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I'm sure it will be stunning!

I think family rings have more sentimental value, and you can't put a price on that. Way more meaningful.

I’d be absolutely honored. I think it makes it so much more special!

The opposite, it meant the world to me. Marriages in my family have rarely worked out, so I’ve always known I wouldn’t be a bride that had anything passed down to me and it was kind of a sad thing. But my FMIL gave my FH his grandmas rings (she is now passed) and that is what he proposed to me with. It doesn’t mean any less to me just because he didn’t pick it out. I love that it has a history behind it. And it’s gorgeous!

My Mother In Law gave my husband her mother's ring to use for our engagement. She told me and my parents that she had been telling her jeweler for at least a year prior that she expected her son to come see him soon. LOL! She had been going to this jeweler for decades and she knew she didn't want anyone else touching her mother's ring. My husband had the center diamond taken out of the ring and chose a new setting that he knew I would like. When we talked about getting engaged, he told me that the ring he had in mind was one his mother had. When the day came, it didn't really matter who owned the ring before me, because HE WAS ASKING ME TO MARRY HIM! As a person with Asperger's Syndrome, dating was difficult, but keeping a guy around longer than six months was even harder. So when the man I loved proposed to me after three years of togetherness, I mean really, that's all that mattered!

My husband gave me his grandmother’s ring and it was so much more meaningful than buying one from a store because he was extremely close to his grandmother and was devastated when she passed away (before we met) and he still talks about her almost daily, so to trust me with his favorite person’s ring speaks volumes since money is just money, any ring can be bought, but this is priceless to him.

We did have it reset into something I designed, he was totally fine with that, so pragmatically it was a win-win because I got exactly what I wanted and we saved a ton of money.

I can be different than most brides - I am a little superstitious. As long as it didn't come from a failed marriage in any way, or it wasn't INTENDED for another girl (ex girlfriend, etc.) then we are good.

Honestly, my fiancé was clueless anyways looking at rings. He didn't know what looked "good" or "bad" or what my style was anyways, so I know his intentions would have been pure if he did something like that - and that's what matters most.

FH took my grandma's ring and had the setting changed to something more me. I had been struggling over wanting something more my style but still wanting my grandmother's ring. He asked my mom's permission (my grandmother has passed) and she was all for it. So now I have the history/sentiment AND it's the style I had been eyeballing for months.
It was a round solitaire, now its a pear cut with three small diamond stacked like a pyramid on either side.

I proposed with my grandmother's ring. My grandpa was a sweet man who knew quality in diamonds. My grandma wasn't necessarily the sweetest woman though but I still loved her. They both have passed and she left me her wedding set when she did. Her engagement ring, which I'm sure was an upgrade at some point, is nicer than anything I can buy. I offered several times to get a different ring but she absolutely loves it and loves that it came from my family. She knew my grandma before she died so she knew the sweeter yet still not sweet woman.

My fiancé surprised me with his grandmother’s ring. She passed away shortly after we started dating. I know how much his grandmother meant to the whole family so receiving this ring was such an honor. It is definitely not the type of ring I had been envisioning, but the meaning behind it makes it better than anything I could have hoped for.

And I love a good bargain. Free ring? Yes please.