Lost wedding ring - what would you do?

[IlanaK]

I have actually managed to lose my wedding ring. I have spent the last four days looking for it, but to no avail. I am fairly sure that I put it down somewhere in my flat and it has got knocked into a bin and thrown away. I have turned everything upside down and moved furniture, but it is not here.

Sooooo....I need to replace it. Should I try to get one exactly the same (if possible?)? Or should I try and get something totally different? What would you do?

Not marriedyet but i would be absolutely gutted if i lost my wedding ring. It was my Nan's ring which my mum gave to me when i had DD. It was 24carat rose gold but because all of my jewellry is white gold, i have had it rhdium plated.
I would be absolutely devestaed if i lost it

From the stories that have been on this thread it could well turn up when you least expect it. I hope it does, fingers crossed

When dh lost his we got another made by the same woman but in a style he liked better! Not too big a deal - neither of us was very sentimental about it and our rings are silver so not mega-bucks. Think 'wait and see' followed by a different sort of ring if yours doens't turn up sounds like a good bet.

my mother had to have hers cut off as she put on too much weight. She bought a replacement not too long ago, a beautiful one with a crossover effect with diamonds. Her original was plain and quite cheap, she decided to get what she really wanted this time, since cost was no longer so much a factor. Now, she has lost weight and it is too lose to wear on her wedding figner tho!

my dh had to have his cut off becuase of a fight - he never got another one.

however. i am being deadly serious when i say i fi was in your situation i would get one thats got loads of gold in it incase he ran off with the computer ..sorry...sorry... i mean another woman in which case i would have a nice lot of gold to pawn.

married 17 years and still the romantic awww

I had a lucky escape last month. We were on the beach making sandcastles for dd when she wandered over asking "this yours mummy?". When i looked she was holding out my wedding ring. When asked where she found it she pointed to a spot on the sand. I put it on the chain round my neck to save losing it again. I will have to get it re-sized post pregnancy.

I suffer quite badly with excema and when doing a lot of washing up or cleaning I take off my wedding ring and put it in a dish on my kitchen window sill (usually!!) cos the skin under my ring can get very red and sore. I had only been married for just over a year (this was my 2nd marriage, managed to keep my first ring over 13 years) and one day couldn't find my wedding ring and was frantic. I looked everywhere, interrogated the kids etc and finally after about 3 days had to tell dh, I thought he would be mad but he just said 'i'm sure it will turn up' but after about 9 months of it being missing I had completely given up hope. Anyway on our 2nd wedding anniversary my dh was working away in Montenegro and sent me a text message telling me to look in his sock drawer for my pressie and he had bought me a beautiful new (different to first one) white gold and diamond wedding ring and I was so happy, it was gorgeous and I am very careful where I take it off now.
Don't know if you should go for same or different cos I was so happy to get another one I didn't really care.

IlanaK, this might sound totally flaky but it often works for me. Stand in the middle of your flat, empty your mind and turn around a full 360 degrees thinking about your ring. If it's in the flat you may get a feeling for where it is. This a way of letting any "submerged" memory about where you left/dropped it come to the surface.

Hope you find it!

Perhaps you could renew your vows, and get a new ring to go with this new anniversary?

entirely practical answer did you get insurance cover (and if not it may be covered on your house policy) so at least paying for a replacement won't cost you.

I agree with TP renew your vows or get other half to take you back to proposal spot and get them to buy you another.

I would be devastated if I lost mine, my mum lost hers after 30 yrs of marriage and she also had her engagement ring stolen. It broke my heart, so dont know what it did to her. My wedding ring is stuck fast at the moment as I put on weight, so hopefully wont lose it!! I also didnt know wedding ring would have to be removed with a c section - they didnt say this to me at hospital.