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So the other night I had a dream that I was playing with my ring, twirling it around on my finger (really nothing out of the norm—I actually play with my ring all the time), and when I woke up from the dream I reached for my ring to do the very same thing only to find it wasn’t there.
Cue sheer panic!
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I had gone to bed with my ring on, I was sure of it. So at 4:30 AM I darted out of bed, flipped on all the lights, and began searching. I checked the sheets of my bed, the floor, under the bed. I ran to the bathroom to make sure I hadn’t left it on the counter by accident, then back to my room for some more searching, then frantically back to the bathroom again—this is where the crying started. I was freaking out. How could I have lost my ring in my sleep?! Mr. Ticket was going to be so mad. (He probably wouldn’t have been; he would have helped me look for it in the morning, but my sleepy hysteria was not being rational.) What would I wear on our wedding day?! I continued freaking out and looking everywhere for my ring. The tears were getting more serious. Then I stopped for a minute and decided to read my Bible (it helps calm me down) attempting to regain my composure, then started the hunt again. This time I was more successful. (God took mercy on my frazzled soul.) I found my ring a good four feet away from my bed under a chair.
How the heck did it end up there? I slipped the ring back onto my finger with a vengeance and vowed to never remove it again (again, sleepy hysteria talking) and sadly didn’t even have a chance to go back to sleep before my alarm went off reminding me I needed to get ready for boot camp. This incident shook me up enough to mention it to Sister/MOH Ticket; she laughed at me then looked at my ring and exclaimed, “Miss Ticket, this ring is WAY too big! You need to get it resized!” I knew it was a LITTLE loose, but I didn’t think it was that bad.
A couple of days later I decided to take my ring back to Jared (hooray for free sizing for life!) and see what they said. Mr. Ticket and I had placed bets on how much my finger had shrunk since my weight loss; he said he thought I would be a size 5, and I thought he was crazy! There was no way my finger had shrunk a size and a half…a half size, MAYBE. But we would see.
As the jeweler handed me their fitting tool, she started off by telling me I currently had a 6.5 ring and then handed me the size 6 to see how it fit. Still too big, she declared, and then she handed me the 5.5…nope, still too big. So we tried the size 5—wouldn’t you know it, that one fit. That Mr. Ticket is smarter than he looks. So I sadly left my ring overnight (I actually had to go home and put on another ring because being without a ring on that finger now leaves me feeling totally naked) and waited for it to be properly sized.
When I went back to pick it up the next day, it was a little strange. I was so used to a loose-fitting ring, it seemed like this new one didn’t fit. But a day later I’m already used to it. And the best part: it doesn’t fall off while I sleep anymore!
Did you have to get your ring resized before your wedding? Did it take a mildly traumatic experience to make you realize it was necessary?
I would have been freaking out as well! Glad it all worked out for the best. 1.5 sizes too big is a huge difference!
OMH! The first month we were engaged, at LEAST 4 nights a week I dreamt that the center stone was gone. Now ti’s every once in a while I have that dream. Scares the shit outta me! It’s because FI told me I better not lose it (He’s bought me 2 different sets of solitare stud diamond earrings because I always lose 1! Having never owned anything so expensive it scares me to death that I will lose it!
Mr. MJ loses his ring sometimes in the winter–just like you, in the middle of the night. It falls down under the bed, or once we did find it across the room under a dresser–he must have FLUNG it off that time! He decided he doesn’t want to resize it though, since his fingers seem to ’swell’/be bigger in the warmer months.
Either way, glad you found yours and congrats on the finger weight loss. 
I can appreciate your story so much! FI gave me a promise ring, so he used that size as the basis for my engagement ring. Turns out my finger was actually quite smaller (also a difference between my left/right hand)… so I ended up wearing it on my middle finger until we went to get it resized. (Un)patiently awaiting it’s return.
I feel sooooo naked. Weird how fast you get used to these things!
I’m a size 5 too! Finally, a hand twin with super small fingers like me!
My engagement ring was 3 sizes too big. My fiance proposed in England while we were there vising his family. I was too excited to not wear it so I just dealt with it slipping around. I was completely paranoid about losing it (the ring belonged to my fiance’s grandmother) but still wore it for two weeks before we returned and I was able to have it sized. I have nightmares all the time about losing the family heirloom. I probably won’t wear it after the wedding. I’ll just stick to my wedding band.
Yess!! My ring used to spin around all the time but I liked it that way — think Kate Hudson’s character’s ring in Bride Wars. Hers always did that and I liked it. Plus I knew my fingers would swell in the summer. BUT while I was getting down in the middle of the dance floor at a wedding 2 winters ago, it flew off and we had to get on all fours looking for it.
So needless to say we took it to the jeweler the next day to get it resized. Went from a 6 to a 5 1/4…so yea it needed it =)
Mine was just recently sized–down 1 and 1/4…only our jeweler had it for 15 DAYS! I was dying it without it!
I can relate in so many ways to the freaking out then praying part!!! LOL I will have to get mine resized up if I don’t start loosing weight. Right now w/the ring and the wedding band it’s too thick for me when I will wear both bands and the way I swell up right now I’d hate to see it w/both rings on.
Love Jared too! Glad you were able to get it fixed.
FI and my mother devised a plan over the Christmas holidays last year to find out my ring size so that my FI could get the right size for my e ring. My mother said she would be gifting me two of my grandmother’s rings for xmas and that I should get my fingers sized so she could size the rings accordingly. Her plan was to have me size my fingers and she would give FI the size. So FI and I went to the mall a few days later to size my fingers. I literally measured all of my fingers… except for my ring finger on my left hand. For that finger I just had them take the size of the ring that I normally wear on that finger. I gave all the measurements to my mom who, of course, gave them to my FI. Fast forward four months later… it turns out that the measured ring size we got that day for my ring finger on my left hand was about a size too big (I’ve worn the gold thin band ring for over 12 years and it had become misshapen so the jeweler took the larger size on the pole to be the size of the ring). That meant that the e ring FI gave me was also too big! We had to re-sized about two weeks later. We laugh about it now because every guy wants to get the right size ring for the proposal… and I unknowingly messed that up!
My ring is sized at 5.5 but in the winter my fingers get smaller. Last January I had a scary incident where I was cheering during the superbowl and the ring went flying off my finger! So scary!
I once woke up in the middle of the night to find my ring resting about halfway down on my middle finger.
When I first got my ring, it was not uncommon for me to wear it on my middle finger, as it was too large, and even that it’s resized I’ll place it on there every once in a while when my ring finger puffs up to give it a few minute break. (Stupid salty foods)
But waking up in the middle of the night to find it there… that was odd.
Yes! I did have a traumatic experience- still ongoing. My ring is a 101 year old antique and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it- but it was a little too loose (really, way too loose) and it flew off my finger outside the house when I was carrying heavy bags inside and one slipped out of my hand! The ring fell to the pavement, I was relieved and put it back on. Went upstairs, realized one of the tiny sapphires was missing (there are four small sapphires around a central stone), CUE PANIC. Went back outside, searched for hours. There were tears, lots of tears. But it was worse than looking for a needle in a hay stack. Tiny stone, messy front yard, no idea where the stone could have bounced to.
Then of course, the real tears began when the hunt to get the stone replaced started! 101 year old sapphire stone a millimeter long in an antique french “calibri” cut was impossible to get (some jewellers said- but others were much much better- it will take time, you may have to go to London or New York to get it but you’ll get one) until luck would have it- there was a jeweller who worked with a stone cutter in London (I live in Dublin, Ireland). So off the ring has gone to be sent to a stone cutter in London, and it is with any luck to be sent back this coming week. Absolutely traumatizing, and I STILL look at my finger every day, play with the ring that isnt there, etc. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS get the ring sized immediately! Tell all your newly engaged friends! NOT worth the hassle! I swear I’m having that thing soldered on to my finger when it comes back- it is going to fit TIGHT. Sigh.
When we first got engaged I couldn’t decide if my ring was a little loose. It seemed comfortable but I just couldn’t be sure. So in what was definitely not my finest hour, I went into our tiny bathroom, shut the door, plugged the drains, and closed the air vent. I then shook my hand as hard as possible and sure enough that sucker went flying! Well that answered that question!! Sure enough I went back to the jewelers the next day and got that baby sized. Sure isn’t coming off now, but I’m not trying that stunt again!
Lol! But why do you sleep in your ring at all?? I always slip mine off and put it on a ring-holder. Heck, I went on vacation and left my ring at home for 5 days, didn’t want it getting lost in the sand.
My baby has a bed of her own…every night I put her in my little jewelry box in the top nightstand drawer…(I damaged my ring one night while wearing it sleeping, so bad they couldn’t fix it, and had to give me a new one…exactly the same, but still)….I asked FI yesterday if he would be upset if I just wore my wedding band mostly after we get married, and he said no way, he doesn’t care, he said he knows it’s hard to wear my engagement ring because it is a high one and I have to take it off to a lot of different thing, so I don’t ruin it again.
@Mrs. Mary Jane - I officially fear winter time, I don’t want to resize my ring twice a year lol.
@Lone Star - I was shocked to hear my ring size haha. I have never thought of myself as having small fingers, but they are now smaller than everyone else in my family haha.
@Elektragreen - I think family heirloom rings are the coolest, that is awesome that you get one as an engagement ring.
@nursejenn - I didn’t mind the spinning haha. I got really used to it, I actually thought it was normal.
@klachance18 - 15 days is forever without your ring! I would have been miserable lol. I felt odd for ONE day without mine.
@Tripleem - That is such a cute/funny story! When Mr. Ticket first ordered my ring he told them I was a 6.5 (I was at the time) and they insisted he make me come in for a sizing, they wouldn’t resize it for him (a bit strange…) so it was .5 size too big when I first got it.
@Miss Petit Four - Superbowl is dangerous! hahaha
@tinylittlebird - One morning I woke up with my rings swapped (I wear one on my right hand middle finger), I have NO idea how this happened. I ended up having to use vegetable oil to get my engagement ring off because it was SO tight on my other finger.
@salmonofmarriage - Ohmygosh! That is so traumatic, I would be horrified to wear jewelery after that. I’m so glad you are able to get it fixed, I too would contemplate surgical implantation after a ring mishap like that hahaha.
@latebloomer - That is a very unique way to test ring size! hahaha
@Jordan - I’m weird, I never take jewelery off. If I wear a necklace it’s on for months, same with earrings and rings. Otherwise I never remember to put them back on. I’m so attached to my engagement ring now that being without it feels WRONG, 5 days without it would feel like I was missing part of my hand haha.
@Miss. Snowball - Oh my if I damaged my ring while sleeping I admit I might have second thoughts about the practice. So glad you found a solution to the problem.
I’ve never had this happen, it sounds so scary! I take my ring off at night because I’ve read that prongs can get caught on sheets and stuff and that’s how people lose stones and I’m not willing to take that chance, no matter how small it my be.
I have the swelling/summer shrinking/winter problem too. I’ve had it sized 2 times since I got it just over a year ago. Basically I’ve resigned myself to the looseness and spinning in the winter because I simply can’t stand the too-tightness when I’m warm (especially when I wake up in the morning or during/after a workout).
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Miss Ticket, Riverside, CA Age and Occupation: 25, Executive Assistant Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, HVAC Technician Engagement Date: November 14, 2010 Wedding Date: October 2011 Venue: Crestmore Manor About Me: I'm a lifelong So Cal gal, a chocoholic, a closet gamer, and a television enthusiast (love me some Vampire Diaries!) who adores playing in the kitchen and lives in flip flops. Mr. Ticket and I are best known for singing and dancing in the car, our World of Warcraft addiction, adoring food, crane game playing, and our general homebody ways. Oh, and GO STEELERS!
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