'Losing my wedding ring at GMTV' blog discussion

20000RPM

You have broght back the gut-wrenching feeling that I've had when losing mine. I've lost mine a couple of times - once on the beach ("oh no!") after washing my hands, they became very slippery with sunblock and the ring slipped off. Thankfully after several panic-stricken minutes we found it just beneath the surface of the sand near where we were sitting.

I took it off in my gloves once when half-cut, and caused a mass panic until I found it in my pocket with the glove.

Oh, and most gross - it fell into a unrinal once. I had to pck it up and wash it and my hands profusely.

What a horrible feeling it is, you have my sympathy.

Smiley_Mum

In your own words Martin, "Never, ever, ever"... take it off again.

Glad you found it, you must have been so relieved.

A friend of mine put her wedding ring into a local jewellers store to be resized and they lost it. It never turned up, she was absolutely gutted about it.

bylromarha

I have forwarded the blog to Mr Byl

He lost his wedding ring whilst out on a walk 6 months after we got married. When he realised, the response was "Oh well, just a piece of metal" and got another within a week.

I KNEW his response wasn't a typical male response as he claimed at the time. Have never known any other man admit to losing theirs though, so nice to see some men feel the loss of THE ring.

10 years on now, it hasn't made any difference to our marriage, but don't tell him I said that:rotfl:

ViolaLass

We camped in a forest for part of our honeymoon and in the middle of the night, husband realised that his ring was missing. While I was upset, I proposed we wait til morning to look for it but he was having none of that - he charged out into the night with a torch. We'd gone for a long walk that afternoon so there was a lot of ground to cover.

As I lay in the tent on my own and heard him walking into the distance and then silence, all I could think was "this is how horror films start". He was gone for about half an hour and I was so relieved when he came back (still without ring though).

Next day, we went to a nearby Argos and got two metal detectors and found the ring under some leaves directly under the tent (I'd effectively been sitting on it all night) fairly quickly.

Husband said afterwards he couldn't have given up because of what we got engraved on the inside of our rings: keep trying.

Aesop

I have been engaged for 7 years and when I first got engaged, I couldn't get used to having a ring on my finger. I would take it off to wash my hands, etc and forget to put it back on.

One day I took it off and put it in my cardigan pocket while I washed the dishes. I forgot I had put it there. After washing the dishes I looked everywhere for it and even asked my fiance if he had taken it and hidden it from me.

Eventually I put my cardigan back on and found my ring in the pocket. Those few hours it was missing, I was devastated, so sad, as there is a lovely story behind the purchase of my ring, and knew it couldn't just be replaced.

katsu

I lost my engagement ring whilst out camping (we'd been engaged less than a year IIRC) - we searched everywhere but never found it. Thankfully I had it insured (that probably overpriced shop add-on insurance), so was able to get an identical replacement. As it was so many years ago that I lost it, I now feel it's replacement is my engagement ring and tend to forget it is ring 2.

Moral of my story - whilst you are getting used to wearing a ring it is definitely worth having it insured. i also now ensure that it is covered by my contents insurance, easy to forget when shopping around.

I have to admit I would hate to lose my wedding ring though, as I don't know if a replacement could ever feel the same. I wonder if vicars bless replacements?

zooey77

I have lost my wedding and engagement rings and despite tearing my hair out trying to remember where I last had them, and turning the house upside down, I cannot find them anywhere - I'm devastated!

The wedding ring is insured as a valuable item, the engagement ring wasn't but the form only said to list items over £1000 and mine is worth under that. Can I claim for accidental loss for both of these items?

hethmar

I lost my engagement ring years ago about a year after we married. I turned the house upside down and then went through all the places Id been the previous day. Heavy hearted I rang Woolworths which was one of the stores Id been to in my lunch break. There was a pause, lady asked me to describe ring, I thought I know they havent got it why prolong this agony BUT the manager had found it as he walked round the store after locking up the previous night. How lucky was that. Ive never worn it on a regular basis since, I keep it in the jewellery box and use it just for posh occasions.

Terrible feeling though when you realise its gone. Id urge anyone whose ring is a bit loose to get at the very least one of those little plastic things that fit on the inside to stop it falling off - especially in this cold weather when your fingers get smaller.

60-something

:money: Hi Martin,

I know exactly how you must have felt and I am so so glad you found it.
I lost my husband at the end of July and only discovered to my horror on the morning of his funeral in August that I could not find my engagement ring. I cannot describe the feeling when after a brief look that morning I still could not find it as that on top of everything else was a nightmare.

I could not at the time after the funeral spend all my time looking for it as the circumstances where that I lost both my parents and my husband all in twelve weeks. I am still without it and apparently my contents does not cover it, but having said that it is now after forty years unreplaceable.

I am totally gutted and still really upset and I wish I could have been lucky enough to find it as it would mean the world to me to have it again.

Hope everyone takes more care of theirs after reading all the comments as a ring can maybe replaced but the sentiment you can never replace.

Kind Regards to everyone