Every piece of jewelry owned by every member of my family, except, what we were allowed to wear (one ring, earrings) on the day we were forced to leave in 1960, was stolen, taken by government militia.
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I'm so sorry to all of you who have lost jewelry or had it taken from you. It's devastating to lose something precious if it's sentimental, valuable or both.
My MIL loses jewelry constantly - including one beautiful diamond suite of mine (given to me by my parents) when I gave it to her for safekeeping. I was heartbroken as I loved the pieces & because it was specially chosen by my parents. It was also very valuable. To be fair, it was stolen - not lost - along with a lot of her jewelry on a trip. The thing I don't understand is how she manages to carelessly misplace almost all of her jewelry at home & on vacation. I can't tell you how many times we've all scoured hotel rooms or their house looking for her latest misplaced item. I just don't understand how she can stand spending so much time looking for her jewelry & watches - sometimes never finding it.
We have all tried to help her out by giving her countless ring holders, pretty jewelry dishes, jewelry boxes, rolls, pouches, valet trays & a hard LV jewelry case from my FIL. They also have a vault in their home which my FIL won't give her the combination to open. With anyone else, I would say that's entirely inappropriate - but it's actually the only way to make sure major pieces are safely held when they're in the house. The major stress is when she can't find something & starts accusing their housekeepers. That's just uncomfortable for everyone :wondering
I'm a bit hyper about keeping my jewelry in the same places, putting away unworn pieces in our vault & keeping larger pieces in the bank. I did once drop a diamond stud in my sink. I couldn't believe how quickly it just disappeared down the drain. I turned off the water & completely panicked thinking it was gone. The plumber came over & managed to rescue it from the "u-shaped" thing under the sink
Now I diligently plug the drain & put a plastic hair strainer over the closed drain when I'm rinsing or cleaning my jewelry over my sink. This is also the reason there is a ring holder next to every sink in our place including the guest bathrooms. I have no desire to experience that heart-stopping moment again!
My MIL loses jewelry constantly - including one beautiful diamond suite of mine (given to me by my parents) when I gave it to her for safekeeping. I was heartbroken as I loved the pieces & because it was specially chosen by my parents. It was also very valuable. To be fair, it was stolen - not lost - along with a lot of her jewelry on a trip. The thing I don't understand is how she manages to carelessly misplace almost all of her jewelry at home & on vacation. I can't tell you how many times we've all scoured hotel rooms or their house looking for her latest misplaced item. I just don't understand how she can stand spending so much time looking for her jewelry & watches - sometimes never finding it.
We have all tried to help her out by giving her countless ring holders, pretty jewelry dishes, jewelry boxes, rolls, pouches, valet trays & a hard LV jewelry case from my FIL. They also have a vault in their home which my FIL won't give her the combination to open. With anyone else, I would say that's entirely inappropriate - but it's actually the only way to make sure major pieces are safely held when they're in the house. The major stress is when she can't find something & starts accusing their housekeepers. That's just uncomfortable for everyone :wondering
I'm a bit hyper about keeping my jewelry in the same places, putting away unworn pieces in our vault & keeping larger pieces in the bank. I did once drop a diamond stud in my sink. I couldn't believe how quickly it just disappeared down the drain. I turned off the water & completely panicked thinking it was gone. The plumber came over & managed to rescue it from the "u-shaped" thing under the sink
Now I diligently plug the drain & put a plastic hair strainer over the closed drain when I'm rinsing or cleaning my jewelry over my sink. This is also the reason there is a ring holder next to every sink in our place including the guest bathrooms. I have no desire to experience that heart-stopping moment again!
This thread just breaks my heart!
When I was about 8 years old, my maternal grandparents bought my sister and I birthstone rings. It wasn't anything really special or even very expensive, just a little 10K gold ring with a small sapphire, but I loved it and wore it constantly. They made a really big deal out of it and made me feel special, like it was my first piece of "grown up" jewelry. Well, I lost it one day while I was playing outside with my cousins, and it was never found. Those grandparents both passed away while I was a teenager. I do have a few other pieces of jewelry from my grandmother, so that is some consolation... but to this day I still feel badly about the loss of that ring.
For future reference, this is called a "p-trap."
I know this because my husband retrieved my wedding ring out of there at our old apartment!
I also lost my wedding ring a second time. I was in a mall parking lot and had taken my rings off to put lotion on my hands, went to put them back on and dropped my wedding band. I was driving a Honda Accord at the time and the band fell down into the TINY little narrow slot between the parking brake and the seat - as in, under the carpeting! I couldn't get it out and had to wait for the weekend so my husband could pull all of the carpeting out of the driver's side and retrieve it from under the seat.
When I was about 8 years old, my maternal grandparents bought my sister and I birthstone rings. It wasn't anything really special or even very expensive, just a little 10K gold ring with a small sapphire, but I loved it and wore it constantly. They made a really big deal out of it and made me feel special, like it was my first piece of "grown up" jewelry. Well, I lost it one day while I was playing outside with my cousins, and it was never found. Those grandparents both passed away while I was a teenager. I do have a few other pieces of jewelry from my grandmother, so that is some consolation... but to this day I still feel badly about the loss of that ring.
For future reference, this is called a "p-trap."
I know this because my husband retrieved my wedding ring out of there at our old apartment!I also lost my wedding ring a second time. I was in a mall parking lot and had taken my rings off to put lotion on my hands, went to put them back on and dropped my wedding band. I was driving a Honda Accord at the time and the band fell down into the TINY little narrow slot between the parking brake and the seat - as in, under the carpeting! I couldn't get it out and had to wait for the weekend so my husband could pull all of the carpeting out of the driver's side and retrieve it from under the seat.
When I was in my twenties I purchased stunning Longines watch... I had been dreaming of this watch since I was 17... I went to a club two weekends later and it was gone..
DH gave me a pear of stingray earrings in yellow gold and I wore them all the time.. I we went to a resaurant and and for some reason the fell out of my bag... When I noticed they were gone... I cried so much and he did replace them but the new ones are just not the same....
DH gave me a pear of stingray earrings in yellow gold and I wore them all the time.. I we went to a resaurant and and for some reason the fell out of my bag... When I noticed they were gone... I cried so much and he did replace them but the new ones are just not the same....
I lost the mate to my favorite earrings - Chanel CC studs with rhinestones. I got them for my birthday when I turned 20 but lost one of the earrings a month ago. My boyfriend tried to buy replacement studs but Chanel just doesn't make the same exact pair anymore. Makes me sad.
oh yeah...i lost my original wedding/e-ring set a year and a half after we were married. :cry: 
it was horrible. even till this day, my husband is saddened by it because we went through so much to pick it out and it was the ring he proposed to me with. so it is really sad to think about. thankfully we have a closeup picture of it in our wedding album, so i at least always have that as a memory.
even the other day my daughter had asked me what my original set looked like. that just broke my heart.
thank goodness for insurance....
it was horrible. even till this day, my husband is saddened by it because we went through so much to pick it out and it was the ring he proposed to me with. so it is really sad to think about. thankfully we have a closeup picture of it in our wedding album, so i at least always have that as a memory.
even the other day my daughter had asked me what my original set looked like. that just broke my heart.
thank goodness for insurance....
Yes. A sterling silver and diamond watch my grandfather had gifted many years ago to one of my mother's favorite aunts. The watch was eventually given to my mother, and she gave it to me years later. In a rush job to pack and move from the north of the US to the south in just a couple of days (drive included), that watch and some of my other (favorite) jewelry went missing. My sister packed my jewelry when I was carrying something out to the truck, though I was going to carry it myself on the drive. I still hold out hope that I'll find it, but after a hurricane or two, I'm not sure what state I'll find it in when I do. Worse, I feel responsible for the loss. Argh.
Also, my mother had let me wear a set of delicate 18k bangles she'd bought in Florence while I was a baby. During the middle of a theatre rehearsal in college, I had to take off the turtleneck that I was wearing over my costume, and I'm positive that's how one of them came off. No one said anything, and I didn't know it was missing until I got home. I came right back and scoured everything and continued to do so for the next week, but nothing. Worst part, was that it was an intimate group rehearsal and the room was locked as we left, meaning someone there saw it come off and just took it. Like the watch, another huge guilt to deal with. I was devastated and gave the remaining set back to my mother, who was also devastated. I plan to replace the missing one someday.
Worse, I feel responsible for the loss. Argh.Also, my mother had let me wear a set of delicate 18k bangles she'd bought in Florence while I was a baby. During the middle of a theatre rehearsal in college, I had to take off the turtleneck that I was wearing over my costume, and I'm positive that's how one of them came off. No one said anything, and I didn't know it was missing until I got home. I came right back and scoured everything and continued to do so for the next week, but nothing. Worst part, was that it was an intimate group rehearsal and the room was locked as we left, meaning someone there saw it come off and just took it. Like the watch, another huge guilt to deal with. I was devastated and gave the remaining set back to my mother, who was also devastated. I plan to replace the missing one someday.
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I lost two different diamond studs from two pairs of earrings. I replaced the first one and just let the second one go. Then one day it miraculously turned up and I still can't explain how it could have happened. I also lost a necklace that had been a birthday gift from my father from more than 20 years ago. It disappeared when my parents redid my old bedroom and I thought I would never see it again. Then last year I found the necklace while looking for something silly, like paper clips.
You just never know, some of those things you lost, they might return to you at the right time.
Having lost a few things I now try not to take it all too seriously. Certain things are better insured, for total peace of mind. I tend not to travel with valuable things, and I try to have a routine like where I always take things off and where I put them. But really, I can't enjoy wearing things if I am constantly worrying about losing them. I will never buy another pair of diamond stud earrings for this reason. For me, they are too easy to lose. Bigger things are easier to find.
You just never know, some of those things you lost, they might return to you at the right time.
Having lost a few things I now try not to take it all too seriously. Certain things are better insured, for total peace of mind. I tend not to travel with valuable things, and I try to have a routine like where I always take things off and where I put them. But really, I can't enjoy wearing things if I am constantly worrying about losing them. I will never buy another pair of diamond stud earrings for this reason. For me, they are too easy to lose. Bigger things are easier to find.
I lost an ID bracelet my mom had given me when I was younger that her mother had given her and she'd never worn. I wore it basically every day from the time I was a teen until I was 19 or so and it disappeared at work. I knew I should have stopped wearing it since it had started to unclasp itself sometimes, but I always noticed when it was about to fall off. It had no value, but it still upsets me, since I really liked it, it was a perfect size & weight.
Two years ago I took my daughter to a new hotel in Pigeon Forge called the Christmas Inn. We spent the night there and in the morning I had my maps in a folder with my rings on top of the maps.
As we were getting ready to leave I just grabbed the maps and out the door we went. About an hour later on the road I realized I didn't have my rings. I called the hotel and they told me they couldn't find them and they told me they already cleaned the room and cut open the vacummn bag to check for the rings there.
I was sad because I just bought these two diamond bands and because they were so new to me I was taking extra special care of them.
As we were getting ready to leave I just grabbed the maps and out the door we went. About an hour later on the road I realized I didn't have my rings. I called the hotel and they told me they couldn't find them and they told me they already cleaned the room and cut open the vacummn bag to check for the rings there.
I was sad because I just bought these two diamond bands and because they were so new to me I was taking extra special care of them.
this past summer i lost my diamond earrings. my husband and i were at his parents' home. i remember taking them off and setting them on the table. the next morning, i got in the car to drive home and i remembered the earrings. i called his parents' house but they said the earrings weren't there. i'm so sad because these were the first piece of jewelry my husband gave to me when we first started dating
Yes. My grandmother's rose gold earrings that I still fret about even to this day. It's been over 30 years........