Today, I found an unfamiliar ring in my purse. Thinking it was fake, I gave it to a little girl. Thanks to my mother, I later found out that the ring was my grandmother's and it was made of gold and had a real ruby. My mother added that my grandmother trusted me to keep it in our family. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out my boyfriend was going to propose. He'd bought me a beautiful white gold ring that I never got to see. His estranged mom stole the ring. FML
Today, my 8-year-old daughter came home from school, saying she had gotten engaged and was wearing a ring. It looked real. Later that night, I got a call saying that their son had given my daughter his grandma's engagement ring. My daughter actually said no to the engagement, but still took the ring, FML
Today, for my mom's birthday, I couldn't figure out what to get her, so I just took some of her jewelry, wrapped it up, and re-gifted it. She recognized it instantly. FML
Today, my 6 year-old granddaughter was sitting on my lap, playing with the rings on my fingers. After a moment, she pointed to a gold ring with many jewels and said, "When you die, can I have that one?" FML
Today, I realized my wedding ring was missing. Turns out, my son had taken it to give to a girl he likes in the second grade. FML
Today, I found out my mother-in-law sold a precious family heirloom and gambled away the money. FML
Today, in preparation for proposing to my girlfriend, I borrowed one of her rings so I could discreetly get her ring size. Not only have I now lost the ring, which turns out to be a keepsake from her dead grandmother, I still don't know her ring size. FML
Today, I came home to my mother-in-law wearing the gold chain which I usually keep in a hidden drawer. I searched my drawer only to find out my chain was missing. I asked my mother-in-law if she took it and she keeps denying the fact that she stole it from me. My husband is on her side. FML
Today, after days of looking for it, I finally found the ring my boyfriend gave to me. It was on my roommate's finger. FML
Today, my almost-mother-in-law demanded I give my engagement ring back because it was originally her great-grandmother's, and she has now decided she wants it to go to her youngest son’s fiancée instead. My fiancé agreed and told me he’d just buy me another. He doesn’t get why I’m so upset either. FML
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FalconWhitaker 20
Why in heaven's name did somebody just stick it in your purse without telling you?
lantz4levi 19
You probably should have at least checked with somebody before assuming it was fake
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Welshite 40
Time to find the little girl and adopt her. Or you could go Gollum on her ring finger.
johnrdz3 24
Guess it didn't ring a bell.... I'm lonely
TheTacoMan 24
Unless the kid thought it was a ring pop and ate the ruby. Then you are going to have to go to plan #2... Badum Tss...
Ms_ValS 27
It's generally a good idea to give away unfamiliar jewellery to strangers. Especially to little girls because when you ask for it back, no one would think you're being a jerk.
lexiieeex3 32
Biting a little girl's finger off might be a little extreme...
lantz4levi 19
You probably should have at least checked with somebody before assuming it was fake
AlexanderIsLife 14
You probably shouldn't have given it to a random kid. At least give your little girl (If you have one) the ring. Good luck getting it back OP.
Geekman2 10
Honestly, I don't make a habit of checking the value of various doodads I find. What probably happened was that OP found the ring, thought it was fake and moved on. Later, encountering the little girl, she gives her the ring because she has no use for it. It isn't likely all that much thought was put into it, it was just a simple act of kindness. If OP had never found out the value of the ring, they probably wouldn't think twice about the ring they found in their purse that day
Pingvinai 37
#44, checking values for random stuff like a typewriter isn't common. Checking the value for a piece of jewelry before you give it away would be common sense.
FrozenMusic 26
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I spy with my little eye a girl with a ruby ring
Pat5519 14
I spy someone who shouldn't comment.
AlexanderIsLife 14
I spy with my little eye a guy who just got roasted.
IWishIWasObama 12
I spy two dudes posing the exact same way for their selfie. By the way, look up when you hit the button. You can check to see if it's a good pic afterwards.
annarcheer 19
Damn....
FalconWhitaker 20
Why in heaven's name did somebody just stick it in your purse without telling you?
mds9986 24
Yeah really, I don't think this is OPs fault at all.
LAUGHINGKOMODO 25
I think that when OP would notice it, they would know what it was and was meant as a surprise for her to have.
Mauskau 36
What if OP lost their purse, not knowing the ring was in there? For something with that kind of value and sentiment you tell someone first and put it somewhere safe. I often lose stuff in my bag, so I wouldn't have found it for about a year.
XxDevilxXGt 26
Why in heavens would you give a random ring you find in your own purse away because you assume it's fake? What logic or reasoning could possibly be involved there? YDI
ChibiChibi_fml 28
I have gumball machine rings in my purse all the time. It would make perfect sense for me to just give them away.
Lexipants 21
#31, if someone randomly tossed a ring in my purse it would never see daylight ever again.
emchocolat_fml 25
Easy solution to that: adopt the little girl.
xXShadowStormXx 12
Or kidnap
jimmer23 21
She trusted you by dropping it in your purse without telling you? I feel like your family's communication skills are lacking. Even Bilbo did across the courtesy of having Gandalf explain it.
jimmer23 21
*Frodo. Not "across."
tormcn 26
My exact thoughts.
BlueXephos 10
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Plot Twist: Grandma was tricked and it was fake.
logicnazi 18
The ring is already gone. So when in the plot could this "twist" take place?
musoboy 22
29: At the very beginning when grandma received the ring. It was never real in the first place.
shesaywha 19
You may not have the gold anymore but you've got some 24 karat stupidity.
sweetbliss3 37
I'd do the same thing. who just puts random stuff in someone's purse without telling them? that's weird. kind of their fault for not telling you who's it was and why it was in there.
Cads1 24
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How strange, a woman who gives away jewelry. Don't think I have heard of that happening before.
ciammmm 11
This is funny.