Just found this out about my engagement ring!

[Funion]

We just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary, and I wanted to change the setting of my original engagement ring. The diamond is a 0.34 carat round brillant stone, VVS2 and was placed in a setting of my husband's choosing which I was never crazy about ( I personally had no input in the ring). I always liked the stone but, received another solitaire for my 5th anniversary which I have worn ever since.

So for our 25th I became sentimental and decided to put the original stone in a yellow gold halo setting with yellow diamonds. When I showed it to my husband this is how it went:

Me: How do you like the new setting?
Him: Is that my mother's stone?
Me: No, it's my original engagement ring stone.
Him: Yeah, that's the stone that came from my mom.
Me: What?!
Him: My mom gave me that diamond to give to you.
Me: What?! How come I didn't know about this after 25 years of marriage?
Him: I dunno, how come?
Me: Cause you never told me it was your mom's.
Him: Oh.
Me: So let me get this straight, this is the stone that your Dad gave your Mom when they got engaged?
Him: Yes.
Me: How cute is that!

Now my question: First, how lame am I that I never knew it was my mother-in-laws ring (and I have never thanked her) and second is here anyone else out there that found something out about their ring years after the fact?!!!

 

[tyty333]

Ugh, "cute", I'm not sure if that's how I would describe it. My DH is always failing to tell me things that he should have and
I never designate it as "cute" .

I think it would have been a nice thing to know (if you liked your MIL) so that you knew it was special. You should pass it down
to one of your kids and definitely let the receiver know where it came from and how special it is!

 

[ame]

I would definitely have liked to have known that by now!

 

[KaeKae]

Not exactly the same, but close enough? It wasn't 25 years, it was probably a few months, at most.

DH gave me a yg solitaire (also of his choosing, I have no idea what I would have chosen, but probably not that exact ring.) When he gave it to me, he told me that his grandmother had given it to him, when he was a teenager, and his mom had kept it, because he was like: what is this, why would I want it?

Anyway, I came to understand it was never a stone she had worn. She was the kind of person always doing favors for people, and they would pay her back they way they could. Sometimes with cash, sometimes with things. This was a thing. I never have learned just what she did to earn a .67ct diamond, but I think it's a nice stone. I choose to think that Grandma did something very nice for some one. (It's not like she was the Godmother of NJ )

I reset for our 20th anniversary, by the way.

 

[VRBeauty]

My SIL asked me about where her ring came from about 24 years into her marriage, and since I saw no reason to keep it a secret I told her what I understood about the ring's background - that my brother had received it in payment for a real estate debt. I would never have spilled the beans if I thought knowing that would change her enjoyment of the ring in any way, and as far as I know it didn't. It's a beautiful art deco era ring, much larger than my brother would otherwise have been able or willing to spring for since he was at that time extremely careful with his money and saving for their future. My SIL still cherishes her ring.

 

[Funion]

Thanks for the replies! I love the ring now and my MIL. Will have to thank her the next time I see her......I'm sure she will get a kick out of the story. I have no kids to pass it along to so will probably go to one of my nieces.