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Maybe it is just cause Halloween is coming up, but I have been doing a lot of thinking about what will happen to my rings after I die. I have two daughters so I will most likely want them to have them, but I don't want to be buried without a ring on my finger (or my husband without a ring on his finger for that matter). I am guessing our actual rings will be given to our girls and stand ins used for burial. Have you given this any thought?
Would you want a stand in ring if your ring isn't buried with you?
Nope. The diamond on my finger is from my grandmother. My sister in law has the diamond from my mom's ring. I think it's more useful/sentimental to pass those things along. It's not going to do me anygood any longer, may as well pass them on.
I'm getting cremated, so I don't think that would be able to happen. Since we aren't having kids, I'm not sure what we will be doing with our rings. Maybe pass them on to nieces or nephews
honestly, I can't say I've thought about this ever, but now that you've brought it up....
I don't think I could literally bury money like that, so I will definitely pass them down in my family rather than be buried in them. Even if they were not expensive, I'd be dead! I'm pretty sure whatever my children/whoever buries me decides to do will be just fine since I won't know the difference.
I hadn't thought about it. I don't have or want children so that's not a huge concern to me.
I am definitely going to pass mine down. I would like someone in my family to be able to enjoy them :)
My FI says he's buying me an upgrade in 5 or so years. He wants me to keep my original ring to give to our grandchildren when they are a little older and be buried with my upgrade. I still don't know what I want to do... but I know I don't want to be buried... I want to have my ashes spread. =/ (I think both rings will be passed down to family).
It is morbid, but I've actually thought about this and I would prefer to pass my rings down to my child or niece/nephew. I feel like a part of me and my relationship with DH would live on that way and it would give someone I love the opportunity to start their married lives off a little easier.
My e-ring was his grandmothers, so I would like to pass it along if the oppertunity presents itself! Maybe the wedding bands though...
We will both be cremated.
It would be absolutely silly for me to be buried with jewellry. Why have it deteriorating 6 feet beneath the ground when my daughter could be enjoying it and having a remembrance of the best mother she ever had?
Yes , I am selfish like that :)
ETA: maybe that will change if I have kids
My ring was passed down to me, so I'd like to pass it down as well.
I plan to at least pass down my e-ring set to our future grand kids or great-great grand kids. My ring is my great-great aunt's (it was inherited by my grandma) and Mr.ND's is his late grandpa's.
I love the family connections to the rings, so I hope to pass them on. I'm not sure if we'll do it while we're alive or leave them to someone after we pass, but I know they won't do me any good after I'm gone. I'm also getting a band designed to match Mr.ND's, but IDK that they could size it up to fit someone else (I wear a 3.5 and it's got a detailed pattern). So maybe that one might stay with me, or get passed down on a necklace, etc.
I didn't think of it in those terms, but I'd figured that my rings would go to kid(s), and probably while I'm still alive! (At least, the engagement ring.) Seems wasteful to be buried with an expensive piece of jewelry.
Oh my gosh no. A ring is a beautiful outwardly symbol of love, but just a rock and some metal when it comes down to it. My Love and I won't need them for our eternity. We've got five children, they can duke it out for the sparklies :)
I would definitely pass them down to my nieces, or children, if we have them. I'd probably still want to be buried with a plain gold replacement band, though. I think it'd be nice to leave something that special to a cherished family member so they could remember you always.
I plan on being cremated, so it's a moot point, but if that wasn't my plan I wouldn't want to be buried with them. Our wedding rings are only plain gold bands, but they might hold some sentimental value for our children or grandchildren. My engagement ring is an heirloom ring, so I definitely want that passed on.
No, I'll leave them to family. They can wear them, sell them, melt them down and create art with them - whatever they choose will make more sense to me than burying them.
Actually, I probably won't be buried, so it wouldn't matter anyway, but if I were, I wouldn't want to wear rings.
Mine will be passed down to my child/children before I've passed, so no.
I think about so called "morbid" stuff like this quite often ;)
I would not want to be buried with my rings. My children can keep them and if times ever got tough I wouldn't mind if they sold them.
I'll probably be cremated, but regardless, I would pass them down. Maybe I'm a cynic, but anyone buried with jewelry I just assume the undertakers/gravediggers/whatever would steal them.
I will be cremated. If I was going to be buried, it would be without any jewlery. I'm a pretty practical person, and don't see any benefit/need to being buried with expensive things.
I always wanted to be buried with mine because I find it to be such an everlasting symbol of our love. That was until I started seeing the ladies on the bee who are handed heirloom rings and I realized what a piece of meaningful history that could be. I love that the older they get the more story they hold behind them and that your great great granddaughter or grandson could hold a piece of you with them. I would want my good marriage juju to be passed around to as many people as humanly possible.
I'd want to pass my rings on. I'd love if it became a family heirloom passed down to future generations.
I will be cremated as well. If I have daughters or friends who want my rings, I will pass them on. But if not, I don't really care what happens to them after I'm gone. They only exist because of my relationship with DH. When I'm dead, they will have finished serving their original purpose, and whether they get passed on or melted down or tossed out or dropped to the bottom of the sea, it won't really matter anymore.
Ill most likely be cremated\buried with my ring. We dont have kids and I cant really think of anyone I would want to pass it on to.
I have a few morticians in my family and always hear the stories of certain shady funeral home workers stealing gold (and I don't just mean jewelry) from corpses to sell. While I think it's romantic to be buried with them on, you have no use for them when you're decomposing. I would rather will them to someone even if I'm not having kids. Maybe a niece should get my rings especially since my center diamond is already a family stone. It should continue on.
my ering is made from dh's grandmother's ering, so i'd want it to keep being passed down to family
We will more than likely pass them on, as it is very common to pass down jewelry in our families. I would like to be cremated so, being buried with jewelry is not possible. I understand the emotional value, however being buried with your ring seems just a tad unfitting as there are living people who would very much like to carry on your legacy with your ring. I would much rather give it to someone I love.
If I don't hand it down, I'd have it sold and give the money to charity.
Though everyone else in my family has been burried, I don't like the idea. I want them to harvest whatever they can and burn the rest.
No. Each of my daughters wil get the ring set that their respective fathers gave me.
I want my "disposal" to be as environmentally friendly as possible, so I'll probably have to be not wearing anything at all when that happens, lol!
I would want my ring to be passed down to somebody important anyway. maybe my niece.
Lol! This made me chuckle! I will be creamated. I'd hope to give them to someone while I was alive so I know I made them happy.
I don't want to take up any more precious earth space, and have to pay for it. I will be creamated. Therefore my posessions will need to be removed. They will probably be given to my daughter if I have one.
we only have one niece and she is our heir to everything but it will be held in trust untill she is 25yrs old - including all my jewellery although my sister (her other aunt) wasnt too happy about this
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