# Where is your school class ring? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097 "2014-09-10T18:02:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/41 "2014-09-10T23:46:30Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > (emphasis mine) > > Someone with your user name would have to ask why someone doesn’t wear his or her class ring, 25 years on? It’s 'cause we got **FAT** , dude, and it doesn’t fit anymore. 😛 > > (Well, I never had one, but if I did, I’m sure it wouldn’t fit now…) Doesn’t cost that much to resize. I got mine made a bit larger, and then shrank it again. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/42 "2014-09-10T23:48:33Z")
Lost to a burglary, about 25 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/43 "2014-09-10T23:48:42Z")
Oddly enough I ordered one in HS and the jewelry store was supposed to call me when it was finished. Sixty years later I am still waiting for them to call. By the time I finished college I realized I had better things to do with my money. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/44 "2014-09-10T23:50:52Z")
I went with ‘It’s gone, but I remember where I saw it last’. I even know roughly where it is. Just east of Green High School in the ditch beside Rt 23 on the west bound side. I was kind of mad at the time but later reflection made me think she had a legitimate beef. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/45 "2014-09-10T23:52:27Z")
I only got one in HS because my girlfriend wanted to wear it. She gave it back when she dumped me. My wife has it somewhere. I don’t think my college had class rings. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/46 "2014-09-10T23:53:19Z")
High school ring in my wife’s jewelry box. Stopped wearing it first semester of college. College ring wear every day. Professional school, didn’t get one. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/47 "2014-09-10T23:54:58Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > I don’t think my college had class rings. I’m sure that Josten’s will quite happily sell you a $500 ring for the Imaginary College of Nowhere’s Underwater Basket-Weaving program. As long as there’s a transfer of money involved, they’ll find a way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/48 "2014-09-11T00:30:21Z")
I never got one. Not sure why, it was a combination of factors. I never liked rings generally (the only ring I’ve ever worn is my wedding ring) and our family was going through a difficult financial period around the time of my senior year of high school. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/49 "2014-09-11T00:42:10Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > My high school class ring is in my jewelry box. Haven’t worn it since freshman year in college, but I like having it as a memento. Mine’s in a small cedar box Lane gave away to my senior class with pins and things I was awarded that year, but otherwise the same. I haven’t worn it in 18 years, but I’m glad I know where it is. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/50 "2014-09-11T01:01:12Z")
I wear my college class ring most days. My HS ring is in a box of mementos. It hasn’t been worn since I got the college ring. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/51 "2014-09-11T01:17:21Z")
I was desperate for money, and had it melted down as “scrap gold.” I hated high school, anyway! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/52 "2014-09-11T02:16:47Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > It looked really cool though; I went with an onyx stone and white gold band. So did I! I have it – it’s in my ring tray – but don’t wear it any more. It just seems weird to wear a high school class ring when my class is talking about what to do for its 30-year reunion (2017!). Never got a college ring. It wasn’t high on my list of things I wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/53 "2014-09-11T02:22:49Z")
Mine was stolen in boot camp in 1967, so I know where I saw it last. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/54 "2014-09-11T03:38:50Z")
I never bought one - the only ones offered were in ‘palladium plus’ with faux ruby. I do have my grandmother’s college sorority lavalier, and my mothers college class ring, and a lovely imperial jade ring set in gold that was used to ‘secure a loan’ that was used to bribe someone’s way out of China back in the 1950s. I just do not like wearing any sort of jewelry, so it all stays locked up in a safe deposit box. The jade ring I look upon as emergency bribe material if things go south badly sometime. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/55 "2014-09-11T03:41:55Z")
Sold it long ago for trendy botanical amusement aids. Don’t miss the ugly p.o.s. one bit. eta: I generally don’t wear jewelry of any kind, never have. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/56 "2014-09-11T03:53:03Z")
It’s probably in a drawer somewhere, but I can’t recall the last time I saw it. I don’t think I’ve worn it in 25 years. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/57 "2014-09-11T04:07:39Z")
My high school ring is in my dresser drawer. It’s too small to wear. I never had a college ring. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/58 "2014-09-11T04:23:58Z")
I didn’t get one. I wanted one briefly when most of my friends were ordering theirs. My parents said I had to pay for it myself. I had better things to do with my money. I have never regretted it. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/59 "2014-09-11T05:27:40Z")
I didn’t get one for high school. I do have a college ring, with a small faceted oval stone, clearly a college ring but one of the nicer I’ve seen. It’s with my other rings. I wear it when the color is right for what I’m wearing. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097/60 "2014-09-11T06:04:48Z")
I have mine in my jewelry box. I don’t wear it anymore, but it’s one of those sentimental things. It’s a very pretty ring, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-school-class-ring/698097.md?page=4)