At what point would you decide that a piece of jewelry was too expensive to wear out and about?

[Arcadian]

I've never had a situation where I didn't feel I could not enjoy the jewelry I was wearing. In general I'm not the type to dress up so...lol maybe thats why people stage talk around me saying its probably fake. I don't let it bother me, I don't correct them period. If people want to think I wear costume jewelry, awesome. FWIW, I don't have super attention grabbing stuff. Its colorful sure, but not like super big or anything.

 

[SallyBrown]

I wouldn’t feel safe nowadays wearing any piece that costs more than $5,000 or that looks like it does. DH was a violent crime victim recently and the chaotic state of the U.S. is also making us both pretty cautious.

 

[Maria D]

I live in an area where it's highly unusual to see very expensive jewelry, even on the very rich. I don't *think* wearing an item could make me feel worried regardless of its expense - but I don't really know because I don't have anything ultra-expensive to wear. What's a $100k ring, 5 carats? If I wore that around here people would think it was fake. Or I stole it.

 

[Arcadian]

I wouldn’t feel safe nowadays wearing any piece that costs more than $5,000 or that looks like it does. DH was a violent crime victim recently and the chaotic state of the U.S. is also making us both pretty cautious.

Very sorry to hear that. Its very hard to trust after something like that.

 

[SallyBrown]

Very sorry to hear that. Its very hard to trust after something like that.

Thank you Arcadian. He was pretty shaken up and still is a bit, but otherwise unharmed (carjacked at gunpoint).

 

[Ionysis]

I’m very luck to live in a country where the crime rate is extremely low, burglary almost unheard of and people tend to wear and owN insanely expensive jewellery routinely (United Arab Emirates).

However I never take my jewellery with me when I travel. I have costume stuff that I wouldn’t mind losing to take on vacation.