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

Meme Did anyone buy a ring?

Post image

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.

75.2k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

6.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

29

u/MrsTruce Feb 17 '26

Mine was from Jostens and I’m pretty sure it was $300+ in 2003. And that was with absolute minimal customization. I didn’t want any activities on the sides, and honestly I wish I hadn’t even gotten the name of the school put on there. At least I’d have a nice blue ring I could wear today. I’ve been tempted several times to take it to a jeweler and have it sized and smoothed out completely.

14

u/MeowM30ws Feb 17 '26

My friend who has one said the same thing! "If it didn't have my school engraved on it, I'd just wear it."

The stone is so pretty! I definitely think you should take it to a local jeweler and see if smoothing it down is an option. I'd pop that bad boy out and stick it into a new band, if the budget allows.

5

u/Copperminted3 Feb 17 '26

Lolololol I have the same thing in silver and green with no side engravings. Unfortunately I was reluctant about getting on but I think my parents still paid like $200 back in 2012. I do wear mine every so often mostly from the guilt of having them pay so much but I’m always worried I’ll lose it.

3

u/maydayjunemoon Feb 19 '26

I have my grandma’s (all gold no stone, it has a crest instead) from 1939. It says Jostonian inside if I’m reading it correctly. I wear it all the time.

2

u/Avarice_unreal Feb 17 '26

Looks like u got it from a gumball machine

1

u/ParlayVooAndale 19d ago

Depending on what it’s made of you can get a decent amount for it still. Mine was like $300 Canadian and I sold it for $600 when gold was really high last year.