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January 2012 Moms
cbkeni
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New Wedding Ring for DH...
cbkeni
member
Ok so I know a lot of people are anti buying presents for the baby's arrival but for those of you who are for it, or those of you who just like to help dumb people figure out how to get around predicaments:
My DH lost his wedding ring and was super devastated and really wants a new one. He isn't expecting a new one because he knows he lost it and is willing to accept responsibility for it, but he still looks around the yard for it all the time (he lost it in the back yard last winter playing fetch with the dog) he even borrowed 2 metal detectors and made a friend spend hours back there the other day looking for it. I think it got launched over the fence into the neighbors yard and we'll never see it again.
Anywho, I really want to get him a new one as a christmas/anniversary/yey we had a baby present (anniversary was 12/11 but we didn't get each other anything, and DS is due January 4th) BUT like everything else there are some issues.
The ring he had was Tungsten which you can't resize. DH is a lil chubby and is planning on losing weight (after the holidays of course). I wouldn't really think this was an issue except that over the summer he lost like 30 lbs and his shape changed wicked dramatically (he has since gained it all back, but now I know he actually CAN do it). So I don't want to get the size he wears now because he's going to lose weight, but I don't know what size he will be after he loses weight so I don't want to take a guess. If he wasn't planning on losing weight RIGHT AWAY I'd just get him his current size because he'll at least get to wear it for a while but since I know his size will be changing very soon it's silly.
I can try to find something similar to what he had in a different metal that you can resize, but then it won't be the ring he loved. I know for him its just that he wants to have a wedding ring and it's not that he NEEDS that same one, but I feel like if I'm going to get him a ring it might as well be the one he loved.
I know this sounds stupid to some people, but I really want to give him something special the day DS is born and I know this would mean a TON to him and he's super impossible to buy gifts for and this will totally make him cry and I will win! I was also thinking of getting him a cheap little ring to wear as an almost IOU for when he loses the weight, then he'll have something to wear AND an added incentive to lose the weight...but that's not really special.
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Re: New Wedding Ring for DH...
that's tough.
if you get him the smaller size, he'll be super excited but he can't wear it right away which might be a bummer.
if you get him the larger size he's SOL when he loses the weight.
if you get him the smaller size, and he has a history of losing weight and gaining ti again, then it'll only fit when he's lost weight and won't fit when he gains it back.
... wow this is so unhelpful.
If it were me I'd probably get a ring in a re-sizeable metal and in the larger size as close to the original style as possible. I'd inscribe it with something really special and even if it's not exactly like his original, it'll still be an amazing gift and I'm sure it'll mean the world to him. That's my two cents anyway.
Tungsten rings are notoriously cheap so that you could probably buy more than 1 and save yourself the stress. My DH is on his 6th wedding ring in 2 years (5 tungsten, 1 "nice" white gold band)! I bought 2 the last time for the same reason you describe, and I bought something similar to his original ring he loved, but not 100% spot on match. I also bought him a $35 one to wear to work so he doesn't mess this one up.