# "It was a really bad ring" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-really-bad-ring/481219 "2009-01-14T05:20:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-really-bad-ring/481219/101 "2009-01-16T10:05:07Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > I did not think this was possible. I did some casting about on thar intarwebs, and lo and behold, there are rare isolated cases of real-life gold allergies. Yeah, my cousin is. And I say, “but gold is non-allergenic!” And then I say, “Well, pure gold is practically liquid, so maybe it’s something in the gold.” But yeah, she’s allergic to gold. Seriously, next I’ll find someone who’s allergic to pears. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-really-bad-ring/481219/102 "2009-01-16T10:33:41Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Seriously, next I’ll find someone who’s allergic to pears. [http://doctoor.blogspot.com/2006/03/pear-allergy.html](http://doctoor.blogspot.com/2006/03/pear-allergy.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-really-bad-ring/481219/103 "2009-01-16T14:43:18Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Easy, there. This isn’t the Pit. Noted. I should have had faith that a Mod would drop by & handle things more tactfully. ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-really-bad-ring/481219/104 "2009-01-16T15:43:44Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Yeah, my cousin is. And I say, “but gold is non-allergenic!” And then I say, “Well, pure gold is practically liquid, so maybe it’s something in the gold.” But yeah, she’s allergic to gold. > > Seriously, next I’ll find someone who’s allergic to pears. I found about my own gold allergy when I got engaged. I never cared for gold jewelry. I like silver - and have a sterling silver bracelet I wear every day and will until the day I die. My husband and I went shopping for an engagement ring together (as much because I didn’t know what style I wanted as anything - I don’t wear rings generally, so I had no idea what style I might prefer). We bought a very nice sapphire and gold ring - and I wore it for about a month, until the metal coating started to wear off. As soon as it did, over the course of about 24 hours my whole hand ballooned up almost double and itched fiercely. Plus, there was a really really vicious rash that lasted for (I wish I was kidding) _months_. I just barely got the ring off (and then only at the cost of a whole hell of a lot of soap and really, really cold water). I was bitching to my mom about it and she told me that she has the same allergy (which is why she never wears even a wedding ring). Turns out I can’t handle platinum, either. My wedding ring is sterling silver 🙂 I still don’t have an engagement ring - mostly because by the time we sorted all of this crap out, I was already married. Also, it’s a pain to find good quality gemstone rings that are set in sterling silver. And a lot of jewelers when you say you want silver jewelry assume you’re referring to the _color_, rather than the metal. Contact allergies to metals are apparently fairly rare. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-really-bad-ring/481219/105 "2009-01-16T15:44:38Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Giving me a ring that is not something I would ever dream of putting on my own finger suggests that you do not know me very well (at least not well enough to marry.) C’mon you should know your future partner well enough to get a shirt she’ll love, let alone a ring. Well, then you both break up and move on. A win-win for everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-really-bad-ring/481219/106 "2009-01-16T16:55:18Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > C’mon you should know your future partner well enough to get a shirt she’ll love, let alone a ring. A shirt? A shirt? You know how dangerous that is? See, this level of unrealistc expectations is why men and women can’t get along. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-really-bad-ring/481219/107 "2009-01-16T19:57:59Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Well, then you both break up and move on. A win-win for everyone! Agreed! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-a-really-bad-ring/481219.md?page=5)