DH has done it again. He has lost his wedding ring for the 3rd time.
Original ring was bought in Paris. White gold. Relatively expensive.
Was lost in the sea when playing with the children.
Ring 2. I bought at Christmas a few months later. Sterling silver. Not cheap, but not expensive. Same design as 1st ring.
Was lost about a year later - playing in the sea with the kids (you'd think he'd have learnt his lesson).
Ring 3. Cheapest silver ring in the shop. Bought in the sale.
Lost it at the weekend sorting out the recycling.
WIBU to tell him he needs to buy his own this time (and should pick me up something while he's there)
We always said we'd go back to the jeweller in Paris when we were back on this side of the world (we were in NZ) and replace the ring properly. But frankly at this stage, I don't trust him not to lose the bloody thing again!
AIBU to draw the line at a 4th ring?!
AIBU?
to think a 4th wedding ring is pushing it?
vvviola · 19/01/2016 19:57
I'd have to peel him off the floor at the first sight of the needle 
. But I have to say I'm tempted. Maybe I'll use permanent marker instead...
They sound too loose, they shouldn't be able to come off easily! He is still being unreasonable though 
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I don't know how he is losing them. His fingers seem to shrink dramatically in the cold (hence the 2 being lost in the sea). The third admittedly probably didn't fit too well, but as we were coming back to the land of too-bloody-cold-to-swim-in-the-sea (Ireland) I thought we were safe. Obviously not.
We've been married nearly 8 years. The first ring lasted 5 years and it's all downhill since then!
Jenny if your DH is a Kiwi (and your use of the word gobshite indicates your country) then we might need to compare some notes
At least he lost them whilst playing with his kids and not someone else
I'd tell him to sod off, buy his own and get me some 'I'm sorry, pearls' whilst at the jewellers.
He's very much a wedding ring person fun. The first time he lost it, he mentioned feeling weird every day until it was replaced. This morning when he left for work he said he didn't feel right leaving the house without it "in case something happened". In short, he's a big romantic softie.
But he's still buying the next one himself.
My Dh has lost his ring twice.
The first one was a Tiffany's band, which he didn't tell me about, but lost that in Oz.
He replaced it with a cheap one with dodgy hallmarks. He lost that in September on a stag do.
It hasn't been replaced, although reading this thread has given me the idea he can have a tattooed on one.
Though, I have had the eternity ring carrot dangled after dd's were born 
they're now 4 and 6.
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