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Email a FriendPosted by Judy on Saturday, Nov 12, 2011 7:51 PM (EDT):
Happy he found the ring, yet can not help but wonder why they would spend that kind of money on it in the first place?
Ring Gone? Suit Up!
A happy lost-and-found story
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Friday, November 11, 2011 8:12 PM
A woman’s husband accidentally throws away her treasured engagement ring. Woe! But then he volunteers to comb the landfill for it. Hero! And then he actually finds it. Wonder of wonders!
Did I mention she’s also pregnant?
It’s like a fairy tale, albeit a slightly off-beat one. Everything about this story made me smile, right down to the compassionate attitude of the garbage plant manager. Read the whole thing here.
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Posted by Claire on Saturday, Nov 12, 2011 9:54 PM (EDT):
I was wondering the same thing. I didn’t even have an engagement ring, because we had other financial priorities. Even if money were no object, I can’t imagine that we would have spent that much. My sister-in-law had a gorgeous engagement ring, and on their 10th anniversary she and my brother upgraded it. I personally didn’t think it needed upgrading; it wasn’t exactly a token ring to begin with. But the thing that shocked me the most was that she sold her original wedding band! Granted, they’re not Catholic. But still, it’s the band that they exchanged at their wedding. The sentimental value would mean so much more to me than a status symbol.
Posted by Daisy on Saturday, Nov 12, 2011 10:20 PM (EDT):
Why can’t a man spend $10,000 on an engagement ring? If he is successful and earns a lot of money, then I am sure he would want to splurge on a beautiful ring for the woman he loves. The story never said that they were poor and struggling. He obviously loved his wife very much, or he wouldn’t go digging through filthy garbage to find her ring. It didn’t appear that he looked for the ring because he wanted to pawn it pay the mortgage. This attitude of resentment toward those who have money and are well off has bred such nastiness as what goes on in the “Occupy [whatever city]” movement. Why can’t we just be happy that he found the ring and that he obviously loves his wife very much and not nitpik about how much was spent on the ring and then start venting about our relatives? It was a cute story. Just be happy!
Posted by Claire on Saturday, Nov 12, 2011 10:59 PM (EDT):
I do not have an attitude of resentment, and I didn’t say that he didn’t love his wife! And, I was not venting about my relatives. I was just saying that I have a hard time relating to that type of extravagance. I didn’t say it was immoral, I just said that it’s hard for me to relate to. You’re totally overreacting.
Posted by Susie on Saturday, Nov 12, 2011 10:55 PM (EDT):
I have lost the diamond out of my wedding ring (don’t have an engagement ring - just a wedding ring with a diamond) twice in our 25 years together. The first time we were at about year 10 and I found it on the back side of the bathroom rug after a few days. The second time, at around year 22, I never did find it. My husband remembered that there was a diamond ring in his family that no one was wearing (it had belonged to his grandmother) and he got the diamond and put it in my wedding band. And it is bigger! So the moral of this story is, ladies, check your diamond periodically (at least more than every 10 years) to make sure it is still secure in its setting.
Posted by Monica (momof2) on Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 7:14 AM (EDT):
Even though I have never desired an expensive ring I have no problem with someone else spending that kind of money. If they were just trying to show off their wealth I would disagree with that but we don’t know that was the case. We can’t know other people’s motivations so we give them the benefit of the doubt. I can see how a love-smitten young man would want to work hard and sacrifice to impress his fiance. I don’t care what someone spends on a ring - even a million dollars wouldn’t bother me. It’s a symbol of their love. I doubt they were willing to dig in the trash because of the money - most people insure their rings - it was the symbol that they valued.
Posted by Claire on Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 12:27 PM (EDT):
I honestly don’t have a problem with it either. I can’t relate to it, but I don’t have a problem with it. Certainly, this husband’s actions show more sentiment than my sister-in-law’s decision to sell her original wedding band (and that’s not venting, it’s just my impression).
Posted by MMH on Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 9:47 PM (EDT):
I once lost my engagement ring. I knew it must have fallen off when we were working on a charity project at work where we build giant structures out of food cans (canstruction) and we ended up with lots of packaging tape and boxes to throw out. We had to search through bags of trash in the basement of the 30+ floor building at work. After a few hours we found it!
“It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven”.
Posted by Gwen on Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 10:56 PM (EDT):
Last August we went tubing together as a family and my husband lost his wedding band in the river. We both really miss it!! Moral - don’t wear nice jewelry, including wedding bands, in the river. We have heard since then that this same thing has happened to others. I would LOVE IT if the ring turned up somehow because it will be very expensive to replace with the price of gold. It’s like the ‘one ring’ in LOTR, lost at the bottom of a very rocky river. :(
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