Ring

I have one for his mom, kind of, and I love it! His mother gave him her engagement ring to give to me and he went to a jeweler and had the diamond set into a different band that he picked out all by himself!

I think for me since I get along so well with his side of the family and I like all that sentimental stuff it was meaningful to me.

My grandmother gave us her ring. Personally I love it. I think it's a little more valuable because the family trusts you with an heirloom.

Not at all. My FH's grandmother passed away recently and he was very very close to her. I know that if he used her ring, it had great meaning behind it and I would feel honored that he wanted me to have it.

My grandma gave my FH my engagement ring; it was my great grandmother's. For me, the fact that it's an heirloom and that there is a history behind the ring makes it more special than if he'd bought it at a jewelry store. Since it belonged to someone I love, it is incredibly special to me and has a much greater meaning than a jewelry store ring because it represents not just our love, but generations of love.

It depends for me. If it was a ring in the family with a history of a good marriage attached I would be totally honored. If it was in a divorce nope don’t want it. I know that sounds silly but I also will rewrite my patient multiple times if the weight comes up 6lbs 6.6 oz. 🙄

With my first marriage the ring was his grandmothers. I thought it was very sweet and it had great sentiment behind it. We had the diamond put into a new band which made the ring more unique but the band it was in already was very thin and ready to break. When we divorced I had the stone taken out and is in my parents safe. I plan on giving my son the stone to have a ring created when he is ready to propose.

It depends on the style of it. If its something I see myself wearing. Of course I would feel lucky to wear something of his mothers or grandmothers but I woukd rather want something that's mine and something he went and picked out on his own.

It has so much more meaning than anything he could buy at a store! My FMIL gave him her engagement ring to propose to me with and it means the world to me. It's a symbol of her love not only for her son but for me as well. It's a symbol of the great, strong marriage they had until my FFIL recently passed away. We'd be very blessed to have a marriage like theirs. I wear my ring with love and pride and honestly wouldn't change it for anything in the world.

It would mean a lot because it would have a special meaning to him. It means he loves me even more because he shared a gift from important women in his family and that they love me too.

I would think it means a lot. However, it would be great if he offered the bride the chance to use the diamond and replace the band to really make it hers.

My mom and grandma love my fiance, and when he asked my parents whether he could ask me to marry him, my grandma offered him her diamond (my grandpa passed away 5 years ago)! My fiance proposed with a custom ring and had my grandma's diamond set with 2 sapphires (my birthstone) in a paved band. For me, this makes my ring 1000 times more special to me, and I cried when he told me. I absolutely love it.

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I think I would have melted if he did this. A family heirloom is such a powerful gesture. His family would have had to give to him to give to you. So it's not just him that's chosen you, it's the entire family too. That's priceless.

It'd mean a lot to me! Like PP said, it's not just a gesture from him but from his family... that they all want you part of their family. I think it's super sweet!

I think is definitely special if it has a good family history but I also think the style plays a lot with it. The rings pass down from generation to generation is most likely to be in vintage look and not everyone necessary likes vintage stuff. I have heard people using the family diamond and even gold to recreate a modern ring for the bride. I think I would personally like that better and is still is just as special if not more because is customize to you.

I wouldn't care whatsoever. I think it's cute and has sentimental value, possibly much more than any monetary value a ring from a store could have.

I think this would mean more in a sense. He has that trust and love for you where he wants to give you a special family heirloom. Sure it may not be that big shiny rock that you had in mind, but he loves you, and his family loves you to where they want you to have their special treasure!

My mom has gone through 3 engagement rings, because she is very vain. She tried to pawn off her first one ( not at all my style, from the early 90's, that my dad got at a department store for less than $200) on my FH and told him he could "pay her back" I was super happy he told me about it because I shut that DOWN lol.

I have my fiance's great-grandmother's rings (both engagement and wedding band). Honestly I'd be offended if I knew someone thought it was less valuable...it shows that not only did he want to give it to me, but also that his family thinks I'm "worthy" of wearing it. It went from his great-grandmother to his grandmother to his mom. I can't really think of anything more special than that.

I'd rather have an heirloom than a ring he randomly picked from a jewelry store. It's also wayyy more valuable than anything we'd be able to afford at the time AND saves us thousands we would have had to spend on rings. Seems like a perfect situation to me.

I guess this depends. Because 1) I was beyond picky with my ring - I really was dead set on a Ruby and wasn't really open to other styles but at the same time I understand that whatever ring he would have chosen would be beautiful. 2) I am a sentimental person though so I can see there's meaning behind it. But with that being said I know the ring may not be the style I'd want BUT I also don't even wear my e ring anymore aha so I think in the end id be ok with it.

I’m in the minority here but I absolutely wouldn’t like this.
I designed my own ring, it would bother me to wear something I had no say in creating, wearing my exact vision was important to me since I never wear jewelry. If I had to choose a sentimental ring VS store bought then sentimental ring wins for sure but unless the ring was my style I wouldn’t want to wear it. I would rather have no ring.