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Spoiler/Warning: this is not a piece that most PSers would probably choose, but it means the absolute world to me and I cannot wait to see it IRL on Saturday. No, it's not my Octavia haha.
Many of you know I got divorced based on other threads. What no one knows (until now) is that I'm getting remarried in July. He has been one of my closest friends for 3-4 years now, and once my marriage was clearly over we realized pretty quickly that we share future goals, dreams, and are looking for similar things in a life partner/spouse. He is a true partner in every sense, and we live our life as a team. I appreciate him so much.
When he told his mom that we are designing my engagement ring (spoiler: the Octavia is my engagement ring! Yay!), she said she was hoping to give him her mom's ring.
I told my partner and his mom that I would be honored to wear and cherish it as an RHR, and asked her to share the story with me.
This is what she texted:
"This is Mom’s (my future mother in laws mom--partner's grandma's) diamond mounted on my paternal grandmother’s (my partner's great grandma's) wedding ring.
The wedding band has my grandparents initials and date of the wedding 6-16-98(1898 ) **eighteen ninety eight, no idea why it keeps formatting eights as smiley faces**
I wore the wedding band after my Dad died (during the 80’s and 90’s), then after Mom died in 1996 I had her diamond mounted on the band. Dad gave this diamond to Mom sometime in the 70’s."
So this ring has been in the family for almost 125 years(!!!) And comprises pieces from my partner's great grandparents (the band) and grandparents (the diamond).
My partner and I plan to get his grandparent's, parents, and our wedding dates engraved. His great grandparents wedding date is already engraved. In total there will be 4 wedding dates engraved to show the 4 generations of love this ring has seen.
I don't even have words for how thankful I am to be the caretaker of this ring, and cannot wait to wear it.
Finally, pics!
For once, I don't care if the cut is ideal, or the band width/design. I love the history and meaning, and smile whenever I think about how much love this ring has seen in it's long life. I hope the ring will see more generations of love while in my care.
Thanks for reading to anyone who made it this far!
Many of you know I got divorced based on other threads. What no one knows (until now) is that I'm getting remarried in July. He has been one of my closest friends for 3-4 years now, and once my marriage was clearly over we realized pretty quickly that we share future goals, dreams, and are looking for similar things in a life partner/spouse. He is a true partner in every sense, and we live our life as a team. I appreciate him so much.
When he told his mom that we are designing my engagement ring (spoiler: the Octavia is my engagement ring! Yay!), she said she was hoping to give him her mom's ring.
I told my partner and his mom that I would be honored to wear and cherish it as an RHR, and asked her to share the story with me.
This is what she texted:
"This is Mom’s (my future mother in laws mom--partner's grandma's) diamond mounted on my paternal grandmother’s (my partner's great grandma's) wedding ring.
The wedding band has my grandparents initials and date of the wedding 6-16-98(1898 ) **eighteen ninety eight, no idea why it keeps formatting eights as smiley faces**
I wore the wedding band after my Dad died (during the 80’s and 90’s), then after Mom died in 1996 I had her diamond mounted on the band. Dad gave this diamond to Mom sometime in the 70’s."
So this ring has been in the family for almost 125 years(!!!) And comprises pieces from my partner's great grandparents (the band) and grandparents (the diamond).
My partner and I plan to get his grandparent's, parents, and our wedding dates engraved. His great grandparents wedding date is already engraved. In total there will be 4 wedding dates engraved to show the 4 generations of love this ring has seen.
I don't even have words for how thankful I am to be the caretaker of this ring, and cannot wait to wear it.
Finally, pics!
For once, I don't care if the cut is ideal, or the band width/design. I love the history and meaning, and smile whenever I think about how much love this ring has seen in it's long life. I hope the ring will see more generations of love while in my care.
Thanks for reading to anyone who made it this far!
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