whitby_2773
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as some of you may know, my husband and i recently had our original wedding rings and mr original e-ring melted down and made into beautiful new rings for our 25th wedding anniversary. this is GREAT, and something we''re so excited about; between his breaking, and mine giving me eczema, we haven''t worn our original rings in YEARS.
i had these rings made in australia, as we wanted to get them done by a friend who is a very good jeweler there, and also in the ''land of our birth''. just for sentimental reasons, y''know? this was project 1.
at the same time, i also sent home the wedding ring my father gave my mother (both deceased), the bangle my grandparents gave my mother for her 21st many years ago, and the setting for the 25th anniversary ring my father gave my mother; 3 VERY sentimental pieces as my mother died within months of their 25th anniversary. i asked my friend, who took them home to australia for me (with detailed instructions for the jeweler), to hold onto the second lot of jewelry till i was ready for project 2. my plan was to have these pieces melted down also and made into two rings - for my sister and i. i was going to have them set with small diamonds (my mother''s birthstone) either side of the birthstone of my sister and me.
so, about a week ago i decided i was ready to proceed. i told my sister - who was over the MOON; my father married again after my mother died, and when he died everything of sentimental value was left to my father''s second wife. so my sister and i had very few things from our parents of sentimental value.
it just so happens that my friend, to whom i gave the jewelry, has currently been here visiting and was leaving today to go home. so we had a talk about her going to my jeweler and giving them the second part of the instructions i had composed, and the rest of the jewelry. my friend asked me what jewelry i wanted in the new rings and, over the ensuing conversation, it became apparent that she has accidentally given the jewelers my mother''s wedding ring along with my and my husband''s original rings and that it has been accidentally melted down and included in OUR remade rings.
i''m terribly upset on a number of accounts. firstly, i really wanted tim''s and my new rings to ONLY be rings that were pertinent to tim''s and my wedding. secondly, after my father remarried, i was never particularly close to him, so the last thing i want in my wedding rings to/from my husband is a ring my father bought. and lastly, i''ve just TOLD my sister that ''her new ring'' was going to represent our grandparents (bangle), our parents at their marriage (wedding ring), and then the enduring nature of that marriage (25th anniversary ring). given that there were so few things of sentimental significance when my parents died, the few things we had were jealously squabbled over, and this was very much in the nature of an offering which i had hoped would symbolize the bond between my sister and i, and my willingness to share all that is precious to me. telling her that our mother''s wedding ring has been subsumed into my own remade rings will NOT be well received!
so this is basically a disaster. and it made me start to wonder - what jewelry disasters have other people had? have you ever lost ''dead aunt mavis''s diamond ring''? ever seen your one-of-a-kind engagement ring swirl down a sink, never to return? ever lost a 2 ct earring in the ocean? or have you ever broken a piece of jewelry that was somebody ELSE''S? borrowed something precious and lost it?
please share your worst lost/broken jewelry experiences here - it might even make us all feel better to know we''re not alone in our jewelry''s darkest moments!
feeling kinda miserable....
i had these rings made in australia, as we wanted to get them done by a friend who is a very good jeweler there, and also in the ''land of our birth''. just for sentimental reasons, y''know? this was project 1.
at the same time, i also sent home the wedding ring my father gave my mother (both deceased), the bangle my grandparents gave my mother for her 21st many years ago, and the setting for the 25th anniversary ring my father gave my mother; 3 VERY sentimental pieces as my mother died within months of their 25th anniversary. i asked my friend, who took them home to australia for me (with detailed instructions for the jeweler), to hold onto the second lot of jewelry till i was ready for project 2. my plan was to have these pieces melted down also and made into two rings - for my sister and i. i was going to have them set with small diamonds (my mother''s birthstone) either side of the birthstone of my sister and me.
so, about a week ago i decided i was ready to proceed. i told my sister - who was over the MOON; my father married again after my mother died, and when he died everything of sentimental value was left to my father''s second wife. so my sister and i had very few things from our parents of sentimental value.
it just so happens that my friend, to whom i gave the jewelry, has currently been here visiting and was leaving today to go home. so we had a talk about her going to my jeweler and giving them the second part of the instructions i had composed, and the rest of the jewelry. my friend asked me what jewelry i wanted in the new rings and, over the ensuing conversation, it became apparent that she has accidentally given the jewelers my mother''s wedding ring along with my and my husband''s original rings and that it has been accidentally melted down and included in OUR remade rings.
i''m terribly upset on a number of accounts. firstly, i really wanted tim''s and my new rings to ONLY be rings that were pertinent to tim''s and my wedding. secondly, after my father remarried, i was never particularly close to him, so the last thing i want in my wedding rings to/from my husband is a ring my father bought. and lastly, i''ve just TOLD my sister that ''her new ring'' was going to represent our grandparents (bangle), our parents at their marriage (wedding ring), and then the enduring nature of that marriage (25th anniversary ring). given that there were so few things of sentimental significance when my parents died, the few things we had were jealously squabbled over, and this was very much in the nature of an offering which i had hoped would symbolize the bond between my sister and i, and my willingness to share all that is precious to me. telling her that our mother''s wedding ring has been subsumed into my own remade rings will NOT be well received!
so this is basically a disaster. and it made me start to wonder - what jewelry disasters have other people had? have you ever lost ''dead aunt mavis''s diamond ring''? ever seen your one-of-a-kind engagement ring swirl down a sink, never to return? ever lost a 2 ct earring in the ocean? or have you ever broken a piece of jewelry that was somebody ELSE''S? borrowed something precious and lost it?
please share your worst lost/broken jewelry experiences here - it might even make us all feel better to know we''re not alone in our jewelry''s darkest moments!
feeling kinda miserable....
Alice
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