Go buy the exact ring again....? It's the thought that counts....

It just might turn up. Check where you've been lately like the grocery store, etc.

Time to pray to St. Anthony ! Hope you find it....good luck!!

My oldest once thought she lost a ring. A few weeks later, she dumped her very large pocketbook out to clean it out and there was the ring!

Did you look in the bottom of your purse? Did you look under the car seat, especially between seat and console? It's possible you will find it at some future time.

I am so sorry to hear this. I lost the beautiful oval diamond from my wedding ring last October. I felt sick. It took months for me to decide what to do. I even bought and returned a plain band ring to wear. My DH gave me the money for Valentines Day to purchase a new diamond, and I did so this month. I am happy to have a sparkly ring on my finger again.

I know how sad you feel. Even tho' it's just "stuff," it represents one of the most important parts of your life. When you tell your husband, he will know that you had the best of intentions. Give him time to think about it. If you can afford it, replace it. And give him time to think about it. Make a little ceremony out of giving the ring, dinner with the "kids" or something. The most important thing is that you have each other. (PS If you have diamonds in your ring, take it to a jeweler and get the prongs checked!!!)

I know how upsetting that can be. DH lost some weight last summer and he knew his ring was lose. One day he noticed that his wedding band was missing and just about tore the house up trying to locate it. He even went back to Target and retraced his steps. No luck.

Then he had the bright idea to take the trap off the powder room sink - and there it was!

Could it possibly have come off when you washed your hands?

Oh, that hurt my heart just reading it. I can imagine you are just heartsick. I hope it turns up.

Good luck!

Do you take your rings off at night...before bed? Maybe your hubby quietly took it and is planning a surprise for you by having it resized so he can wear it again....for your anniversary.

Check the traps on your sinks.

I'm sure I would feel horrible and be in a panic myself, but I'm doubtful the ring could have been made larger. Smaller, maybe, but larger is often NOT achievable with men's rings due to the large shanks and style. My hubby is on his second ring due to size changes over the years because the first ring couldn't be re-sized due to the style.

I remember losing my watch. The safety lock had been loose. I looked all over. Weeks later, there it was on my closet floor, deep on the side of the closet where I store out of season clothes. So it may show up.

Oh no! Make sure to also look in any pockets, on clothing you may have worn while you were wearing the ring. Check the front and back pockets of any shirt, pants or jacket you might have reached your hand inside, as some rings slide off when you pull your hand out.

Unfortunately, I too, can relate to losing a precious keepsake. I seem to have a penchant for losing things outdoors, that match the surroundings. When I was 18, I was left my beloved grandmother's engagement ring, which had a beautiful emerald, instead of a diamond. One day my sister and I decided to have a picnic for our much younger siblings, so we sat in our yard on a blanket. Afterwards, I stood up and shook off the blanket to get rid of the crumbs, and when we started walking into the house, I noticed the emerald was gone from the setting. I know it was in the ring when we sat down, because it can be seen in one of the photos my sister took of us. Of course, we spent hours, searching the grass for the emerald, to no avail. We even looked again in the Autumn, when the grass was short and brown, before the first snow, but no luck. My parents lived in the house for at least 10 more years, but it was never found. Somewhere in that grass lies the beautiful emerald from my grandmother's engagement ring.

Some years ago, my mother-in-law gave me a cross set with diamonds, on a white gold chain. I loved it and wore it every day. One day I went out to shovel snow on our driveway, and also walked along the road (about 20 feet) to my next door neighbour's, to help them do their driveway. When I got back inside and took off my coat, the chain was still on my neck, (undone) and the cross was of course, gone. I searched all my clothing, and our front porch. We retraced my steps outside, on my walkway and driveway, the street, and my neighbour's driveway. Of course, every 'scoop' I had shovelled was thrown on top of 4 foot high snow banks. My neighbour and I searched again a few weeks later, when the snow finally melted, to no avail. No clue where it landed, but a cross set in yellow gold might have been more visible.

pattico, I hope you will have better luck, and will send a shout to St. Anthony for a helping hand!

Oh I do hope it turns up!

Keep looking and I appealed to St. Anthony on your behalf.

Do you wear gloves?

Check: all gloves and oven mitts. Shake any coats or jackets or long sleeve shirts you may have worn. Check all parking lots where you might have taken off your gloves. Check through the sheets and blankets on the bed and inside the couch cushions and all hampers. *crossing fingers you find it!*

Dances.

Do you ever take your rings off? For doing dishes, bathing, gutting a dear, er, deer... Could be habit had you put your ring on and your forgot the other?

I suspect the ring could show up sometime. I understand the frustration, just try to not panic, life will go on and as I said, it could show up. Look in the places already mentioned. Think about any place your hands go. There's an old and often accurate adage about finding something when you're not looking.

Check the washer and dryer too. It could fall out of a pocket during laundry chores.

One other thought, do you have pets that might like playing with it if it fell on the floor?

Good luck.

"One other thought, do you have pets that might like playing with it if it fell on the floor?"

Wow! What a terrific thought/contribution, Cynic. To this day...I'm sure that's how one of my earrings ended up in never-never land. My adored fluff would chase anything around that landed on her floor. I just hope I find it one of these days.

Anne, I have a friend who had a cat, and if an earring fell on to the floor, she would bat it towards the floor register. She had to act quickly to scoop it out of her paws!

Ya know, Jasdip...I never thought about looking under the electric heating elements mounted along the edge of the floor. I don't have floor vents because my home is all electric...but the heating elements are mounted about an inch above the wood under-flooring. Guess what I'm going to do tomorrow. :-) The really spooky thing about this particular earring loss is that it happened within a short time after my husband's death...AND...he had given me the earrings. I was so fond of them. I've never given away or done away with the remaining earring. Every once in a while I ask him to give it back. :-)

Along about the same time...a gold coin that had been given to me at birth by my grandfather suddenly disappeared. A year or two later I happen to look down at the floor near my bed and there it was. Sitting as pretty as it could...and in full frontal face. By that time, my fluff had crossed over so I don't know whether she had anything to do with its loss or not...but maybe she found it and sent it back. :-) I know the coin wasn't there before that night. Where it had gone...and where it returned from...will be a mystery forever.

I thought about the washer....under the agitator, don't know how to get that part off.