plus, just practically, I think it would get caught on things and whatnot.  So, I just stick with my miraculous and St. Benedict medal on a chain.  It seems to hold up best to wear and tear.