For myself, I'll be graduating with my bachelor's this December, and still wear mine1. To be honest, I wear it everywhere... I actually freak out a little if I notice it's not on my finger2. At this point it would feel weird to not wear it. It's not like I have any particuarly attachment to graduating high school or think high school was a great place, it's just the ring itself that I've grown attached to.
But anyway, what about other people? Did you wear your ring just for senior year? A year or two after that? Until you lost or pawned it? Till you got a university class ring? Did you never wear it?
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1Being of the male persuassion, my ring is naturally one of those big bulky ones that could be used to clobber a small duck. At it's widest point the band is probably a half-inch thick, with the stone rising a quarter inch over my finger. Fortunately it's white gold, not the more usual gaudy yellow gold, so I like to think it doesn't look like I'm desperately trying to "bling" it out or something such as that.
2It's kinda funny, really. My SO has seen me do it enough, the acting normal, suddenly looking at my hand and then dashing off to search for it, that he knows what I'm looking for without either of us saying anything. Most often it's in my pant's pocket if I was washing dishes, but I still freak out a little every time I notice it's gone.
Anyway, I wore it for years. I was strangely attached to my ring as well, and wore it all the time.
It was on a family vacation (big one, with some aunts and cousins) where we rented a house boat and roamed the Mississippi River that I lost it. Since I always wore it, I didn't think to take it off before swimming in the river. I'd had it slip off while swimming before, but in a pool I can easily get it back. That doesn't work in a large river.
I told my sister I'd lost it, and she said she didn't believe me because she knew I wasn't stupid enough to have been wearing it in the river in the first place.
Again, since I always wore it, it took about 20 minutes for everyone to know it was lost, because my mother said "Hey, you're not wearing your ring! Where is it?" as soon as she saw me.
There's still a bit of a mark from where it was like three years later, although the tan line is mostly gone.
I didn't bother getting a college class ring.
the 13 years being from kindergarden to 12. i never really cared enough to get a ring, and my mom got me the sweatshirt, and honestly who am i to say no to free clothing? the only thing i got from graduating college was my bachelor's degree and that's back home in another city :P
I made sure that, other than the date on it, the design & stone I chose wasn't specific to high school and was something that I'd wear into the future.
I stopped wearing it because I lost some weight & it simply didn't fit anymore.
Now it resides in the bottom of a jewelry box alongside odd cufflinks, tie tacks, a favorite- but ruined - watch, etc.
I never did get a college ring.
I never got a ring... Aside from being too poor to afford one at the time, I've got thick fingers and scarred, oversized knuckles, so it's hard to get any kind of ring that fits. Also, I just generally hate wearing jewelery on my hands, and usually wear my watch wrapped around one of my belt loops.
And I wish my high school class was having a reunion. Since I'm not in Facebook, I have only to go on second hand news from friends, but it seems unlikely at this point (it would have been our 10 year). I guess I just want to see what other people are doing and compete/compare. Oh well =P
Mine'll probably be silver alloy with a peridot and my initials engraved in it. Our rings are done by Herff-Jones, apparently.Oh, and my sentiments towards highschool are pretty similar to zb's.
First time I hear of such a thing. What is it about exactly?
Oh, and my sentiments towards highschool are pretty similar to zb's.
It just means that we're upper classmen now, as opposed to underclassmen.
Being a guy, wearing a ring just seems a bit... weird[...]
But that's what's great about it. It's one of the few rings you can get away with wearing and people won't think it's odd. Heck, I think I've only gotten many three comments about my ring in all the years I've worn it, and all three were "can I see?"
I go through ring-wearing phases, and I generally have one or two rings I prefer when I'm wearing rings, and the next time I start a ring-wearing phase, the one or two favorite rings will be different. Right now I've got my commitment ceremony ring on one hand, and recently added my grandmother's wedding ring on the other hand.
I think it's pleasantly eye-catching to have a little bit of flash on someone's hand, male or female. Especially a faceted stone, even if it's just glass or quartz or agate.
Didn't have one. Thought the whole idea was incredibly stupid, thought they were ugly and massively overpriced, and I was at my last highschool for about three months and my main memories were of how massively, prickishly clique-ish the Chorus class was, especially the teacher, and how thanks to the bathroom smokers and one of the teacher's pets who was tracking that day, I spent my lunch on my 18th birthday in lunch detention because I was one. freaking. minute. late. to that class. Ugh.
(I got my vengeance on the class by just kind of casually being better than the pets. When the entire class, including people who don't like you, thinks you should have gotten a particular solo instead of the people who got it because unlike the people who actually got it you can actually DO that musical style and make the chorus class sound good to observers instead of awful... Or when me and a Teacher's Pet sang at baccalaureate and I sang a suitable piece in a style I'm comfortable in while Pet sang something semi-suitable in a style she's terrible at and I got a standing ovation and then she later got some polite clapping... 
)
With our rings, the "Economy Package" comes with: lifetime warranty; lost or theft coverage; school name around stone; custom school mascot; scholastic year date side; initials engraved; antique finish; choice of smooth birthstone; and polished palmside. Any differentiations are extra. Not bad, either. Only I'm either getting a gold alloy or silver alloy without the antique finish. Kinda cheaper that way.
But I might need your opinions: which looks better with peridot: silver or gold?
I would think its worth it because you don't have to actually clean white gold like you do silver. Although I am lazy and like to waste money.
But the silver option seems pretty good. Gold's pretty overated anyway.
EDIT: Don't get platinum, though. Very pretty, very shiny and very easy to scratch and mark up. Unless you've got easy access to free cleaning, it's really tough to maintain.
I'd be hard-pressed to justify paying an extra $70 to go from silver to white gold -- but I'd be disinclined to pay over $300 for a ring, so the scale I'm looking at is different in the first place. And on top of that, I *like* the way silver tarnishes. The last silver ring I wore, the tarnish settled into the low spots & the higher spots stayed shiny, and I thought that effect was lovely.
That said, the two rings I wear every day right now are both gold. One's white gold with a rose gold stripe, the other's yellow gold. Both are 14k.
I go through ring-wearing phases, and I generally have one or two rings I prefer when I'm wearing rings... Right now I've got my commitment ceremony ring on one hand...
That sounds like something you should wear all the time. Or not bother with, I can totally see not bothering with that kind of symbol and spending the money on something more practical.
But I can't imagine having one and not wearing it.
Not that it's any of my business what you do, anyway. Just seems a bit odd.
With our rings, the "Economy Package" comes with: lifetime warranty; lost or theft coverage;
Y'know, seems my ring came with something like that. I should probably look into that, see if I can get it replaced. If so, I'll probably start wearing it again.
But I might need your opinions: which looks better with peridot: silver or gold?
Silver, I think. What're your school colors?
And the cost is paid over six months with a $50 down, no matter what ring you get. To get the ring in white gold would actually probably cost the same as the 10K yellow if I order in school, but I'd still have to pay an extra $20 for a gold-on-gold finish as opposed to antique. But yea, I'm gonna go with the silver.
So this is probably a bit of a weird question, but (if you got one) how long after high school did you continue to wear your class ring?
For myself, I'll be graduating with my bachelor's this December, and still wear mine1. To be honest, I wear it everywhere... I actually freak out a little if I notice it's not on my finger2. At this point it would feel weird to not wear it. It's not like I have any particuarly attachment to graduating high school or think high school was a great place, it's just the ring itself that I've grown attached to.
But anyway, what about other people? Did you wear your ring just for senior year? A year or two after that? Until you lost or pawned it? Till you got a university class ring? Did you never wear it?
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1Being of the male persuassion, my ring is naturally one of those big bulky ones that could be used to clobber a small duck. At it's widest point the band is probably a half-inch thick, with the stone rising a quarter inch over my finger. Fortunately it's white gold, not the more usual gaudy yellow gold, so I like to think it doesn't look like I'm desperately trying to "bling" it out or something such as that.
2It's kinda funny, really. My SO has seen me do it enough, the acting normal, suddenly looking at my hand and then dashing off to search for it, that he knows what I'm looking for without either of us saying anything. Most often it's in my pant's pocket if I was washing dishes, but I still freak out a little every time I notice it's gone.
I lost mine before I finished highschool.
I also lost my wedding ring about 2 weeks after getting married. Which is why we bought a $20 ring for the ceremony and also why I got this sweet tattoo!
My fingers are slippery, what?!
dude, losing your class and wedding ring??? wow...
My dad had his finger ripped off when his wedding ring was caught on a saw at a factory he worked at. He's only got half of his finger now.
My parents are divorced if you appreciate the "irony".
.That isn't irony. Closer to foreshadowing, really
Hence the quotes. I blame Alanis Morissette for the downfall of the English language.
Got one... work it all of ten minutes before I found out that it definitely triggered a metal allergy and made my hands swell up quite a bit. Never wore a wedding ring because of that, though recently I've found that titanium doesn't trigger a reaction, so I just got a wedding band I can actually wear, after 19 years of marriage, a couple of months ago.
My neighbor at work lost his wedding ring last week. On his way home he stopped and bought a new one ($200-300) just so his wife wouldn't find out.