Have you ever lost a sentimental piece of jewelry?

When I was 16 my mom gave me a necklace that had been passed down from my great-grandmother. It was an opal necklace with diamonds around it. I thought it was the most beautiful necklace. Stupidly, I wore it to school one day and it fell off while I was walking there. I walked up and down the street looking for it and it never turned up. I can still remember walking into class in tears and my wonderful French teacher felt so awful that she let me skip class.

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Yes, when I was in middle school I wore a pair of earrings my mom had bought from Mexico I beleive while on her honeymoon and I lost one of the hoops. They were sentimental to me b/c she gave them to me.

It is the most horrible feeling EVER!!!

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Yes, I lost a beautiful pin that my Grandmother had from the 20's it was a piece of Art Deco Jewelry that had the same initials as mine.

It breaks my heart when I think about it.
I lost on 34th street in Manhattan.

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Yes, it was from DH when we were dating. I lost it at work in cement. I was so upset for days.

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When my grandmother died, my mother gave me her watch. It was beautiful, just beautiful. I wore it for a big interview I had with the Dept. of Justice in D.C., and I was really early for the interview so I walked around D.C. for a half-hour. At the end of my stroll I noticed it was missing... must have fallen off my wrist. I walked up and down those same blocks looking for it, but never found it

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yes...i felt terrible when I stupidly wore the diamond studs that my father gave me for hs graduation while running freshman year at college. I ran into a branch or something and it knocked the earring right out of my ear and I couldn't find it!

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Yes my mom bought me a really nice Movado for my 16th birthday. A few months later I was going into a bad part of the city and my "friend" told me I should take it off and put it in my purse. I was dumb and listened.

Went to this "friends" house after and when I got home and went to put on my watch it was gone. I confonted them and they denied it. Never spoke to the person or saw them ever again.


Also I lost one of my diamond studs DH had given me and that I wore on my wedding day. It went down the drain in the shower and by the time I realized it was missing from my ear it was too late

Message edited 2/24/2007 10:42:44 AM.

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I didn't lose them but had them stolen.

1 - my mothers wedding ring that my father gave me when I was a teen. He had gotten it back from her when they got divorced. It was stolen from where I was living when I was 19.

2. - the piece I loved the most was a sapphire & pearl gold ring that my dad gave my mom before they got engaged. I found it after they got divorced. my mom let me have it (she is allergic to gold). My house was broken into when my daughter was a teen and it was stolen.

ETA: I also lost a blue topaz heart earring from a set (earrings & pendant) that I got when I returned a wedding band that I had but never used when I was engaged previously. He passed away before we could get married.

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Yes a necklace my mom gave to me I lost at Action Park on a water ride.

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Yes I lost one of the diamond heart earrings that my Dad gave me when I was a little girl. Dropped one down the drain. We took it apart and couldn't find it. It had such sentimental value. I always wished it would turn up and never did.

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Had 2 things stolen from me by a family member...an initial ring given to me at my communion by my grandparents and my gold celtic cross from my Confirmation also given to me by my grandparents...I don't know why anyone would steal from a child

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I just thought about it yesterday and YES

I recently realized I am missing an earring that was given to me by a great aunt who recently died. She gave them to a few years ago along with a pendant and it was a set she had for over 50 years

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My wedding jewlery is missing for one

I lose jewlery a lot, it really stinks.

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I've only lost 1 thing in my whole life - a bracelet...and it was the first thing Rich ever bought me.

I was wearing it on prom night, and it must've snagged on my corsage or something. I was wearing it in pics taken at the prom, so it must've fallen off on the way home. I ripped apart the limo, called Crest Hollow for a week, but no one returned it.

I cried for days - i felt sooooooo bad - the only thing I could say was, "I never lose ANYTHING! I never lose anything!"

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I did, I lost my engagement ring.

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I lost the baby bracelet that my father bought me the day I was born. My mom had it made bigger for my 16th birthday...unfortunately I lost it not even a month later.

I lost my engagement ring a month and a half before my wedding while on my bachlorette party in Puerto Rico...THANK goodness for insurance - I wish I listened to DH and left it home - the replacement one is just not the same...