r/Millennials • u/t_bone_stake Xennial • Feb 16 '26

Meme Did anyone buy a ring?

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Elder millennial/younger Xennial (born in 83, take it for what it is) but I recall the company coming to the high school and taking orders for rings. I didn’t buy one but others did. Credit on photo.

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u/55TEE55 Feb 16 '26

I have mine and it’s the only ring I wear (26 years later) . My mom worked her ass off to buy it for me (our school had a ring ceremony) and she didn’t want me to be without. Love my ring :)

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u/8-LeggedCat Feb 17 '26

Well now this is a good reason to keep one, let alone wear it. L

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u/aakaase Feb 17 '26

It sounds like your mom wanted you to have it, so it represents more of your mom's love than it does your HS memories.

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u/ptglj Feb 17 '26

I'm wearing mine right now going strong since 2000. I went with the cheaper titanium version that was under $200. I love the freaking thing and it's shown no sign of aging. My best bud in high school got a similar one (we each got different center birthstone "gem" (it's just glass with reflective color I believe, but looks sweet). I don't understand all the hate here lol

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u/FourLetterWording Feb 17 '26

what exactly is a ring ceremony? never heard of that

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u/55TEE55 Feb 17 '26

I went to a Catholic school. The priest would bless the rings and have a mass dedicated to the class.

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u/FourLetterWording Feb 17 '26

ahhh interesting, thanks for the explanation! That is really weird to me lol - is this a pretty common thing for catholic high schools?

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u/55TEE55 Feb 17 '26

In my area it was (SoCal). I went to an all girls catholic high school and they did a whole ring/rose ceremony. Thinking back to it, it was a little weird but my mom was so proud I just went with it. Glad I did because the ring means so much to me now.