My boomer parents told me I'd regret not getting one. I, in fact, never regretted not getting one.

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MarylandResident72@reddit

I never cared about school spirit, pep rallies, school pride rituals, or any of the other things that were presented to my teenaged mind as important because where I went to high school. The school I attended was based on the district I lived in. The county dictated which school I went to. I had no choice in the matter. It always amazed me how kids back then made their school their whole identity. I couldn't wait to get out of that environment. So no, no ring for me.

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Corporate-Scum@reddit

So you could let your girlfriend wear it! Duh!

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remembertoread@reddit

Still don’t regret not getting one

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No1Czarnian@reddit

Never gave a shit about one. Didn't give a shit about graduating

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Exotic_Pay6994@reddit

I'd be kind of fun to have, but I'd never wear it because it's cringe af.

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FishingLittle3900@reddit

Who did? I didn't get finesse

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LetsBNiceYall@reddit

I waited for my college one. Wore it for a time. Don't wear gold anymore, like silver & stone

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Resident_Truth_8940@reddit

lmao my first boyfriend's mom made a massive deal about him not losing his ring. I tried to give it back to him three times, but it kept appearing so I kept it until I finally lost it.

I never got one. I was sad about it for like 2 years after high school and then stopped caring.

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BookMan78@reddit

A few months ago when gold was over $5,000 I sold mine. It was only 10 karat, the cheapest the company sold back then, but I made a bunch of money.

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billlukens@reddit

Cause its worth 3000 of 10k gold today!

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Cool-Word2409@reddit

Speaking as a foreigner (British): what the heck is that?

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imperium0214@reddit

They're class rings. Meant for high school (and some college) students to get to commemorate their time at the school. It'll have a gem, and usually some engraving on the sides with your name, graduation year, and some other stuff for activities you were involved in.

The company that goes to high schools and sells them in my area was called Jostens. I didn't but from them as they're pricey, but they also sold varsity jackets, frames for your diploma, graduation caps and gowns, etc.

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Cool-Word2409@reddit

Thank you for explaining!

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RunnyDischarge@reddit

As an American I said the same thing

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hellrazingBlackCock@reddit

It's just a high school status symbol. From experience, at best you will wear it for maybe a year after graduation. Then it'll be in the bottom of you nightstand for the remainder of your life. Same with cap&gown, those things should be school property reused for every graduation. Save your money!!!

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Pantokraterix@reddit

I actually regret not getting a ring for my MA. It had no stone, just a nice ring. My boyfriend was going to buy it for me, but we broke up.

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Davian80@reddit

Jostens pushed hard. At my school. I didn't get one. I didn't even spring for a year book.

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Magnus_and_Me@reddit

I don't have a high school ring but for dine reason I have a Jr. High ring somewhere. How stupid.

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coggiegirl@reddit

I’m a boomer and my parents said it was a waste of money and I hated high school so I never bought one.

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raiderkev@reddit

I wonder what mine's worth in gold weight? might actually have been a good investment. gold is worth a shitload now. It doesn't fit anymore and even if it did, I wouldn't be caught dead wearing it.

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macross1984@reddit

Never occurred to buy one when I had the "opportunity." The price was ridiculous for me anyway and I didn't even try to ask my parents to buy me one.

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saltybruise@reddit

I don't know anyone who got one but I can't imagine seeing an adult in the wild wearing a high school ring.

I did get a varisty/letterman jacket that I wore all the time in high school and still have in the back of a closet somewhere.

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TheOsirisOfThisShit_@reddit

I went to a big suburban high school in the mid 90s. I definitely remember them selling class rings, but I don't remember anyone buying one.

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Embarrassed_Half5763@reddit

Depends on where you are probably! My high school was pretty small, less than 300 kids total in the school, but they marketed our junior prom as the Ring Dance where we all got our class rings. Most of my class bought them because of that. Capitalism at its finest! I still have mine, but I had it engraved with something for my grandpa (he raised me), so it has a lot more meaning than it would have otherwise.

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Sykesavision@reddit

My younger brother used to wear his out and about. I didn't have the heart to tell him how ridiculous he looked. Somebody must have though cause all of the sudden he stopped one day and I was relieved. He also wasn't on any teams or clubs or anything so it made it more cringe to me

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RainRepresentative11@reddit

I feel like almost everyone in my class bought one and wore it to school for a couple of weeks.

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U_feel_Me@reddit

I think if you go back in time 100 years, high school graduation was rarer and a much bigger achievement. Just a wild guess. And, if so, the ring probably felt less silly.

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jessek@reddit

I qualified for a letter jacket by being Art Student of the Year (it was an academic letter) but that was the absolute last thing I wanted, in part because they were purple and gold at my school.

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factoid_@reddit

Ours were blue and white. You could letter in Chess if you made the team (everyone made the team)

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80s_angel@reddit

They were blue & white at my school too. Everybody made the swim team (which is nice imo).

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factoid_@reddit

Golf was the “anyone can make it” sport at my school if you wanted a letter in an actual sport

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Silly_Lavishness7715@reddit

Blue and white too! Go Raiders!

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Dishy22@reddit

Orange and brown.

Not in Cleveland, either.

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I_Did_The_Thing@reddit

Hey, mine too! Terrible color combo, and for some reason the girls were stuck with gold for our caps and gowns, which was just hideous.

Don't even get me started on our band uniforms.

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jessek@reddit

Yeah I had a purple cap and gown that sat in my closet for a couple years before going to goodwill. At least my university just had us rent black ones that we returned.

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I_Did_The_Thing@reddit

Mine too!

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saltybruise@reddit

Oh yeah we were cardinal and gold, a color combo I haven't worn since I graduated.

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stlorca@reddit

Ours was the venerable scarlet and green with white trim.

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80s_angel@reddit

I wanted a letterman jacket so much but my mom thought it was too expensive.

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AdBrilliant3127@reddit

I wear mine all the time. My mom told me to get something I would actually wear. I picked a simple silver band with no insignia and a onyx stone. The only thing remarkable about it is that it has my name engraved on the inside in impeccable cursive.

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Premium333@reddit

I have a friend who still wears his. We're in our 40's.

Something about its sizing and construction allows him to open beers just by grasping them and rotating his wrist downward though.... Which is a pretty cool and useful party trick.

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Ptizzl@reddit

I feel so wasteful for the varsity jacket alone. I’m so glad I didn’t get the ring. My mom has held onto the jacket since I moved out 20+ years ago and just brought it up when she came to visit.

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EdwardianAdventure@reddit

I dated someone who wore his every day. In his 40s. Like, took it off every night and put it in the caddy with his wallet & keys, then put it on to leave the house the next day. I cringed over a lot of things about him when we were together, but I didn't really cringe enough about this ring.

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callsignmario@reddit

I could probably imagine someone that scored four touchdowns against Polk High buying one.

Jacket... also probably buried in the back of a closet somewhere.

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AM_710@reddit

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CounterfeitSaint@reddit

I could have sworn it was 82. I'm gonna have to go rewatch the movie now.

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mister2021@reddit

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Dfarni@reddit

4 touchdowns in one game… that one game part is why it’s so famous.

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mister2021@reddit

And for Polk high

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KelVarnsen_2023@reddit

Exactly, it's not one season, oh no. It's one game.

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callsignmario@reddit

Shit, thought I typed that all out... bit tired, only on day 8 or so of this work week. Sadly, not joking about that with basically 7 day a week work schedule.

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TrunksTheMighty@reddit

On a shoe salesmans salary?!

Yet he could somehow afford a two story multi bedroom house, a car... And we'll, if Peg cooked, he could feed the family.

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martialar@reddit

BA-WOOSH

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IvenaDarcy@reddit

I’m a 50 yr old adult in the wild wearing one lol

It’s my mom’s not mine. It’s one of the few pieces of jewelry she had that I actually liked a lot. It’s a ruby stone and I just dig it. She’s old and has dementia and I don’t have many things of hers so this ring fits perfectly and I dig it. Strangely I get compliments on it. That I didn’t expect because I get it. If it was my ring somehow it would feel completely different and make no sense wearing it lol

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jailasauraa@reddit

My Pops still wears his, he graduated in the 70s and it wasn't some sort of "peaked in High School" thing. He was the baby of 11 kids and something extremely terrible happened to him before he even graduated. His wife can have the land, her kids can get every dime that he decides to leave behind, but that ring will either be buried with him, or it's given to me....

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BeyondMe24@reddit

My mom said I could get one or the other (class ring or jacket). I picked the varsity jacket and definitely wore it nonstop for 4 years. I also still have it in a closet somewhere.

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Moons_of_Moons@reddit

Haha yeah. That's some Uncle Rico shit fo sho

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dox1842@reddit

Lol yeah nobody represents their highschool as an adult.

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mmm_unprocessed_fish@reddit

I have a friend that wears a college ring at 50+ and we make fun of him. In a good natured way, of course.

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copyrighther@reddit

Aww, my dad has worn his college ring for as long as I can remember. I think it was a more traditional thing for men to do in the past.

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joshhupp@reddit

I think college rings are better because of the accomplishments, connections, and community. HS is just life practice

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RandomPenquin1337@reddit

Yea one of the few accomplishments we get a memento for as a man haha

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SaintOrJannikSinner@reddit

Didn't buy a high school class ring but definitely bought a white-gold one after I got my bachelor's from University of Michigan (yellow gold would have looked a lot better in hindsight but I don't really wear gold). Thought it was something nice as I was the first in my family to go to and graduate college. Wore it casually for a year or two after graduating, usually just hanging with friends. Don't think I've worn it outside the house in 20 years, though.

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saltybruise@reddit

Did he go somewhere? Really impressive?

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mmm_unprocessed_fish@reddit

Texas A&M, which, as far as I can tell, is only impressive to other A&M alums.

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Pink_Peach_Blossoms@reddit

I feel like I was one of few who did not get one (graduated 2000).

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baloney_dog@reddit

I will wear my mom's sometimes, just out of sentimentality (she passed away last year). But I haven't worn my own since just after I graduated.

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PeanutbutterDaydream@reddit

Sorry for your loss. I wear my mom's for sentimental reasons also after her passing 14 years ago, but I keep it (and mine which was intentionally the same style) on a silver necklace so it doesn't feel so gaudy to have.

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pulpyourcherry@reddit

I used to have someone else's letterman jacket that they left at one of my parties. Would roll around in it when I was outside my own school district.

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YogurtclosetDull2380@reddit

My mom made me take my Letterman Jacket home a few months ago. It found it's way into the trash yesterday.

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disinaccurate@reddit

Yeah, wearing a class ring has big “peaked in high school” energy.

Only time I think it would not be embarrassing wearing one would be old guys at like their 40th, 50th high school reunions.

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Silly_Lavishness7715@reddit

I wear mine because my Dad bought it for me when he really didn't have the money.

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NurseCait@reddit

My parents had the patches taken off my jacket so they could re-use it for my sister. They gave me the patches in a bag years later and I was like, “What should I do with these?” They were like, “Don’t know, but they’re yours!” 🤣

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thatsagoodpint@reddit

I loved my varsity jacket. It was a cool thing to have back then, something to be really proud of. Got my letters in soccer, basketball, and theater. The best part was it was the only custom clothing I had, which was great when you are tall. I still have it.

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cdskip@reddit

Same. It helped that it was a really nice jacket! Wore it a lot for three years, haven't worn it since, but I've still got it.

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Active_Yellow_1573@reddit

Yeah, they don't fit so well on fat adult fingers! 😂

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Crafty_Ish1973@reddit

I just found my letterman jacket when clearing out my mom's house. It was in the back of a closet for over 30 years. I'm considering getting it dry cleaned then putting it back in a closet for another 30 years. 😂

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thetrappster@reddit

I bought the cheapest steel version they made. Its in a box somewhere. Got a letter, never bought the jacket. The letter is probably in the same box as the ring.

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RunnyDischarge@reddit

I could never believe it was actually a thing. The stupidest thing ever.

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ailish@reddit

My husband still has his. I feel like that's a little different, like he actually did something to earn it. A class ring all you had to do to earn it was have disposable income.

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NoHorseNoMustache@reddit

I got a letter, there's no way I was gonna pay for a jacket from a school that I loathed though.

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saltybruise@reddit

Oh your dad didn't care about sports more than anything on the planet and buy you one without even talking to you? Because that's how I got mine. He even took my Letterman jacket from college and had it customized. He was generally the cheapest man on the planet so it was hilarious to me.

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NoHorseNoMustache@reddit

Thank god no he didn't. He helped to coach my baseball team when I was a kid but specifically told me not to play football because it had messed up his knees. He was perfectly happy that I didn't play HS sports and got the letter for Scholastic Scrimmage :)

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AwkwardlyTwisted@reddit

I keep my ring in my letterman jacket pocket which is hanging in my closet. I don't wear either one but im one of the few that is glad I have them both.

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SendBooksAndWeedPls@reddit

I was on a flight from MN to Denver and saw a boomer wearing one. I hadn’t seen a class ring in YEARS on a grown person and absolutely did a double take. No shade on her. It was just a weird moment for me. Glad she’s still enjoying it!

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Sufficient-Lie1406@reddit

A loser from my class who basically peaked in HS (football team quarterback) still wears his. Divorced twice, an adult son who cut off contact (so I heard), stock manager at Home Depot until he hurt himself and lives off disability while he drinks his liver to death. Hits on teenage girls.

He wears his class ring on his pinky (his fingers got too fat to wear on the ring finger).

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BookNerdUnicorn@reddit

That was a tragedy told in two paragraphs

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Sufficient-Lie1406@reddit

Dude was a jerk to anyone who wasn't in the popular crowd. I could tell you stories, like every trope of a HS football jerk. Cruel practical jokes, tripping "nerds", you name the stereotypical behavior, he did it. I'm not surprised that karma found him and left him in a festering, gin-smelling heap.

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ArtsyRabb1t@reddit

I finally tossed mine because, a spider was living in it. That was the end of that

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thotfullawful@reddit

I got the ring unfortunately, doesn’t even fit me anymore and I didn’t really enjoy high school so I’m not sure why I thought it would be needed.

I did find a nice letterman jacket someone was tossing. It’s like a cute fashion piece

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restingkarenface@reddit

Gen X here. I gave mine to my daughter. She loves it and it saves her $

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PleasantOutcome9934@reddit

FWIW, my dad was my hero growing up and I lost him when I was 21 years old. I just found his high school ring amongst his belongings today and plan to keep it.

I’m sure amongst his life accomplishments, he never looked back and was glad he bought one, but I’m glad he did.

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RedSparrow1971@reddit

I also don’t regret not getting one, therapy to get away from the memories of that era is expensive enough

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LGZ7981@reddit

That’s funny because my boomer mother told me it was a waste of a money and gave me hers, from the same school.

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SnugglyCoderGuy@reddit

Reduce, teuse, recycle

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Broken_Lute@reddit

Repeat senior year

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RedSparrow1971@reddit

🤣

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KinopioToad@reddit

Reduce, reuse, eckkickkey.

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SnugglyCoderGuy@reddit

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KinopioToad@reddit

A ye olde Vine. Someone pointed their phone at those words on the side of a store, but "recycle" was missing the R for whatever reason, so when they said it, it came out "eck kick key".

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NeverEndingCoralMaze@reddit

One time I was so was tripping so hard I thought the Denny’s sign said Joe-1-2-1-2 Y-S. It turned into code for anytime someone wanted to go to Denny’s.

“Joe 1-2-1-2?”

“Why, yes.”

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Mekroval@reddit

Smelt!

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RandomPenquin1337@reddit

My mom said the same but I begged for one and then lost it the same year because It was too big

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diablette@reddit

Yep lost mine and never heard the end of it.

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MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit

My late grandmother bought mine and it's now lost somewhere 😢

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Economy_Wall8524@reddit

That’s actually similar to my dad’s ring. Got it and a week later he lost it during kayaking. Told us it’s not actually worth it. I have no regrets not getting one.

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pewopp@reddit

I opted for the cash equivalent option never regretted it for a second same with letter jacket

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Massive-Device-1200@reddit

Too poor. Never even considered it.

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Longjumping-Air1489@reddit

Yep. Made the choice between senior trip and school ring. Paid for the trip and had a great time.

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DocWednesday@reddit

Same. Rings, jackets…ain’t no way my parents were going to be able to pay for that.

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teapots_at_ten_paces@reddit

Yeah, my jacket was a hand-me-down from the nephew of my mum's best friend. Came with a cigarette burn hole and everything.

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SharMarali@reddit

My boomer mother bought my sister a comparably priced birthstone ring instead of a class ring, which my sister wore for years and years. I never wanted one in the first place because I’m not so big on jewelry. Plus I think class rings are kind of ugly.

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tnakd@reddit

My parents did the same thing! My sister got one and I thought it was dumb. They thought I'd regret not getting one so they got me a earring and ring set with my birthstone. 25 years later, I still wear that ring. (I regifted the earrings to my mom)

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Titanbeard@reddit

My parents told me I could get one and they'd pay for it if I remembered to turn in the slip on time to get it through the school. I forgot.

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vindahlia@reddit

Same! Story of my life, thanks ADHD.

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Titanbeard@reddit

Same!

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Candid-Inspection-97@reddit

I thought these were ugly, but my mom insisted. She got it from a jewelery store so it was cheaper. But then didn't put what I wanted on it, so not only does it have my name around the stone but then she also had it engraved inside the band. Why?!

And it sits in my jewelry box, generally ignored, because I only wear my wedding ring and don't give a shit about my dumpster fire of a school.

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SilverAsparagus2985@reddit

I’m pretty sure I had the K-mart special. I lost that thing as soon as I left the house.

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Bajovane@reddit

They absolutely are ugly!

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DrunkenDude123@reddit

Lmao my parents said the same but my dad had a ring from college. Haven’t seen that ring in the last 20 years though.

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Crayola_ROX@reddit

That’s actually fucking awesome

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Silent-Witness1888@reddit

You call your own mother a boomer?....

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HoneyWhiskeyLemonTea@reddit

You do realize that it's not actually an insult, right?

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LGZ7981@reddit

My mom was born in 1960. What is she if not a boomer 😂

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HoneyWhiskeyLemonTea@reddit

I mean, she is, unless she considers herself to be Generation Jones, I guess.

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LGZ7981@reddit

This is actually the first time I’ve ever heard that term, and it would apply to both of my parents (dad is 1958.)

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HoneyWhiskeyLemonTea@reddit

It's funny, 'cause my parents are definitely Boomers ('50 & '51) but my wife's parents are Jonesers. Born less than ten years apart, but the difference is real.

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MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit

That is actually a cool story

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LGZ7981@reddit

We both went to the same Catholic school and we had a “ring ceremony” junior year where the priest would bless the class rings - and/or a piece of jewelry or item of your choice if you didn’t buy one. So I just used mom’s class ring.

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that1tech@reddit

They did that at my catholic high school too. Best part was the whole ring ceremony with a special lunch and such took half a day or so

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joshhupp@reddit

My dad had his from the same high school and I didn't care to wear it

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CantEscapeTheCats@reddit

I have my grandmother’s school ring, which is pure gold with none of those stones, but yeah. I don’t wear it and who would I pass it down to? My kid couldn’t care less about a ring from some school he’s never laid eyes on, and if you remove the “sentimental” value, it’s just an ugly ring that should be melted down into a small ingot.

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NgArclite@reddit

Agreed. My parents said they couldn't afford it and i would regret it anyway. Pretty happy I never did get one.

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monty08@reddit

that's actually cool . I would have loved that and would have shown everyone my Mom grad from the same place

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katnap4866@reddit

Oh same. But Mom was okay with my using my own money for it. I wore it never because I played sports and that was that. Mom was right. But I needed to blow some of my teen savings to figure that out. My 1970 VW bug cost as much but was the legit buy in high school.

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memymomeddit@reddit

Yeah, same. My parents flat out refused to even entertain the idea because it was a waste of money.

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TacticalPurpose@reddit

Same same

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KlutzyBlueDuck@reddit

I have my boomer dad's old class ring! My parents still got me my hs ring. But it's nice to have his with me.

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tampareddituser@reddit

I dod not get one, my wife got one. My daughter has one she still wears even though she has a graduate degree. I did not want to buy it for her.

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Popular_Syrup4621@reddit

Shit that was the year I graduated. Had a tuba on my ring

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pizzaduh@reddit

I don't know anyone who purchased one from my graduating class.

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Lower_Row2950@reddit

Ugly as sin. We designed a fake one for our daughter to mess with her like that was her big birthday present for her senior year of high school (didn’t buy it, but printed out the order in color…) Super fun!!

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Level-Contract-1817@reddit

Luckily my ring was only $60, I split the ring within six weeks.

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Visible-Plenty-1202@reddit

I never believed this was a real thing. It's unheard of in Europe. I suspect there wouldn't be any market for these types of rings here.

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ChessieChessieBayBay@reddit

I always keep an eye out for them at vintage stores as I want to find one from a high school I didn’t go to and wear it ironically

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Riri004@reddit

Did people actually fall for this? I don’t think any one at my school bought one lol

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pieceacandy420@reddit

We all? Lol

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oldg17@reddit

I still wear mine daily - makes me laugh and was my inside joke "fuck you" to the elite crowd. I barely made it out of high school, but absolutely killed it at the highest forms of business against goofy ass ivy leaguers.

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acoffeefiend@reddit

The people who proudly still wear their HS ring are ones that live in the past and HS was the pinnacle of their life.

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striptheflesh121@reddit

Pay $300 to show I accomplished the bare minimum? No.

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InjurySevere8693@reddit

I collect discarded school rings - over 100 of them. We couldn’t afford a ring. Now I have several. I also didn’t graduate, I went off and made money. I’m retired now, and quite happy. - with all your rings LOL

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3elldandy@reddit

It’s simple: most people are sheeple in high school without life experiences or perspective to know what is or isn’t a grift and the need to feel like a part of something is also unfortunately strong for so many as well. If someone was an otrovert or had some other intervening circumstance they might have avoided it if they didn’t want one I guess though.

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AttemptingToGeek@reddit

My boomer mother agreed to buy me one and I still have it. I’ve never worn it, moved it a dozen times and couldn’t care less that I ever bought it.

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RainRepresentative11@reddit

Mine hasn’t fit since I was like 23. I put it on once in my 30s and it was hell to get off!

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RubyRed8787@reddit

I am a boomer and never regretted not buying the class ring. I also don’t regret buying a pin or participating in my pinning ceremony after I graduated nursing school.

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wizard3232@reddit

I skipped the ring and the varsity jacket.... no regerts

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lathamfalls@reddit

I bought mine and then lost it 🙄

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Petraaki@reddit

I didn't get rings for any level of school, but I did get a letter jacket. My mom couldn't have one (because girls didn't do sports) so as each of her daughters earned one we got a jacket, even though they were crazy expensive

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Xeno84@reddit

I knew it was pointless to get when I graduated High School. My friend said his father never got one when he graduated and thought it’d be a good idea. He stopped wearing it as soon as we started college. I did get a college ring because I felt like I earned it for all the hard work. Wore it till I got married.

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Global-Pickle5818@reddit

I was forced to buy one and a letter jacket because my track and field coach didn't consider you "dressed out "for events unless you had both .. huge waste of money and my parents didn't actually make money they lived on a self-sufficient farm (Mennonites) .. so I had to deliver newspapers for almost an entire year just to have it . Although this was the early 90s so I think altogether is 250 dollars but I only made 17 dollars a week

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linguicaANDfilhos@reddit

I wasn’t tricked into it. I skipped it because we were poor. I was able to get yearbook as a senior only

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Matches_Malone998@reddit

My Boomer Mom told me I’d have something to remeber high school. But respected when I told her I have no fucking desire to remember high school lol.

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little_old_me_621@reddit

My parents convinced me to get one. Found it in an old jewelry box in my garage recently and I have no idea what to do with it. Can’t get rid of it though due to something in the back of my brain still telling me to treat it with reverence (and guilt about how much my parents spent on it when we were objectively poor).

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Needfulthngs-@reddit

With the rise in the price of gold it might be worth a chunk. My parents convinced me to get one as well. It was like 400 bucks. My lcs offered me 1k for it.

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UpstairsAtmosphere49@reddit

Mine was “white lustrum” whatever that fake metal is

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copyrighther@reddit

LCS?

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Shartchovsky@reddit

Local coin shop? Goddam everything doesn't need to be an acronym

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Needfulthngs-@reddit

Yes. Lol

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factoid_@reddit

Sell it for met value and give the money to your parents

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Jakisparrow@reddit

Mine is in my jewelry box for this exact reason… such a dumb thing.

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UpstairsAtmosphere49@reddit

I wore it like just the summer after graduation. After college that went into a box. I see it every once in a while…

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SkinnyPets@reddit

In 1990 that solid gold ring was worth 300… the price of gold is now 4500 per Troy ounce… that 300 dollar 1990 ring (gold content) is now worth over 2300 dollars… nice trick… hope you kept it.

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ComprehensiveAir2921@reddit

Mine is 1983. Older

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southboundnostops@reddit

I am honestly kind of sad I lost mine. It was cute.

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genesimmonstongue415@reddit

Definitely wasted my own money on this, that I earned slowly at $5.15 / hour. 😑 I feel dumb, but I definitely bought the cheapest one. Maybe $70.

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zacha1617@reddit

Had no interest. Is it even a thing anymore?

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TransPort3389@reddit

Oh man... I remember this push to buy school rings. My sisters both got one... my mom said, "i'll help you pay for it....." and I was probably the only one of the kids in my grade whose parents could afford one (or had a job to buy one) where I said no. My mom pushed me to get it and I said, "think about it.... when I graduate, I'm going to leave here and go to college... do you think anyone would wear their high school ring at a college? Also it's $250 for a ring... a ring that I will never wear (I hate jewelry unless it is functional, like a watch)"

She nodded and realized it made perfect sense. Kids made fun of me for not getting one after I told them... they insulted me... and in the end, I saved $250. (and this was in the early 90s so that's like PS 5 money there now)

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kheret@reddit

That was a lot of money back then! It still is but even more then.

I got one but I’m not sure where it is. Ours were super customizable so I got to pick the emblems on each side and there’s like a peace sign embedded in the “stone” (glass?).

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Zefury83@reddit

I got one and it was stolen.

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Major_Scale@reddit

I got both a high school and college ring and ended up selling both of them to one of those we buy gold places when I needed money.

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projectkennedymonkey@reddit

Ours were so ugly and had like no customisation options so I just didn't. No regrets. I do regret not getting a yearbook for my senior year. You had to sell ads to get one and couldn't just buy one like for all the other years. I HATE SELLING THINGS. So I refused that too and couldn't figure out a way to get one otherwise. I still think it's a shitty thing to do, not all of us had parents with businesses and money to waste on 'advertising' or liked to go around begging acquaintances for money.

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urfriendflicka@reddit

I lost mine within a few years of graduating. I stopped wearing when I started college and am honestly unsure exactly WHEN it was lost. I paid for it myself and I look back at 15 yr old me and think about what a dumbass I was bc $300 went so much further (and also took much longer to earn) back then and I could have done so much more with that money than buy a ring that ultimately didn't matter. Sure, I loved it for the 2 1/2 years I wore it, but damn that money could have paid for my gas for more than half a year. Or another trip to visit my cousin in Florida. Or any number of things that would be more fun/helpful/last longer.

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MiserableQuestion383@reddit

I still wear mine, it was one of the last things that my Nana had bought me before she passed.

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LemonMeringueMe@reddit

“No regrets!”

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Specialist_Row9395@reddit

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30sumthingSanta@reddit

I still wear mine once in a while. Pinky ring now. It’s as close as I’ll get to a Super Bowl ring. Not an expense I’d advise for my kids. But I’m not exactly upset I have it either. ¯\(ツ)/¯

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smoothee125@reddit

Jostens. The cream of the crop of everybody’s gonna get one, don’t be left out high schooler. Yeah I got one,why not I thought. 12 years of my life, I earned this memento for playing into this BS. Cool to look at.I Never wore the damn thing though,it’s so big and bulky just sits in a drawer. Maybe I’ll trade it in for a share of NVDA

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LupoBTW@reddit

I do, sort of,..... primarily because the HS was closed a few years later.

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Virtual-Chocolate385@reddit

Jostens is such a racket!

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80s_angel@reddit

My mom only let me pick from the cheapest options so I only had a choice between 2 or 3 styles. It cost between $79-$99.

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stevieblackstar@reddit

I wanted one freshmen year and then realized high school was BS sophomore year and opted not to.

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Automatic-Tea-4150@reddit

How about those thousand dollar senior portrait packages? Three locations, four outfit changes, make-up and hair help. One of my millennial kids is still resentful that we wouldn’t pay for more than the local mall studio.

Fortunately no one in the family cared about the rings so we dodged that bullet.

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cheezebergereddie@reddit

I regret not getting a year book every year.

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Blofeld007@reddit

Mine doesn't fit, part of the enamel paint came off, and I haven't even looked at it in over a decade. I'm honestly not sure where it even is. I think I know, but meh 🤷‍♂️ I don't remember wanting it but being expected to get one.

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Primary-Strawberry-5@reddit

They were only $45 when I was in 10th grade but I convinced my mom to get me the LED Zeppelin Remasters scores instead of a class ring because I wanted to improve my guitar playing more than wear a stupid ring

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Accomplished-Act5264@reddit

I still got mine 😩

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JFrankParnell64@reddit

I knew a Jostens salesman. He was the father of one of the kids on my kid's hockey team. Super nice and friendly guy, but damn did he a make a bunch of money.

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Specialist_Safe7623@reddit

I didn’t buy one because I hated my high school. Big win for me.

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Wombat_Nudes@reddit

When I was in high school I was upset I couldn't afford one. Now im almost 42 and idgaf about a damn class ring. All those fucksticks in my class were terrible people. Well, all but three. The rest of them can fuck right off. Im glad I dont have that reminder of high school. Cunts.

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tampapunklegend@reddit

I personally am not quite that bitter, but also, about 99% of people went to school with I haven't given a thought to in 25 years. Also why I never cared if my school had a class reunion.

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CrotalusHorridus@reddit (OP)

I think our generation and social media killed HS reunions.

Before SM, you'd have no idea what Dave from HS was doing.

Now you can look him up on FB, find he's working at his dad's gravel company, divorced, remarried and has 3 kids, split between those two women.

And has an arrest record for DUI if you look hard enough.

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TheSteelFactory@reddit

Exactly.

But i can't find my ex. So i'm wondering if she is still alive ...

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sanebyday@reddit

Fuckin Dave man.

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majj27@reddit

We all know Dave. Even if they aren't called Dave, they're Dave.

We all see you, DAVE.

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Sufficient-Lie1406@reddit

So many DUIs. So many divorces.

I think I got y'all beat, though.Somebody from my HS class became a for real serial killer.

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grindal1981@reddit

Mine had a female death row inmate in Texas. I say had because the sentence was reduced to life

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monty08@reddit

fax (im 45)

my best friend of 2 years suddenly moved away in 10th grade, never heard from again. maybe a decade ago I looked him up

he moved 4 hours away and now worked for the county as a soil inspector, he was follically challenged and .... blah blah

I realized he never told me about the move before he did it

maybe he wasn't my best friend after all

traumatized high school memories come flooding back

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Hyperion1144@reddit

Classic Dave.

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UptownJunk802@reddit

We had a 20 year reunion that I went to. Most people crowded around the bar area of the local elks club, everyone just seemed miserable. The people I care to keep up with, I already do on SM. So yeah, no point in attending others.

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geekgirlwww@reddit

I graduated with almost 700 people and I think there were about 120-150 rsvped to our 20th. I’ve had the same Gmail since college (first and last name no numbers) so i was nosy and checked the list.

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kryonik@reddit

I had by all accounts a pretty good time in HS. Had a bunch of friends, wasn't bullied, got good grades, teachers liked me. All that being said, now ~24 years later, I couldn't tell you the names of 95% of the people in my graduating class and we didn't have an especially large class, maybe 300 kids.

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WyueRusty@reddit

I remember all through Jr. High we were told that high school was going to be the best days of our lives. Not even close. I got along with most people just fine, had some friends, did all the HS stuff. I graduated with about only 120, kept in touch with only a few. I don't even think about that place any more. I made way more close friends in college or later.

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CrotalusHorridus@reddit (OP)

I don't regularly associate with a single highschool classmate. In fact, I live hundreds of miles from my shitty hometown, and will likely never return

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WyueRusty@reddit

I also live hundreds of miles from mine. There's a gas station off an interstate in that town that I sometimes have to stop at. Those are the only times I've been back.

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CrotalusHorridus@reddit (OP)

When I go back to visit my parents, I rarely leave their home. And when I do, it’s hoodie up, sunglasses on, and as quickly in and out of grocery stores or gas stations as possible

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alett146@reddit

Same here lol

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WyueRusty@reddit

When I go to visit my parents, I don't even stay in the same town lol

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e4evie@reddit

You ok?

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Mekroval@reddit

No, lol.

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IdioticPrototype@reddit

Are any of us? lol

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HudsonCommodore@reddit

area man

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Wombat_Nudes@reddit

Define "ok".

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MIBJO@reddit

Lol tell us how you really feel

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Hyperion1144@reddit

Absolutely. Fuck high school and everyone I was forced to be around.

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-Boston-Terrier-@reddit

This whole thread is such a Reddit thread but this post really lives up to the stereotype lol.

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Sufficient-Lie1406@reddit

I can count the good people of my entire HS class on the fingers of one hand.

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Puzzleheaded-Boss482@reddit

Language

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R0cky9@reddit

I feel that, fuck them kids

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CallidoraBlack@reddit

I wanted it because I wanted a reminder of my school, which had some great teachers and some good classmates in it, and a reminder that I made it through it all even though I had a really hard time.

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ng32409@reddit

I haven't been able to find mine since I lost it shortly after graduation.

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mountednoble99@reddit

My parents offered to buy me one. I wanted a letterman jacket. I got neither. I regret nothing!

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Great68@reddit

I never got one.

I feel like graduating high school was a much bigger deal for our parents' generation than it was for ours. What I mean by that is they had more opportunities straight out of high school than we did, heck even high school drops outs had more opportunity to go straight to work and make a life for themselves.

I have several uncles who dropped out of high school, get jobs and lead totally successful lives. My mom never had more than high school and she got a good career her whole life in the public sector.

For our generation post secondary education was pretty much a must for anyone wanting to get into a proper career. Every job posting wants some sort of post sec education as a minimum.

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countessofgroan@reddit

I actually probably wouldn’t mind having a high school ring rn, since my high school is regularly at the top of the best high schools in the country list. But, my parents wouldn’t have paid for it and I didn’t want to spend that much money on something I probably wouldn’t wear.

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copyrighther@reddit

I once read that the sheer number of wars that occurred in the 1900s created a real youth culture around education, which made these milestones that much more important for those generations.

Because so many young men died in their late teens and early 20s, young people lived with the knowledge that life was short and unpredictable, so every milestone became incredibly important.

Now we just post a few pics of kids in their cap and gown and call it a day.

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Great68@reddit

Yeah that makes a lot of sense.

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Longjumping-Air1489@reddit

Way back when they graduated high school, it was a huge deal. More than half of them jumped into the workforce, and mills and plants and factories. It was a symbol of transition from kid to adult.

Now? If you’re not going to college, you’re either getting a job in retail or apprenticing at a trade. Either way, PROBABLY not getting your first apartment right away, PROBABLY not marrying your high school sweetheart, PROBABLY not jumping into the workforce with a good salary and adult experiences.

So…yeah. Get a high school ring if you like. No one will care.

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AlwaysSleepingBeauty@reddit

I was so upset I couldn’t get one at the time, now as an adult I’m glad money wasn’t wasted on one.

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Pretend-Menu-8660@reddit

My parents wouldn’t buy me one! Ha!

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Andy_McBoatface@reddit

I think they’re tacky

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Smart_Ordinary_2812@reddit

Apparently they're still a thing... My sophomore just came home with the paperwork for class rings, but he's not interested in getting one 🥳

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mightyfp@reddit

The cost for 14k gold is currently $90.50 PER GRAM. I think the kids that bought one and kept it are gonna be ok w the purchase.

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greenleo33@reddit

My bestie bought one and I think she lost it because I haven’t seen in in a decade or more lol

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Original_Scholar_272@reddit

Mine was the cheapest possible option. Fake stone and some metal called “Celestrium”. My wife wears it sometimes.

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Arfjawaka@reddit

Yeah I threw out all my yearbooks too. Who gives a fuck. They’re in a landfill now

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BooYouSawMe@reddit

I sold mine to a jeweler to get money 😂

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ClimateVast2894@reddit

My dad wasn’t the greatest, but it was the one thing he got me when I was in high school. Miss you dad rest in peace.

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Zealousideal_Rent261@reddit

Mine was $22.50.

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Quiltface@reddit

I forgot that was a thing until just now

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lateral_moves@reddit

Mines sitting in a pawn shop somewhere in Orlando after taking it off one night at Disney's Port Orleans resort and forgetting it on the night stand.

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Technical_Button7095@reddit

1995...my mom said for the $400 she could get me a small TV vcr combo for my dorm. I had that tv until 2013.

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Positively_Eric@reddit

It's insane that so many of us rejected this class ring tradition. I remember my Mom insisting I get one while I argued that I would NEVER wear it and it's a waste of money. So much so that when she was going through her cedar chest a few weeks ago I asked her if my class ring was in there. She said, "No. You didn't want one."

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Accomplished-Run221@reddit

THEY regretted that you didn’t get one. That’s the power of advertising to boomers.

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No_Grocery7182@reddit

I pawned mine as a college freshman

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AUCE05@reddit

I didn't get one. Someone gifted me my college one.

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NeverEndingCoralMaze@reddit

Ag yes. The most important time of your life.

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Jmend12006@reddit

What a bs waste of money. Sell it for the gold if you one.

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Responsible_Dog_420@reddit

maybe I am unsentimental but nah

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Mysterious-Ad-6222@reddit

I feel the same. Never wanted one. My daughter wanted one. They rings at the school were $350. I found the exact same customizable ring on the Walmart website for $70. She was thrilled and told all her friends who now have Walmart dupes as well.

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thornyrosary@reddit

Mine's still sitting in my jewelry box. I haven't touched it in at least a decade, and sometimes I forget it's even there. Maybe I should sell it for the gold and use the money to finance my daughter's first beater car?

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justwilliam1357@reddit

Bought my daughter's class ring on walmart.com and saved a ton of money on what the school wanted to charge for one.

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helper619@reddit

I couldn’t afford it 🤷🏾‍♂️

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therealpopkiller@reddit

I’m embarrassed I got a coffee mug with everyone’s name on it

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rosebudbar@reddit

Nor I.

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onions-make-me-cry@reddit

I loved my class ring and in fact it was also an emerald. I wish I could find it.

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MonkeyKingCoffee@reddit

I sold mine for the melt value. Got basically what I paid for it after inflation.

Class rings are stupid.

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bowleggedgrump@reddit

They’re so ugly and so expensive

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realauthormattjanak@reddit

It's one of two places: Somewhere in a box, or lost.

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a_solid_6@reddit

I lost mine years ago. I called Josten's and they said they can still replace it for the $109 i paid for it lol. I'm actually considering it. I know, lame.

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geekgirl1225@reddit

Same with mine. I’ve moved so many times since then (as have the parents) so who knows where it is. And I don’t think I’ve thought about it since I graduated until I saw this post.

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realauthormattjanak@reddit

Fun trick at parties: ask anyone at random where their ring is assuming they have one, those are the only two things you'll hear. In a box, or lost.

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RwerdnA@reddit

Or sold the gold. That’s what I did

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kathatter75@reddit

Yeah…that’s where mine would be too.

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ryhoyarbie@reddit

Same with mine. Mine’s probably in a shoebox somewhere in the garage of my dad’s. I honestly haven’t thought about the school ring since I saw this post.

It wasn’t worth the 300 something dollars my parents paid for it. I never wore it.

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whiskeytown79@reddit

I have a big interconnected jumble of keyrings that I've collected over the years. Mine is on there somewhere. It's just a big metal pile of "why am I even holding onto this crap"

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Ordinary_Aioli_7602@reddit

Lost mine relatively quickly lol

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Lastofthehaters@reddit

Can’t get one if you Good Enough Diploma

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IvenaDarcy@reddit

I never got one but my mom did and I LOVE wearing hers. It’s a ruby stone. I surprisingly get a ton of compliments on it. It’s most most complimented piece of jewelry which is a little weird cause school rings seem common but same time I don’t see others wearing them so maybe I’m just not around the types that wear them. Again I don’t get one but when I stumbled on my moms it just fit perfect and felt right.

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trulyuniqueusername2@reddit

I never bought one either. Never regretted it, either.

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honeybear3333@reddit

The biggest waste of money ever. You will never regret not getting one.

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Dimplefrom-YA@reddit

i never got one… worked hard for my money and it was being used towards college and my parents’ rental property

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badshep@reddit

We?

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jaynel78@reddit

Same

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crazymastiff@reddit

My niece wanted one (graduated hs 4 years ago now) but her mom wouldn’t get her one so I got it for her graduation gift. She said not many people got them now. I remember we had a huge “ring day” and everything. There were rituals about turning it the number of times for your graduation year and all that (which we argued about because I was class of 2000, so we were torn between not turning it at all or turning it 100 times).

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Capt_accident@reddit

My high school sweetheart kept it.

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Capt_accident@reddit

Jostens cabal, placing class rings on every teen shows in the 90’s

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Fasting_Monster@reddit

As a boomer I never got one and didn't push my kids or grandkids to get one. Total waste of money.

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MoodyTudy@reddit

I forgot these things existed

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Helpful-Bag722@reddit

I was going to order a yearbook for my senior son this year. Jostens has taken over the production of yearbooks at our school, one yearbook has a cost of $135. One. Hundred. Thirty. Five. Dollars.

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ZeldaHylia@reddit

I never bought one. It’s ugly and I hated school.

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Mamma_cita@reddit

I was too poor to afford one and now I laugh at the thought of the many days I cried over not having one like everyone else.

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SupahSteve@reddit

I bought a high school class ring, then doubled down and bought an Army basic training graduation ring. I haven't seen either of them in a couple of decades.

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jackfaire@reddit

Oh man I didn't do the ring but I thought I was so bad ass. I bought myself boot knives.

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CrotalusHorridus@reddit (OP)

r/justbootthings

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SupahSteve@reddit

I was so cringe. Still am, but I used to be too.

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jbrown383@reddit

r/unexpectedmitch

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Corn_Beefies@reddit

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Pepperjones808@reddit

Never got one in high school, and they offered them to us in boot camp too. Glad I was smarter than a Joe 🤣

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PinSufficient5748@reddit

My boot camp ring was way too big... Lost it on my way to AIT. It just slipped off my finger somewhere and I didn't even notice 😩

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SupahSteve@reddit

I lost my wedding ring the same way lol. Ordered from an online company and it was way too big (fits perfectly now that I'm...fluffier). I was on a bus in the middle of the night going from the flight line at Camp Taji to the transient tents, slipped off my finger and I heard it clanging down the length of the bus. Luckily someone immediately saw it.

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jackfaire@reddit

They messed up mine. I got a lady's ring for the wrong school. They got the name of the school right but it was from a different school of the same name. At the time I was very upset. Then I stopped caring.

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Dorkinfo@reddit

Mine was sooo tacky.

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El_Galant@reddit

I picked the color but I never paid for it. I wasn't sure because I never wore jewelry then I told my parents I preferred to use that money for my trip to the USA after graduation. I graduated at 16 so I took 6 months off before going into Architecture school, most of which I spent vacationing along the East Coast : Atlanta, Orlando, New Jersey, New York, and Boston which is where I live now.

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muterabbit84@reddit

It was actually my Boomer parents who didn’t want to get me one, even though I think I saw a class ring in the catalog that would’ve been less than $100 (back in 2004). It wasn’t exactly the cost they objected to, they just had this religious thing against jewelry, because it’s gaudy and not modest. My dad didn’t get a wedding band, and my mom had to be talked into getting even a very simple gold band, with no jewels or even engravings. A class ring would’ve been a meaningful keepsake, but the strong emotions I felt then have long since passed, so getting a class ring now just wouldn’t be the same.

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MaybeSwedish@reddit

The movies and sitcoms when ppl gave their high school rings to their love. Thankfully, we couldn’t afford it

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Traditional-Abies496@reddit

I’m sorry, because I was a single mom working many overtime shifts just to keep everything going, and there was no way in hell I was going to tell my children that they couldn’t get the ring EVERYBODY else was getting. Maybe if some of us parents had had enough backbone, we would have stood up to the blackmail and told our children no, because they would never be worn for more than a year.

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Grizzle_prizzle37@reddit

I got one. Regret wasn’t really involved since I got it for free. Came in handy a few years down the road when I sold it to fix my truck.

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getthehelloffmylawn@reddit

What is that shitty gold worth now with prices like this?

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CattyAccountant@reddit

Had no desire and no regrets about it.

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RosesRfree@reddit

My oldest graduated last year, and the company the school was using wanted over $600 for this classic style with a synthetic gemstone set in sterling silver. Crazy! Got one for a fraction of that price through an online company. I actually really liked my class ring, but unfortunately, it was lost when I was in college.

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elmoosh@reddit

I sold mine for drug money back in the day so I have mixed feelings.

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shibasurf@reddit

Well apparently palladium which the "cheap" rings were made of is quite pricey now since it's used in catalytic converters, so I guess I regret not stocking up on cheap rings.

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passion4film@reddit

Love mine, so glad I got it. Such nostalgia!

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butterfly_ashley@reddit

I miss mine (2007) and was thought about getting it replaced but figured I would just wait for my college one.

I think I miss my Letterman jacket more though lol they was fly...

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---username_--@reddit

I just sold mine and used the money to get a revolver.

Gold is up!

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jackofallsomething1@reddit

Stupidly did, trying to think if I could find it. Wasn’t this just a hangover from our parents generation? Did their rings actually have stones and mean anything?

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SenecaLux@reddit

I still have it which is crazy considering all the stuff I’ve lost over the years. Never worn it tho…

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xxxRCxxx@reddit

Just doubled my money by selling for scrap. Brilliant move if you ask me.

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dmcat12@reddit

I lost mine.

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missyfish532@reddit

Boomer parent told both of my kids not to waste their money on one. They both did, then later told me I was correct. 😊

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Justkeeptalking1985@reddit

What....high school? I thought college was lame of it wasn't an Ivy league school

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Nobodyville@reddit

I cherished my mom’s high school stories. I longed for her 1960s high school experience. I got my ring because it felt like the right thing to do, to share with my kids some day. Never had kids, have no family. I guess it goes in the big post-death clean out. Someone else’s problem eventually. I loved it when it was new, though. My mom picked the stone

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Veritech_@reddit

I lost mine in the water around Biloxi almost 25 years ago. Whoops.

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hobsrulz@reddit

Such a scam, how embarrassing would it be to still wear this? Never wanted one, it's also ugly

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nosleeptilbroccoli@reddit

$600 for a gold ring when I was in HS. It actually would have been a decent investment if I sold it now

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HotItem5618@reddit

I didn't get one but I do regret not letting my uncle buy one for me because he died before I finished college.

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rhconway@reddit

I got one. I haven’t seen it in years. Just like the letterman’s jacket I had to have as well.

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MasterPhilip@reddit

Mine is 18k white gold and it has sat in a box since I was about twenty.

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shaded-user@reddit

If it was made of pure gold at the time, then it was probably a good future investment.

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gutens@reddit

This is probably lame, but I really liked mine. I got it freshman year and wore it all through HS. It was white gold and had a black onyx. I thought it looked badass. I actually still kinda think it does and wish it was socially acceptable to wear it.

You think if I got it reset or like the band redone it could be cool?

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Firm_League3222@reddit

I tricked my parent insto getting me a phone line in my room for the last 2 years of HS instead of this. No more people picking up the phone when I was talking or disrupting my dial-up.

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Manateeslap@reddit

Sold mine a few weeks ago at the local pawn and got a nice chunk of change 👍

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factoid_@reddit

Who feels enough pride from graduating high school that they need to commemorate it with brass plated in 14k gold and a semiprecious stone?

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TangledUpPuppeteer@reddit

From the boomer generation, quite a few. My mother never got to go to college. High school was the end of the road for her, academically. As well as all of her siblings. They all still know where their class rings are.

She made me get one. I lost it so long ago it feels like 35 lifetimes ago. I still have hers though.

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CrotalusHorridus@reddit (OP)

Yeah. I knew that highschool was NOT going to be the r defining moment in my life when

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Bolo_Knee@reddit

Never even thought about getting one. Never even thought about it after until this post.

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Memoradum747@reddit

Haha I’m with you OP. I was never a ring or necklace guy… so this was a hard pass for me. Not to mention I thought they were ugly.

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TP_Crisis_2020@reddit

The only people at my high school who got these were the sports players when they'd win a state championship or something.

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Proud-Zebra9487@reddit

By 2001 it wasn’t a thing anymore. I don’t think.

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Fun-Sock1557@reddit

i expressly said i didn't want one. got one anyway. lost it and caught hell for losing it. was told my girlfriend never gave it back to me, which wasn't true. what a hassle, for no reason!

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ennuiismymiddlename@reddit

My dad always wore his college ring, but even then I think it looks tacky.

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CubicleHermit@reddit

My parents were never much for any of that sort of merch, never said anything about class rings one way or the other, and I never gave it serious consideration. Same in college.

I do, however, have the plushy cat (or "stuffed" as we said back then) we got as as "class mascot" at the end of junior year because the folks organizing that could not find a plush puma.

Our class song was "I think it's a Puma" to the tune of that Tiffany song...

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Ilikedinosaurs2023@reddit

Not this girl. I never wanted that gaudy shite.

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SweatPig77@reddit

It is everything i can do, to wear a wedding ring... not a jewelry person

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barfly2780@reddit

I got one and twenty years later I sold it.

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Peelboy@reddit

Shoot I stopped going to HS except to be a TA for the attendance office after 9th grade, this is one of those things that I saw friends doing that felt so lame, going to college instead made hs feel so immature.

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BobJutsu@reddit

I never got one. Didn’t even know it was a thing except in movies. Still not sure if it was a thing at my school.

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Potential-Ant-6320@reddit

If you bought an actual gold ring in the 90s it's probably worth a lot more than you paid now.

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Elothem78@reddit

I have no idea where mine is. Probably with my unused “china/formal dish-ware” I was told to register for in my first marriage. 😝

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the-ish-i-say@reddit

I was to poor. Thank god.

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MossGobbo@reddit

Boomer custodial parents insisted I get one no matter how much I insisted otherwise and then they kept trying to get me to pick options I hated. I never wear the damn thing.

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Barnitch@reddit

What a scam! I do remember that we got to leave class and go to a special assembly though. I was excited to have people turn it and sing the little booklet - for like one week.

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PlatypusDependent271@reddit

$300? You got off cheap. I am allergic to one of the other metals that they mix with gold so I had to have an alternative metal. My ring was almost $600. My only regret is not getting it back from the girl I was dating shortly after highschool. Later I found out that after we broke up she threw it out of her car window somewhere between my house and her's.

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TubaJesus@reddit

for me my biggest regret about it was losing the damn thing before graduating high school

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Djentleman5000@reddit

Who got tricked? I knew it was cringe even back then

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Top_Raccoon8665@reddit

Mine was $900 💀

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Ok_Percentage5157@reddit

Uh, I sure as hell didn't buy that gaudy thing.
Letterman jacket? Sure, I did sports stuff. All of that other shit? No.

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beatlegirlstl@reddit

High school rings were a big deal. I went to a Catholic school, we had a Ring Day ceremony and the rings were blessed by a priest. I still have mine but haven’t worn it since college.

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BrewCityTikiGuy@reddit

I couldn’t afford one if I wanted one and now I’m glad I couldn’t.

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Express-Studio-8302@reddit

30 regret-less years having never gone to prom.

I do have a class ring and it is very dumb.

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twitwiffle@reddit

My in-laws bought a 10k gold college class ring for my husband 26 years ago. We just sold it to buy a nice band saw.

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MuffinMatrix@reddit

I got one, never wore it. Figured I could always sell it. Never got around to it.

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AZbitchmaster@reddit

My question would be, who are you going to sell it to? I suppose if you had a stalker he or she would buy it.

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Saturn_Decends_223@reddit

Melt value.

When I bought mine it was $300 / ounce for gold. It's currently \~$4,800 / ounce. My class ring was 14k gold. Melt value is about $800 right now...

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Sufficient-Lie1406@reddit

Ours were 10K. Not even worth melting.

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VicFantastic@reddit

Yes it most certainly is

Who yold you that?

Just googling quickly I see the average weight of a class ring is around 15 to 20 grams

10k gold is around $65 per gram right now

Thats $975-1210

If that's not worth it to you then I'm happy to hear you are so rich to not care about a thousand dollars. Most people arn't.

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Sufficient-Lie1406@reddit

Actually I misspoke. It was 10K PLATED. So no. Not worth melting.

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VicFantastic@reddit

For sure

Unless its plated over silver- Then you would still have like 50-60 bucks

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battlepi@reddit

10k is 42% gold. It's very worth selling.

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Hefty-Profession2185@reddit

Decades after graduation, I finally regret not getting my ring.

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ChickenArise@reddit

Compare it to the S&P

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rjcpl@reddit

Compare to the opportunity we all had to by Bitcoin for pennies. Few hundred bucks in that would make you a billionaire today.

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battlepi@reddit

You could just make your own bitcoin in 2010 on your home pc.

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Hntrbdnshog@reddit

Comparison is the thief of joy.

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ChickenArise@reddit

Not as much as class rings are.

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xrelaht@reddit

It’s a thief’s ring?? Now I really wish I’d gotten one.

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ChickenArise@reddit

Yes, but the benefits are conferred to the seller

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brakeb@reddit

Why?

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Hefty-Profession2185@reddit

It's a joke.

A high school ring is supposed to have sentimental value, but my regret in not purchasing it is coming from the actual market value.

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BeneficialHamster567@reddit

Who knew it was an actual investment... Sorry for blowing you off, Jostens.

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Lehk@reddit

I got one but it wasn’t gold it was some bullshit alloy

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memymomeddit@reddit

This is my question - are they actually gold or just gold plated alloy?

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Lehk@reddit

Neither, shiny light alloy probably a bit of silver but not enough they could call it silver, it had some stupid name and I assume it was mostly nickel based on corrosion resistance and how it shines up

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goofytigre@reddit

There were different rings with different alloys/precious metals. Depends on how much your parents ~~loved you~~ would spend for the ring.

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Weary-Bookkeeper-375@reddit

Sell it to a dropout who later wished they graduated.

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memymomeddit@reddit

Factor in inflation. $300 in 1996 is $641 in 2026.

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sweet_pickles12@reddit

If only I had viewed it as an investment!

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Kgby13@reddit

I was just thinking the same thing

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rearwindowpup@reddit

Dont let the boomer parents be right!!!

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heretogetpwned@reddit

I never had a class ring but my late father left one behind. 10k gold,. don't remember weight, got $780 for it last November during the metals run

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Ok_SysAdmin@reddit

Where does one sell a ring to be melted down?

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Silly_Lavishness7715@reddit

Pawn shop

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factoid_@reddit

Is it actually gold or just plated? Lots of class rings are 14K gold plated.

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311TruthMovement@reddit

lol actually a good investment…i mean, not as good as just putting $300 in the stock market. But still good.

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Tall-Introduction414@reddit

Could've bought late 90s Apple stock. Like $7 a share.

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MuffinMatrix@reddit

Mine is 10k white gold I believe. Paid $400. I even still have the box and label stating it. Not the worst dumb investment haha

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Xx_SwordWords_xX@reddit

10k gold, is not an investment.

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MuffinMatrix@reddit

Didn't say it was, hence the 'dumb'. It was a purchase that even if I decided I didn't want, I had options.

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Why_So-Serious@reddit

You may want to double check that you have a 14K gold ring …

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SendBooksAndWeedPls@reddit

👀

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Classic_Ganache_6137@reddit

I honestly never thought about selling my ring. I just assumed no one would want one. They don't, they just want the gold. I'm game. I wore that thing a handful of times before realizing that it was both too big and too small, heavy, kind of ugly.

I should sell it as well as that ring I bought for a bf that I thought for sure we'd get married and live happily ever after.

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UpsetBar@reddit

Shit. If this is true I’m going to call my mom and see if she held onto it. I have no idea where it is.

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AZbitchmaster@reddit

Yeah that makes sense. I din't know of anyone that bought the gold ines, most of us just got that cheap pewter shit.

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DocBEsq@reddit

Solid argument. Mine is just etched gold — no stupid stone — and might actually be worth something…

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tracefact@reddit

Well TIL that ring that’s been in a box on my jewelry table for…. 25+ years might be worth a couple bucks.

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rjcpl@reddit

Just for melt value basically.

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Fight_those_bastards@reddit

I recently found mine, and yeah, that extra $850 from having it melted down was kind of nice.

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Captain_Desi_Pants@reddit

Ok….so now I have a reason to buy some old ones at estate sales. 👍

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Annhl8rX@reddit

That’s what I ended up doing. About 10 years after graduating I needed some “undocumented” cash to buy my wife a surprise gift. I sold mine to a “we buy gold” place for melt value, which ended up being almost exactly what I’d paid for it.

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CasualEveryday@reddit

My class ring was the down payment on a custom engagement ring. It was worth a hair more than I paid for it, but probably not as much as if I'd just put that money in a high yield savings account for the same amount of time.

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Waldo_Wadlo@reddit

Pawn shop

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SpiceEarl@reddit

I’ve gotten quotes on selling a gold ring. The pawn shop near me offered the lowest amount, with coin shops that buy scrap gold offering more. It pays to shop around.

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Bellatrix_Shimmers@reddit

It’s the way, the only way to shop..

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Bellatrix_Shimmers@reddit

It’s the only way to shop

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Fuckin_Hipster@reddit

You're delusional.

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Waldo_Wadlo@reddit

I sold mine to a pawn shop the year after I graduated.

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madcaplaughs30@reddit

yep 10k gold is 10k gold and there will be a buyer

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Boxman75@reddit

OMG You have a Union High class of '97 ring? That's the one I'm missing from my collection!!!!

How much? How much? How much? Take my money!!!

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MuffinMatrix@reddit

Just for the gold.

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jessek@reddit

Melt weight.

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ninhibited@reddit

During the Balfour presentation at my school the guy mentioned you could find so many of their rings on eBay (trying to demonstrate their value) and my friend shouted "Yeah that's cus no one wants them!" Lmao.

The dude took it well, just kinda snickered and moved on.

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Silly_Lavishness7715@reddit

They sell them on Esty for some reason.

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goofytigre@reddit

Same for me and my "letter jacket." I put letter jacket in quotes because I "lettered" in drafting/AutoCAD, got a jacket, never put a patch on it, and never wore it. I actually have no idea where it ended up, and I haven't actually thought about it for 25 years.

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blucifers_cajones@reddit

Same. tbh i don't even know where mine is. I think I just lost it to time

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onamonapizza@reddit

This sitting with a bunch of old watches and junk in a box on my dresser

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Pheeline@reddit

I had one, but it wasn't $300, it was much less expensive. I don't remember how much it cost but I got silver with a red cabochon stone. The deal was that if I wanted a more expensive/quality ring it would be from college, which was fair (and the same deal offered to my siblings). I never graduated from college-- at least not a 4-year one, I did get an Associate's from community college-- and never really missed having that 'nicer' ring. I think my high school ring is somewhere in one of my jewelry boxes.

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iLikeToChewOnStraws@reddit

HAHAHAHAHA I had one in 1999 and lost it at a highschool football game in 2001. RIP

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Mediocre-Team1715@reddit

My dad wore his for a weirdly long time now that I look back. Ha. Never got one and have never regretted it.

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elwood_911@reddit

My boomer parents also told me I'd regret not getting one, and they semi-insisted by buying it for me. But at the last minute my mother told me I should go up a size for when I gain weight, which was devastating and prescient but still poor advice. Fucking thing has never fit without sliding off. But it doesn't matter much because I would never wear it anyway. Would not have regretted not getting one.

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valas76@reddit

Mone has been collecting dust since it was purchased

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poop-money@reddit

I never got one and never paid for a yearbook in highschool. By the time I graduated, I was paying for all my own expenses, including rent in my parent's house. When it came time for the school to pressure me into buying all that crap, I opted to skip it. My parents said I'd regret it. 26 years later I do not.

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Holiday-Tradition343@reddit

Same deal, Jostens tried hard to guilt all of us in my small-town high school to get our Class of ‘98 rings. Like maybe a dozen of us did? And of that dozen, I wonder who still has theirs.

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GrimFae13@reddit

I've worn my class ring twice since high school. Both were for Halloween when I dressed as naive Sandy from Grease. I wore my ring on a necklace, with a poodle skirt and saddle shoes. 😄

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fyrefly_faerie@reddit

I bought mine at Sears because it was so much cheaper and got it quicker. It’s sitting in my jewelry box

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kimchiman85@reddit

My class ring and letter jacket are gathering dust in some closet.

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LadyGarciasArt@reddit

I still have mine from Walmart. I still wear it. Just love the stone and look of it.

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inexplicably_dull@reddit

Yep. I got mine from Walmart for probably $125. I still have it somewhere.

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PrismInTheDark@reddit

Same but I don’t have it anymore. I wore it all the time, then lost it in my 20’s because the weather changed (tiny fingers). I have phases between wearing or not wearing my other rings and bracelets so I’m not sure if I’d still be wearing it sometimes if I still had it, but I was really sad about losing it. My husband still has his, he gave it to me when I lost mine although it would never fit me.

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kg51113@reddit

My mom found a local jewelry store. Unlike some of the bigger companies, I could customize every part of the ring. It's not gold, platinum, or sterling silver. I wanted the silver color and didn't feel the need to pay more for white gold. Without a real gemstone or gold, it was less than $100.

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kimchiman85@reddit

We were kids and thought the rings looked cool.

They kinda did, but were overpriced for what teens can afford.

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DivaRebirthday@reddit

I wanted to buy one. Had everything picked out perfectly. Every time I went to the table, someone was always there. I never got a chance to buy one, and haven’t given it much thought until now.

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So-Called_Lunatic@reddit

I have almost this exact ring, never wore it a day after graduation.

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GapDragon@reddit

I admit I bought mine many decades ago, but don't they sell cheap ones, too???

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misplacedbass@reddit

I pawned mine to buy some weed about 20 years ago. 🤷‍♂️

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SirPhobos1@reddit

Never got one, in fact would probably regret getting one if I had.

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Broken-Phantasm@reddit

Mine was $500. I still have the stupid thing in my desk drawer. I really wish my parents would have listened to me when I said I did not need it. We were not poor, but we definitely were not rich either.

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_buffy_summers@reddit

As a teen, I only had school spirit for a week of the school year, and that was just because dressing up was fun. I couldn't wait to get out of there and away from all of the small-minded creeps.

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RealWord5734@reddit

Graduating high school is not an achievement. Failing to do so is pathetic. Very different things though.

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rojoshow13@reddit

I seem to remember picking one out and my mom buying one. But I don't remember if I ever got one or wore it or what happened to it if I did.

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Moons_of_Moons@reddit

I don't know one single person in my class you got one. But I can guess which people probably did.. Haha

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ZeroLithium576@reddit

Mine only coated about $60. It wasn't gold, though.

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RunnyDischarge@reddit

Costed. I wouldn't want to memorialize that education either ;)

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-Rush2112@reddit

The only person I knew that wears one, is a massive chode.

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justtapitin65@reddit

I didn’t get one because I knew I’d never wear it. Still feel the same!

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RelevantNothing4653@reddit

I have mine somewhere.

I once considered pawning it or having it melted down ... but even a cynic like me can't throw away his past.

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qwerty-game@reddit

I lost mine. Couldn’t care less. But I actually have my grandmothers and that means a lot.

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haz_waste@reddit

I bought a class ring after I g graduated from college. I can't remember the last time I wore it.

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RazzmatazzHead7141@reddit

College rings are just as bad. I know a guy who is 45 and still wears his for Texas A&M. really? you are proud of that?

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JunkHead1979@reddit

I never got a class ring. Never cared. I do regret not getting yearbooks though. Those would be fun to look through every now and then.

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revolutionoverdue@reddit

Well how else will you prove your worth when it’s too warm out to wear your letterman jacket?

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BossRoss84@reddit

I forgot they existed until this very moment.

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i_like_stinky_pits@reddit

Ha we didn't have the $1.75 for the field trip

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jaezii@reddit

My mom told me if I didn't go to prom, I'd regret it "for the rest of my life". Never did, not once. Paying for bullshit traditions just cuz is just stupid.

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OscarDivine@reddit

High school rings are for people who peaked in high school. If you ever see someone wearing one at our age now, hard cringe.

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mrchuckles5@reddit

You’re getting downvotes but it’s the truth. Graduating from high school isn’t flex, it’s just the bare minimum.

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lastraven85@reddit

We never had that in Scotland unfortunately always wanted one especially after smallville

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Witty_Ad_9300@reddit

I wanted one when I graduated high school but my parents said, no, we'll buy you one when you graduate college. Then, when I graduated college 🦗🦗🦗

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Grinzy@reddit

I got a class ring. it was an american eagle on one side and a mexican eagle on the other to represent my dual heritage... Onyx stone with my first initial in old english in gold in the middle. it was badass. I wonder where it is today.

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Architorture_66@reddit

I hated high school and I wasn't about to spend 300 to 400 dollars to idolize those horrible years

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Kooky_Advice1234@reddit

If you did buy one, it's worth multiple times what you paid for it.

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remoteworker9@reddit

My parents bought mine for me. I’d have never paid for one myself.

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abernathym@reddit

My mom made me buy one and I have never worn it a single time.

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Living-Video-3670@reddit

I had zero interest in one, but my parents damn near demanded I get one. They paid for it, so it's whatever. Im pretty sure its still at their house, and im ok with that.

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TacoDestroyer420@reddit

The last thing I would want on my finger is a constant reminder of that fucking turd farm. I'd rather put the $300 towards therapy, booze, or both. Good riddance, rednecks!

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WoofinLoofahs@reddit

I like rings so I thought about getting one but there was no style I liked so I passed. Decades later I’ve only ever known 2 people who ever wore their class rings and they are the 2 biggest douchebag dorks I’ve ever met in my life. If you want something that’s hideous AND a waste of money, just buy a Jeep Gladiator.

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MalWinchester@reddit

It was a stupid purchase, but when I was unemployed and broke, the gold got me some cash for rent. So it ended up being like a weird savings account.

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GrolarBear69@reddit

My class was brutal to the jostens ring dude. I think he cried. Half of us sat down and refused to sing graduation day. Why would we sing to ourselves. I think he managed to sell some tassels. Janitor was prom king. Librarian was queen etc etc.

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Hungry-Car4446@reddit

My shit was $70 at Walmart

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New-Comfortable-3637@reddit

I never got one and until I saw this post, I don’t think I have thought about it even once in 30+ years.

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Melancholy_Rainbows@reddit

I suppose if you're one of those people for whom high school was a good time, it might be nice to have the memento. But you could easily make or buy something personally meaningful for a fraction of the price, because I can't imagine anyone other than the "peaked in high school" folks actually wearing one of these in adulthood.

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WinninRoam@reddit

Back in the late 1980s high school graduation was still considered (rightly or wrongly) a very significant achievement; many had parents that dropped out or didn't graduate for some other reason.

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Silly_Lavishness7715@reddit

My Dad bought me mine so I wear it sometimes for the sentimental value.

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JLLIndy@reddit

Mines in a box somewhere. I don’t have any yearbooks or anything, my step mom took me to Zales to get the ring. That’s really the only attachment I have to it.

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Magnetheadx@reddit

I was too poor! Oh darn I missed out /s

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SweetOkashi@reddit

My parents got me one from Jostens. 14k white gold, ruby with diamond chips. It has sat in my jewelry box for the last 20 years, unworn, and this thread has pretty much convinced me to scrap it for the gold value.

I might hang on to the diamond chips, but all the same, I’ve got bills to pay.

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Future_Burrito@reddit

The final lesson.

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mysticdeath@reddit

i got one and could not even tell you what happened. to it. i kept track of it for a few years. and… haven’t even thought about it for 20+ yrs until i saw this post. honestly not even sure how this sub ended up in my swipe feed.

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seminarysmooth@reddit

My high school ring didn’t look like a typical school ring. I wore it well into my 20’s. Also, I’ve said it here before: when drinking at bars in the late teens I would swap the class ring from my right to left hand and spin it around. It kept the gay guys from hitting on me but not the women.

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SometimesILieToo@reddit

The people that collect other people’s class rings are the real weirdos.

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njasmodeus@reddit

Wherever mine is, it is the only proof I have of my graduation. I moved after and never received my diploma, yearbook, or graduation video. I think my mom got the picture?

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OkZookeepergame4812@reddit

I seem to be against the norm here. I got one and still occasionally wear it. I chose my favorite stone and little tiny diamonds all around. Before I went full remote for work, probably wore it a few times a month. I find mine quite beautiful and enjoy when I see it in my jewelry cabinet.

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FormidableMistress@reddit

My mom had one and let me wear it when I was a kid, so I was so excited to get my own. My parents paid the deposit and then never followed up and I never got it. I do not give a shit at all.

I guess they're important to people who peaked in high school.

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Halloweenie23@reddit

I never got one. I can't think of anything worse than being reminded of high school everyday

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smrtgmp716@reddit

My boomer dad tried to talk me out of it.

I wished I had listened to him the moment I opened the box and saw what it actually looked like. Iirc, it didn’t even fit.

I definitely never wore it.

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Futbalislyfe@reddit

I’m not even in my senior yearbook other than my name. Didn’t bother to go to picture day. Wasn’t in any clubs. Sure as heck wasn’t going to waste money that I didn’t have on a ring that I would never wear. No thanks.

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DonHugo1@reddit

I got mine, wore it through the end of high school, put it in my golf bag. I went to college and never wore it again. Whenever I open the box where I keep extra tees, there it is. It doesn’t fit anymore, and I regret wasting the parents’ money.

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OriginalBad@reddit

To this day I wonder where the heck mine is. Gotta be in a box somewhere.

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EastCoastLoman@reddit

I got one, wore it HS, took it off the day after graduation and never wore it again. I think my Mom still has it in her jewelry box. But I didn’t spend anywhere near $300. I remember it was $109 exactly (I even had it engraved on the inside! 🤣) and I ordered it from Josten’s. It was ugly as hell. 😆

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el_floppo@reddit

My mom insisted I get one. I knew I would never wear it, so I found the cheapest ring in Jostens catalog. It was a plain ass silver ring with an onyx stone. On the stone it has my first initial in old English. The only thing about it that gives away that it's a graduation ring is the 2001 engraved on the side. It's actually a pretty cool looking ring, but I never wore it. I tried to find it just now to take a picture, and I don't know where it is.

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9fingerjeff@reddit

I still kinda wish I’d gotten one.. lol

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Diseman81@reddit

My mom made me get one. I’ve never worn it or had the desire to. It’s been in its box since the day I got it. I did get the cheapest one you could so it isn’t made of precious metals and is worthless.

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Ok_Stranger_9520@reddit

More mid Millennial here but I sold mine for pit money in college haha

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eyelers@reddit

Only ring I thought was cool was my old high school chem teacher threw bp for the St. Louis Cardinals and got a World Series ring. THAT is an awesome ring!

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KoRaZee@reddit

Is it still jostens

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Avarant@reddit

I'm glad mine talked me out of it

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zozosozo@reddit

When it came to getting my class ring my parents gave me three options. 1. To get said ring. 2. To design my own ring of equal price. 3. To get the watch I’ve wanted for a while (a Citizen Eco Drive Titanium). I easily went with option 3, and still have & wear 26 years later.

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urbanlife78@reddit

My mom made me get one, it's in a box in my garage somewhere. I come across it once in a while

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wintercast@reddit

So in the 1990s and earlier there was a thing for girls to wear their boyfriend's class ring or Letterman jacket. So there was a slight push to get a class ring.

My mom gave me the choice of a class ring or a new bicycle. i chose the bike.

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Rooster_Fish-II@reddit

My dad told me it was a waste of money and the only people who wore them were the losers who peaked in High School. I was bent out of shape about it for a few weeks but it soon became apparent that he was right. Especially once I got to college and no one was wearing them anymore only 6 short months later.

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Wayne_Cocksman@reddit

Lol, it doesn't matter. It never mattered. It will never matter. Gen X-er pro advice--do not give one single f*ck about that! Rings don't matter, only scars do.

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hitchhiker421967@reddit

Rite of passage

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Expensive-Claim-7830@reddit

I guess for the ones that didn’t go to college?

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grandspartan117@reddit

Yeah, I didn’t fall for that useless nonsense. I left that school graduation. I never looked back.

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DetroitsGoingToWin@reddit

Fuck that, I went to Cancun with the money I saved on not buying a ring or a year book.

Best financial decision of my life.

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Substantial_Act_2666@reddit

I bought one for 200 in 03 and sold it for 850 in 26. Not a terrible deal

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1leftbehind19@reddit

I’m glad I got one, even if I’m not big on wearing rings. I have it put up, and get it out to look at it every once in awhile. I had a dam good time in high school. My family wasn’t rich, but not poor either, and I had a lot of friends that spanned all the groups. So when I look at it, the ring reminds me of a time in life when I didn’t have a tremendous amount of responsibility and life hadn’t had its way with me yet.

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AltruisticArugula732@reddit

I didn't get a class ring . We couldn't afford it. I don't miss not having one. I did get professional senior pictures done (I worked to pay for those).

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TruskVarner@reddit

That pic just reminds me of that Fuck Buttons album. It’s good btw.

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that1tech@reddit

I liked the idea of one but when it came down to actually picking it out I couldn’t decide on what should go on it. That delay caused me to not even ask to get one. Once I saw them I did not regret my indecision and still don’t.

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oneeweflock@reddit

My dad tried to convince me I wouldn’t be able to find it in 20 years..he was correct. No idea where it’s at.

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BloodyRightNostril@reddit

Lol, my dad said "You're not going to want to remember high school. I'll buy you a college class ring."

He was right.

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Skulls_of_Ink@reddit

Got one for $82.... Loved it (unconventional design). 2 weeks later a girl stole it while I napped on her couch. Never saw it again, and she refused to give it back before starting to say she cant find it. Balfour would only replace it for like $300-400. Would rather I never had one than always wishing I could just get it back.

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Suitable-Quail2094@reddit

I had a massive fight with my parents about about not getting a ring. How the class ring will bring back memories of highschool and such and how i will be sad that i missed out on a ring. High school was the last thing i wanted to have lasting memories of, sadly i have very vivid memories and cptsd due to my parents being raging alcoholics and i vividly remember the panic attacks i would have during the last class of the day cause that meant i would have to go home and deal with them.

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TootieSummers@reddit

Mine was a gift as I had a lot of family and they all wanted to pay for part of my senior year. It’s nice and I still have it put away with some other things I’ve saved over the years.

The real question is for those that didn’t get one….why are you so desperate to make yourself seem better for not getting one? Why is what someone else does with their money your business?

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DogOfTheArmy@reddit

I got my Army ring before I graduated high-school. Never got a high-school ring as we could not afford it. Same company so it's close enough. Better some might say.

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CookCheap4815@reddit

My dad brought me one. It had the wrong mascot and didn’t fix. Gave it to me the day after he beat me for not going to buy new shoes. I’m was surprised he even knew which school I attended.

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Zalaquin@reddit

My dad got me one and I didn’t want one. It’s in some box under my bed

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Anaxamenes@reddit

Did not get one, am not upset about it at all. I didn’t get a letterman jacket either. Meh.

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golgathas@reddit

It’s worth more than that now if it’s gold

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DrMonkeyLove@reddit

My dad always tried to talk me into getting one. I'm like, I will never wear it. I find them incredibly unattractive jewelry. Literally any ring looks nicer.

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Revolutionary_Pay_31@reddit

Never bought a High School ring, never bought a College ring either for that matter. Never regretted my decisions. Then again, I have done my best to forget high school.

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Dare2BeU420@reddit

I was obsessed with my mom's class ring when I was little. I am caught somewhere between being glad I still have mine in my jewelry chest but don't think it's something I would have regretted if I didn't get one

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Grumptastic2000@reddit

This is the way we sort out the dumb dumbs from the rest early in the game

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Existing_Many9133@reddit

I wore it for about a year. I sat in my jewelry box for over 49 years. Price of gold is high, so i pawned it!

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Konnorwolf@reddit

I'm sure there are some people that regretted it while still in their last year of high school then were so thankful they didn't buy one a day out of high school when they thought about how pointless it was.

What an awkward thing to wear out of high school.

I do NOT have one.

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EBN_Drummer@reddit

I got the cheaper Walmart version but still didn't wear it. I think it was stolen when our house was burglarized a while back. I haven't seen it since but I can't remember where I had it stored so who knows. Not sure why I got it though. I wasn't really a fan of high school.

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No_Gap_2700@reddit

My father basically made me get one, by telling me I would regret it later if I didn't. The same year, I bought a $150 guitar that I kept forever and a $500 ring that was worn maybe a handful of times. Would have much rather used that money toward a better guitar. It honestly would have meant more to me than the ring that still sits in my closet collecting dust for the past 30 years.

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DuckTalesOohOoh@reddit

I have friend who graduated in the 80s and she just bought one for herself. It's the classic style and I thought it looked good. I haven't seen one of them in a very long time.

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DisturbedSocialMedia@reddit

Wore mine from when I got it late in my Junior year until the summer before college. It's been in a box for the last 46 years.

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Heroic-Loser666@reddit

Got mine from the Wal-Mart jewelry section so Mom could use her employee discount on it. Think I tried wearing it around once before giving it to my first girlfriend to wear around her neck. After she dumped me, she was kind enough to return it and has been sitting in the bottom of a foot locker for the last 29 years!

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Disastrous_Abies_807@reddit

Not HS but college makes sense

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CheesyRomantic@reddit

A few ppl got one my graduating year. I wasn't one of the few because my parents couldn't afford one.

I was kinda resentful at the time since my friends did all get one.

But looking back at them.... no one wore them for more than a year or two and they aren't exactly pretty.

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thisisleftbrain@reddit

You’ll never wear it after high school, unless you want to talk about your ring you wear all the time, as if high school was the greatest years of your life(they won’t be).

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cschooly@reddit

I wasn't able to get one....because I accidentally lost my sister's in the Pacific Ocean. (She didn't want it so she let me keep it....til it slipped off while on a ferry in Puget Sound.) But I got a Letterman jacket. (I would have rather had a small piece of jewelery than a jacket I wore for just my senior year.

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ChainBuzz@reddit

I wear mine occasionally because I actually like it. I scrapped together the cash to buy it myself working part time at a pizza place in highschool because the family couldn't afford it. I get compliments on it every once in a while. Just a neat piece of my personal story.

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Eddies_Current@reddit

Crazy how much i spent just for my HS girlfriend to get it and never return it. Got me prepared for the reality of life,that’s for sure!

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aenea22980@reddit

I mean mine are gold so it's a pretty good asset to have right now 😂

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zoppaTheDim@reddit

I’m glad my parents talked me out of it and out of a letterman jacket.

I’ve never seen anyone with a ring post high school and jacket guys always got called loser till they stopped wearing them.

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bgva@reddit

I don't think I've worn my class ring since I graduated nine years ago*. I don't regret buying one, but I also don't think I've ever missed having it on my finger. I didn't buy a yearbook until a couple years after graduation, and that's something I truly wish I'd purchased while in school.

^(*2000 was nine years ago and I won't hear otherwise.)

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tyedyehippy@reddit

Meanwhile I've got my grandma's, my mom's, then one of my own from high school as well as college. I'm a chick who likes wearing rings tho, what can I say lol.

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pensiverebel@reddit

I didn’t get a ring, didn’t go to prom, didn’t go on the senior class trip, didn’t buy my junior or senior yearbooks. It wasn’t even that hard a decision to make back then and I haven’t ever felt like I missed out on anything.

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juan_humano@reddit

I was a sort of rebellious child. Definitely didnt get a class ring, but i also dont remember anyone i knew getting one. For graduation, i told my parents I didnt want to walk. They said good, we didnt want to pay for the robes. Ha!

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rideincircles@reddit

I just wish I would have got one made out of gold back when that was cheap.

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Iamoldsowhat@reddit

holy shit why is it a picture of my HS ring. BWL '97

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tultommy@reddit

I saw something recently that said the that with the rise in the cost of gold these can be melted down for a mint now. I need to dig mine out and go see if it's worth anything.

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Switchbladekitten@reddit

I bought one and have no idea where it is.

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arcticvalley@reddit

My brother bought two and then lost both within 5 years.

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thwip62@reddit

Is this a big thing in America? I remember on Smallville, Clark's parents wouldn't let him get a class ring because it was a waste of money or something.

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I-didnt-write-that@reddit

I still get crap from my mother about not getting a high school ring. Weird priorities

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Pcenemy@reddit

one of the biggest scams ever - but they've made billions off of us stupid teenagers

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LukeMayeshothand@reddit

I wish I had bought an annual, Junior and Senior Year. Been many times over the last 30 years where I wanted to look at someone’s picture. Usually because I went to 3 high schools and spent half my junior year and all of senior year at the last one. So memory fades.

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MoreLemonJuice@reddit

Mine was nowhere near $300 . . . I bought a herff jones ring made from "ultrium" and it had a nice blue stone (that was probably just hard plastic) . . . I lost it during a shortcut through the woods on my walk home from school . . . a few years later I graduated from college . . . who the hell needs a HS graduation ring if they're going to graduate from college?

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soundboredguy@reddit

Yeah - I didn’t buy that shit

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Dense-Alfalfa1223@reddit

It was a certain strain of student that purchased these

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senorsmartpantalones@reddit

If it's 14 or 24 karat gold it's worth more than $300 right now.

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Cardiff07@reddit

Never got one. Didn’t get a college one either. Do have a silicone wedding band. 10 for $5

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stargarnet79@reddit

Haha I totally regret not getting one from undergrad college.

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tres-vip@reddit

I feel like thr importance of HS class ring is more of a Boomer thing, where loads of them "peaked" in high school lol before "settling down" and popping out kids in their early-mid 20s. But for those of us who lived a little more life after high school, high school is just a brief childhood memory, that many also don't want a constant and expensive reminder of, there are lots of other more important periods in life afterwards.

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Ilickedthecinnabar@reddit

My dad got irritated that my ring's design wasn't "traditional" (the more rectangular ones with parallel bars on them vs like what's pictured here). Mom told him to stop complaining - it wasn't his money, nor was he going to wear it. (I chose the cheapest metal option, so I think it came to about 150 bucks back then)

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Sufficient_Two_5753@reddit

Mine was only $150. And I still have it somewhere. And no it probably doesn't fit anymore....

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beatlefreak_1981@reddit

I still have mine, but I was made by the local jewelry store for about a quarter of the price of the ones offered by Jostens.

It's sitting in a jewelry box. Maybe I should put it on again for old times lol.

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nerdmoot@reddit

How about the Senior picture pose that would showcase your ring? Girls would have the soft filter close up hands under their chin. Boys would have the one foot on a box. Ring hand on knee.

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Human_Name9961@reddit

Well with the price of gold right now. They got some substantial value.

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c4ctus@reddit

Mine was like $50 from walmart. We were way too poor to buy from Jostens or whoever.

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666TripleSick@reddit

Same thing with lettermen jackets. Just got my daughter one and it was $500! Smdh

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sr_rasquache@reddit

Not sure what’s worst, buying one or being close to 40 and still wearing it.

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OldArtichoke433@reddit

Good ole Jostens

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SaltyLengthiness260@reddit

I, regrettably, got a HS and a college undergrad one. I wish I'd have invested that money instead

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Wise_Environment_598@reddit

and varsity jackets.

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Thornfist22@reddit

Bro, the yearbooks are $300 now.

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facesnorth@reddit

I proudly declined that purchase. But I still occasionally use my high school prom brandy snifter.

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Silly_Lavishness7715@reddit

I love mine. Still wear it once in a great while.

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Yo_momma_so_fat77@reddit

Wore it for like a week. No idea where it is. Ugly af. April baby so looks even worse that having one w color

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

Those things are ugly as hell and I never wanted one. I don't understand why people get those. Does anybody really wear one? I've never seen it.

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Epicwalt@reddit

I gave mine to a gf in HS.... never saw it again

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AdFragrant6602@reddit

Oh wow. I completely forgot about being pressured to buy one. ("You'll never get the opportunity again! Show your school spirit!") Did not buy one and never thought about it again until this post.

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mikeyb1@reddit

I got one, graduated in 1996.

I haven't the foggiest fucking clue where it is. Probably in a drawer at my parents' house.

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Working-Spinach5795@reddit

Both of my parents, like me, thought these were stupid and ugly as shit. Nobody in my family bought one.

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Apprehensive_Map64@reddit

I doubt they sold very many to my class. We all were joking about how ridiculous it was

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NurseCait@reddit

I find it weird now when I see adults wearing theirs still. It’s like they want to remember high school forever. 🤢

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Classic_Breadfruit18@reddit

The crazy thing is that they still make these rings and they now cost upwards of $1000 because of the high cost of gold.

My husband has a big chunky gold high school ring and college ring. Our son now attends the same university where they still have a big ring ceremony. Our plan is my husband will give him his, and engrave another name and date inside.

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ladyeclectic79@reddit

I got mine because my parents insisted and never wore it. Don’t even know (or care) where it is either.

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elMurpherino@reddit

I bought a 10k gold one. Loved it for like 6 months. Was put away and then like 10 years later I found it and I sold it as scrap gold because I didn’t care about it.

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Long_Advertising_737@reddit

My Dad sold his to get through tough times.

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18randomcharacters@reddit

Speak for yourself.

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brentsg@reddit

I have one and the only reason I thought it was cool is it had stuff about my sport on it. I don't even know where it is now.

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cmmatthews@reddit

People bought these typically in like junior year? So maybe you paid $400 to wear a ring around until you graduated? Nobody in college wore these things.

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Jasoco@reddit

I also got one in high school. It’s in storage. What am I supposed to do with it? I ain’t wearing it. This was nearly 30 years ago.

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nolemandan@reddit

I ended up pawning mine in my early 30s when I was between jobs. I guess that sums up my life as a millennial in a nutshell.

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curiousleen@reddit

I wonder who found mine and what they did with it… or maybe it’s lost forever…

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AdDesigner5025@reddit

Not my parents! They said not to waste the money! I didn't! Highschool ring??? Why?

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Electrical_End_631@reddit

The metal itself now has increased tremendously in value if you got gold

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CasualtyVampires@reddit

I just went to Walmart and got one for like a 3rd of what everyone else I knew paid.

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drtyhppi@reddit

Mine's in a box and my kids will prob just throw it away when I die. I may have worn it once? 🤷‍♂️

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Soulman682@reddit

I got mine and its all gold so its an asset still worth the weight in gold.

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Flotilla_guerrilla@reddit

I took mine off right after graduation and I have no idea where it ended up. I thought it was fun wearing it as a senior but it was just embarrassing once I was out.

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LowArt7645@reddit

LOL what trick, it's a wonderful keepsake, you're just boring.

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catsdelicacy@reddit

Every adult in my life told me it was a waste of money lol, every time I'd even bring it up a family member would say that. School jacket, too.

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Candid_Koala_3602@reddit

Why am I only seeing the Gemini version of the ring with this question being asked?

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nickd1980@reddit

I still have mine. It is sitting in my underwear drawl. I don't know why I got it though maybe cause my buddy convince me to get one and I never wore it as well. I hate having any type of rings on my finger.

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aytchdave@reddit

For some reason I had zero interest in a ring and am glad I never got one. I was an officer in n the JROTC program and had a saber that I think is a much better keepsake.

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paintedwoodpile@reddit

How else would the other sophomores know that Stephanie is dating that senior Corey if she is not wearing his class ring with half a spool of thread on the bottom of it so it fits.

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xRVAx@reddit

Same. Just remembered I haven't thought about class things in about 20 years

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Jibbajaba@reddit

I don't regret getting one because I'm not the one who paid for it (and I didn't get a gold one so it wasn't too expensive), but honestly it was just something cool to wear between the time that you got it and the time that you graduated a few weeks later. Then it goes into a box never to be seen again.

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Florida_man2020@reddit

I wear my college ring, I’ve never worn my high school ring

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monstermack1977@reddit

I bought one. Girlfriend always wore it. Taking it back was that clear sign that things were through between us It just sits in a box somewhere now

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Iamthegreenheather@reddit

I never wanted one but I DID get a letterman jacket that I wore all four years. I still have it packed away.

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JLLIndy@reddit

I didn’t get one through Jostens. My step mom took me to Zales and ordered one. It was $100.

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4mygirljs@reddit

I got mine at zales too

They gave me the wrong gem cut and told me to keep it until the replacement came in.

Replacement came in, I got it and they never asked for the old one

So…..I got two for one

Lost one, have the other …..

You guessed it, in a box

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Askingforanend@reddit

Jokes on them, I dropped out.

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Snoo6702@reddit

"We all".. ok USA. We don't.

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writerlady6@reddit

Mine's been in my jewelry box for 40 years. Total waste of money.

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Old_Bay20@reddit

I felt so cool wearing mine for like 3 weeks. Then I put it on my dresser and never put it on again. And now I think it fits on my pinky only

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hashlettuce@reddit

Waste of money, but it was only the start. I have foolishly wasted much more than $300 as an adult since high school.

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Active_Yellow_1573@reddit

I regret getting mine! 😂

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tourniquet2099@reddit

Pretty sure my mom wore both my high school & college rings for a time. I never gave a shit about them and they’re stored…somewhere. Lol

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CrotalusHorridus@reddit (OP)

Man my mom was PISSSED I didn’t want a college ring. Yes I was the first in my family to graduate. But no, I’d never have worn it.

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gilded_lady@reddit

I never regretted not getting one. I went to prom because I thought I'd regret not going. I would have been fine, all I got out of it was a cold 😂. It was outdoors and unreasonably cold. So much of the senior class got sick they cancelled a planned blood drive after.

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MelkorTheMighty@reddit

Saved by the bell taught me it was a swindle

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MaximalcrazyYT@reddit

I forgot those even existed

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Secret_Assistant_232@reddit

There's a huge warehouse here by us that used to be the Josten's, the place that sold those. I always feel superior driving by it, reminds me I was a punk rock skater and didn't fall for that shit.

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Ninja-Panda86@reddit

I have never regretted avoiding this either. I think it's because high schools when they peaked. So it brings back fond memories of when they were on top of the world.

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greenerbeansheen@reddit

I wasn’t even aware it was an option. Never saw a single one.

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ulysses_s_gyatt@reddit

Stfu up bot ass OP

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TheWildTofuHunter@reddit

I really wanted one cause all of the rich kids were getting them (it was a nice school). When I got my MBA years later, I bought one. It’s still sitting in my jewelry box, as it feels tacky to wear it. Who cares about my school??

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UniqueIndividual3579@reddit

It's amazing how fast you forget about high school. Unless you scored three touchdowns in one game.

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cgentry02@reddit

I just remember them trying to sell us on it and thinking, "I've never seen anyone wear or talk about them. If so, why would I need one."

Money grab on nostalgia that didnt even exist, ripping off kids. Not a proud industry.

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StodgyGin@reddit

I still wear mine, I treat it like a typical cocktail ring. I wear it with any matching outfit and with my other rings. No one cares. It has a pretty emerald, and it still looks petite on my fingers.

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Not_a_werecat@reddit

I got one and it was lost before I even got to college.

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TheGreat_Powerful_Oz@reddit

My boomer dad told me if I wanted one to buy it myself since I had a job and that he has no idea where his even is so he don’t think it was worth it. So glad I didn’t waste money on one.

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DarksunDaFirst@reddit

I spent half as much as my classmates and got one that was much higher quality by getting my own from a local jeweler instead of Jostens or whoever did them en masse.

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wookiegiImore@reddit

the funny thing about parents and sales people selling potential regret is that I'm sure that at any point after high school these ring companies would happily carve up a ring with whatever you want on it.

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Emergency_Air_1548@reddit

My grandma bought one for me, black onyx and diamond center stone. Someone stole it when I had a party at my house

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Netoflavored@reddit

I got my high school ring and I put some words I wanted engraved.

Then when i turned it in the guy said I should change it because I would regret it in the future. So I changed it....

I regret changing it 23 years later. I still have my highschool ring. My regret in life is listening to other people, when I succeeded and had a better life not following others.

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daphnemoonpie@reddit

I pawned mine for 60 bucks when I was 19 to buy weed lol

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hbpatterson@reddit

I got one,gave it to my bf who was in the military - he promptly lost in in a brothel in Italy......

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weedexpat@reddit

The venn diagram of my classmates that bought these worthless rings and my classmates that still live in my shithole hometown is a circle.

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Crafty_Ish1973@reddit

My mom was big on things like class rings and encouraged me to get one. I got both high school and college rings. I still wear the college one from time to time, but I lost the HS one within five years of buying it.

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chocki305@reddit

My parents insisted I get one.

So I insisted they pay for it. It's still in the box. Wore it twice, the day I got it like everyone did. And at graduation.

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Stacie123a@reddit

I lost mine almost immediately

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omnichronos@reddit

I'm a boomer, and I never regretted not getting one.

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Coco_Cokie_Cookie@reddit

No Never

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The_Illhearted@reddit

I don't regret it either.

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EGOtyst@reddit

Honestly, when they started allowing you to customize them, it became a thing that people wanted less and less.

The were cooler when there was ONE type of class ring. Everyone got the same one. It was you, being a part of something.

Being a part of something that you have customized just ruins the entire point.

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HistoryGirl23@reddit

I'd never wanted one, college or high school. I just used that money to get my university diplomas framed.

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lonelierthangod@reddit

I got a ring but ended up moving out to live with my grandparents, in a different school district, to get away from my mom's alcoholic boyfriend. Memories!

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temtemrem@reddit

I almost didn’t graduate high school (undiagnosed depression and attendance issues), so getting this ring and wearing it after I DID graduate was a huge thing for me. It was a mark of honor, for a time. I stopped wearing it a couple years out of high school, but still keep it with my other jewelry.

If my mom’s ex hadn’t sold hers for coke money, I would have just inherited that one, I guess.

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BudgetAccident1287@reddit

I didn’t get one (didn’t want it) but my older sister did. So to be fair my mom let me get something else - a stereo with a record player that got used for at least a decade.

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Skipper0463@reddit

I didn’t get one and don’t regret it at all. The people who got one were usually involved with sports or clubs or band or something, and the ring would reflect that. I was a total slacker that had zero interest in that nonsense. I didn’t even get a year book!

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here_we_go2324@reddit

I can only remember one guy I knew who ordered one. It just seemed really cheesy and a waste of money. I couldn't even be bothered to put in a quote for my graduation picture.

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DarkenL1ght@reddit

"You'll regret it!" As if you couldn't buy one anytime you wanted. I'm sure they'll be happy to take your money.

That said, I couldn't afford one, but also didn't want one. My wife (We were high school sweethearts) did buy one. I think its been sitting in a box for 20 years, and it will probably eventually get handed down to a kid or grandkid who well throw it in the trash or melt it down as soon as we're gone.

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Jay-Quellin30@reddit

I bought one and now I’m not even sure where it is. I had a few friends that bought them too but not all. One of my friends got the more dainty ring than the traditional one and it’s so much nicer imo

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cobalt-radiant@reddit

Not all of us

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dyejob@reddit

I literally do not know a single person of any generation who has a class ring. I almost thought those were made up.

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thebashfulowl@reddit

Honestly I wish I still had mine. I was one of the first people in my family to graduate high school, and did so with honors. My school was good to me, and now it no longer exists. I mean, I wouldn’t wear it but it would be a nice little keepsake.

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DiscoLibra@reddit

My boomer parents just took us to the Mall and had us pick something nice out that we wanted instead of buying that class ring.

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babaganoosh30@reddit

I wouldnt even pay 15 bucks for the yearbook.

Fuck Jefferson County High.

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FeelTheWrath79@reddit

My boomer parents told me that getting a college grad ring would be better. I never got either one. But I did ge a letterjacket in high school.

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Smile_Space@reddit

The only ring that I have and cherish is my football State runner up ring from going to State for the second time in my school's history as a senior.

I'm 30 now and that ring still sits up on my shelf with all of my other collected things from important moments in my life.

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Professional_Hall233@reddit

My parents gave me a choice and I elected to get a watch instead, it was the right move.

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okay1BelieveYou@reddit

Not even sure where mine is rn

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YoungBockRKO@reddit

Never bought one, hell, I wasn’t even aware that as seniors we had to get pictures outside of school for the year book. So I guess I’m missing in that one, but I wouldn’t know…. I didn’t buy the yearbook 🤣

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Upper_Guava5067@reddit

Nope. Didn't buy one.

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EricSparrowSucks@reddit

My sister (class of 2000) got one, and by the time I graduated (2002), she’d already lost hers! My parents refused to buy me one 😂

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Hyperion1144@reddit

School rings are like high school reunions...

They are Boomer traditions that came from a world of excess resources, with readily available low-skill, well paying jobs.

High school actually mattered for Boomers. They actually had things to look forward to and to prepare for. Society expected to treat them as actual adults after high school graduations.

They were expected to start real careers, real relationships, buy some of the readily available and affordable homes, and start families.

Things like this don't make sense to us now because the Boomers all pulled those ladders up behind them. Fuck everyone who came after, cause they got theirs.

We came of age in the echo of the Boomers. We kept going through Boomer motions even though so much of the Boomer life was already closing off to us. We were just mimicking a world that didn't exist anymore.

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Greyscale7950@reddit

As a male, you got one so you could give it to your girlfriend to wear on a chain around her neck. Naturally you had to buy the chain also.

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wastingvrijeme@reddit

It is gold so idk. It’s nothing special I agree but it is kind of like an investment perhaps.

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Expensive-Eggplant-1@reddit

I wasn't allowed to get one (nor did I want one).

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tillyspeed81@reddit

Never got one, hated my school

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HicJacetMelilla@reddit

Meanwhile I wasn’t allowed to get one because my dad said I’d never wear it or look at it again after high school and I’m still salty.

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omgtori@reddit

I convinced my parents to buy me a junior high school ring. Like, for 8th grade! Never even got a high school one.

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optimaloutcome@reddit

I'm pretty sure I still have mine but not really sure where it is. I know I have seen it in the past few years at some point.

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wooq@reddit

I think I remember having some FOMO, but discussing it with my parents I decided to do without. No regrets. I honestly haven't even thought about high school rings since high school.

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No_Wolf8340@reddit

I lost mine. It had a rectangular emerald stone ☹️

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NerdyBrando@reddit

I was suckered into getting one and I think I wore it for maybe 6 months and then it has sat in a drawer at my parents for 25 years.

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coyote_of_the_month@reddit

My high school was named for a Confederate general, so any memorabilia I might have kept got kinda awkward about 10 years ago when we started started fixing things that were named after losers and traitors. Glad I never bought a ring.

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DJSfromthe1900s@reddit

My boomer parents said if I wanted one I had to go to the local jeweler who made cheaper knockoff versions. It was $80 instead of $300. The school name isn't exactly right, but I got my name and a guitar on it so I thought it was cool.

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Yikesish@reddit

So ugly lol. I never got one either. What are you supposed to do with it past the age of 20 when you have moved on with your life and dont need your identity to be attached to high school anymore? 😆

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ActuaryOtherwise7859@reddit

I still have mine. Class of 74

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HeartoftheHive@reddit

It was super easy for me not to get one. I only made it halfway through the first year in a normal high school. I made it about another year in an alternative high school. then I dropped out and just got my GED because I hated school and didn't feel like I was learning anything. I even avoided all the GED prep bullshit because it was just wasting time. Aced the GED and never concerned myself with the schools I attended. Never had any friends or good memories. Don't give a shit about sports.

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Soggy_Porpoise@reddit

My boomer parents told me I'd needed one. And then bought it. I have no idea where it went.

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AYearInOaxaca@reddit

I didn't need a persistent, physical reminder of the trauma I experienced. I am content to be ring-less.

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heresmytwopence@reddit

https://i.redd.it/bfpg1tsy1svg1.gif

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Perfect-Squash3773@reddit

My brother was student president at our high school and he was interested in making jewelry. So instead of allowing jostens to sell in our school he hired a local jeweler to design and make a ring. It was a simple band in gold or silver that had our school name wrapped around it. I regret not buying one. My brother got a gold one for free!

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Bajovane@reddit

Never got one either. No regrets. My sisters bought one, but they don’t know what happened to them.

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BookNerdUnicorn@reddit

Now I think I should find mine and see if it has any melt down value. I think my parents paid almost $200 for it

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Negative-Midnight681@reddit

i got mine somewhere, hell with what that cost in gold it likley is worth more, lol

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Remarkable_Wish_4959@reddit

I lost mine within the same year

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DJ_MedeK8@reddit

I pawned mine during the "great recession" and got a whopping $50

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misssrspcola@reddit

I didn't get one because my sister graduated the year before me and got one and never wore it then pawned it when she got pregnant after high school. So they assumed I'd do the same

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Dank_Strategist420@reddit

I try my best to forget all those shitty times.

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JoeMomma755@reddit

I’ve heard they are like $500-$600 now

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smootypants@reddit

My parents made me buy one and I lost it in a lake while skipping school and they told me I wasn’t getting another one like it was punishment.

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feeen1ks@reddit

I have my grandfather’s high school ring. I think it was a bigger deal for that generation. I don’t think finishing high school was the default norm for people in the 1930s and 1940s. Are my suspicions correct?

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tpero@reddit

I recently found mine, it was 14k gold, pretty sure it was around $300 back in 2001. Just sold it to "The Alloy Market" for nearly a grand - gold is up! I hadn't worn it in about two decades so figured why not.

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Deep_Exchange7273@reddit

I didn't get one either. Don't regret it lmao.

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hjeff51@reddit

No class ring, and no senior pictures for me.

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Captain_Desi_Pants@reddit

I showed my kids mine and said look, see how shiny and unworn it is? That’s a waste of $200.

I did get the unconventional style, plain silver wide band with really no school insignia. Just the year, my nickname and two birthstones. Even then, did not wear it.

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Workamania@reddit

Stuttering John Melendez uses his black and silver ring with a J on it as proof that he graduated NYU. NYU has no record of him graduating.

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RunnyDischarge@reddit

Did you evah f-f-f-aht in the catcher's face?

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Workamania@reddit

"I asked OK to sign my knife" - cut to video of him saying it 5 feet from a limo.

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Big_Animal7655@reddit

I heard the same speech about my cedar hope chest.

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Ditzy_Davros@reddit

Mine were plated. For 400 bucks, why bother?

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therobotscott@reddit

Complete waste of money.

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ThermionicMho@reddit

Jostens enters the chat

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BeefSupremeeeeee@reddit

I barely showed up my senior year, so I likely wasn't there when the order forms were handed out.

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AquaValentin@reddit

I didn’t. I enjoyed high school but when it was over I was ready to put it behind me.

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Signal_Prior3870@reddit

Maybe you got tricked? Nothing wrong with wanting something nice to commemorate a special occasion. It is okay to be proud of an accomplishment.

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the_owl_syndicate@reddit

I got one and I don't regret it. I also got a letterman jacket and yearbooks. I don't regret those either.

I see them as nostalgia pieces, kinda like postcards from a trip or old movie tickets you saved or childhood photos.

No regrets, I have some good memories associated with them. They live in a closet with some other mementos. When I'm gone, someone will throw them away.

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key_of_arbaces@reddit

Same here, no regrets. I actually still love my ring! I opted for an alexandrite stone with the cut that made it iridescent. It’s fun to take it out in different types of lighting and see what colors it turns.

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Thoughtful-Pig@reddit

I love mine too. It's a cool option to wear. I wish that I had gotten a university one instead of a high school one, but it's still a great personalized piece. I made sure to select things that really made me who I am on my ring and I think it's a great piece of jewelry.

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StarshipCaterprise@reddit

My husband regretted getting one after he graduated college. Waste of money. His was even actual gold, so when the price of gold was high he sold it to one of those cash for gold places and used the money to buy something else.

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HYPEractive@reddit

I sold mine for like $800!!! Gold prices are incredible right now

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Agreeable-Chart-5561@reddit

I didn’t take any yearbook photos or buy a yearbook. I definitely wasn’t buying a ring

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ChochMcKenzie@reddit

Ahahaha my parents a) told me I would always regret not getting one and b) told me I’d have to pay for it if I wanted one. There was zero chance I was spending my $300, earned at $4.25 an hour, on this trash and not on weed.

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DebRog@reddit

Mine got sold to pay for my divorce. See win win

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spooninthepudding@reddit

Could you imagine wearing this even 5 years after graduationg?

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Professional_Big_731@reddit

I really wanted one and I got it and proceeded to never wear it again. Money not well spent.

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boner79@reddit

at least you get a cool ring out of it. I have no idea why my college diploma frame cost $120 decades ago.

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HighSeasArchivist@reddit

Melt value is probably double or triple what we paid for them.

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Otisthedog999@reddit

Gold price has gone up. Sell it.

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Chemical-Chard-8798@reddit

Never wanted it, never got it, don't regret it.

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cbih@reddit

I got one an was immediately embarrassed to wear it. I don't know what I was thinking, I'm not a jewelry guy.

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Temporary-Job-9049@reddit

Yeah, really glad I didn't peak in HS, lol. I may or may not have wanted one back then, but definitely couldn't care less now!

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whiskeytown79@reddit

I got one. Didn't spend quite that much, but in hindsight even whatever I paid was a waste of money. I am surprised my parents went for it. It's like the one frivolous thing I can remember them ever spending money on.

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RealFirstName_@reddit

I worked as a jeweler (sales) at a store with more than one Master Jeweler on-site, and probably once a week I'd have someone usually 40+ come in with their class ring, or their father's class ring asking for an appraisal and/or to have some work done on it.

It was my job to try and gently break the news to them that most of the time it's "nice" costume jewelery at best. It always baffled me how so many people spent their lives thinking it was an heirloom piece of jewlery, and quite frankly was pretty sad when it was their ring and not a family member's.

Except one guy who went to a private high-school in the Northeast US, his 18k gold emerald ring was appraised at $45k. I dont remember the specifics of the emerald, but it was pretty large and absolutely stunning. He was expecting it to be less than $5k so that was fun.

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BishlovesSquish@reddit

Not a single regret.

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johnjaymjr@reddit

I didnt even pay for mine and I still regret getting one.

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Consistent-Fig7484@reddit

I don’t think I know anyone who has one. I do know a guy who had a Rose Bowl ring visibly stamped on his forehead after a football player punched him in the face.

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countzero1234@reddit

I didn't want one because I thought they were incredibly dumb and why would I want to remember HS, it was a nightmare. But my dipshit step siblings really wanted them and my dad insisted I get one to be "normal". Oh, and I had to pay for it out of my own pocket.

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JanetSnakehole24@reddit

Biggest waste of money. No one ever wears it past their senior year, and then it just sits in a box somewhere for you to look at every ten years and remember how miserable high school was.

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CherryCherry5@reddit

I was soooo excited to get mine. They got me good; got it as fancy as I possibly could. I got it and wore it all the time until later that very summer, when I took it off somewhere and never saw it again. I do know it was up at his parent's camp. Honestly, it's probably resting at the bottom of Muskrat Lake. I had it all of... barely two months? I can never EVER let my dad find out. He must die not knowing, or he will take me with him to the grave.

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aweedl@reddit

I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who bought one of these.

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anxessed@reddit

The only people I know who did in my class were the dorky youth-group kids.

(I mean no shade by dorky they were just very goobery lol)

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baloney_dog@reddit

It was a HUGE thing in my school. Everyone got one - they even had a whole celebratory Ring Day for it.

I'm not saying this was a good thing or bad thing, just that it was a tradition. A long time ago, in a high school far, far away... 😅

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aweedl@reddit

I have a vague recollection of these being available, but they were stupid expensive even back then, and it was definitely not a cultural/traditional thing (at least where I’m from in Canada) at all.

I think most people’s reactions were, ‘why would I need that?

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baloney_dog@reddit

I totally get it. From an objective viewpoint, it's hardly a life necessity.

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PrincessLissa68@reddit

Mine too. We did the whole turning of the ring thing to lock and unlock it and then signed our names on a paper Jostens provided if we turned someone's ring. I wore mine for a long time after I graduated. I loved my school though and my time in high school.

I only actually lost my ring because a so called friend a couple years ago screwed me over and I basically lost a lot of stuff I owned.

My son was neutral and didn't really care if he got one but we did buy him one. He's only worn it once: for his senior pictures. lol

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baloney_dog@reddit

Yes! The turning of the ring! Memory unlocked!

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jessek@reddit

I knew one guy in high school who did. He let me examine it closely and it just made me even more glad I didn’t.

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Lulu_42@reddit

For me, it felt like everyone but me did.

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PzaCakesBussy@reddit

This is funny, because if you had a functioning brain cell you would know gold price goes UP, and you could have sold it for quite a bit recently. Anyways, tell me how life is unfair and there is no hope for you to own a home, and the $100 you waste every week doesn't add up to anything.

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JJHall_ID@reddit

I had no desire to get one whatsoever. 27 years later... checking... Nope. No regrets at all.

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nucl3ar0ne@reddit

Mom paid for mine, I never wore it.

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RickyWVaughn@reddit

Mine was 18kt gold. I just sold it. Made out.

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Why_So-Serious@reddit

Ha! We were too broke to buy one! Poverty FTW!

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-cache@reddit

Who is we

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BrokenPickle7@reddit

I REALLY wanted a white gold with onyx stone ring but then I realized that I was probably going to drop out lol

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blue-bunny666@reddit

My grandparents gifted me a class ring when I graduated in 2015. I actually wore it for a long time because I liked the style and color of it rather than for loving high school or anything. I enjoyed the gift from my grandparents and how it looked.

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farpostfermenter@reddit

No idea where mine is. Might be with an ex girlfriend. Which is fine by me. Don’t miss it

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jcstrat@reddit

I never got one and I don’t regret it.

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edwardturnerlives@reddit

I got one. It has sat in a trinkets box for 32 years now. I have never worn it.

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Fun_Trick2172@reddit

It was only the kids that got them when I graduated.

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notworkingghost@reddit

Zach ruined this for everyone with that stupid scam.

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Rizzy_B_317@reddit

I guess first you'd have to like your school, so for me it never came up.

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highwindxix@reddit

When I was like 10 or so, I wanted a high school ring so badly. By the time I actually got to high school, I couldn’t have cared less.

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Sassquatch0@reddit

I got one of the cheap $70 ones.

It was fun to customize, and it's kinda interesting to have something other than my diploma to commemorate graduation, but that's as far as it went.

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Weak_Radish966@reddit

My best friend got one, I thought it was the gawkiest, ugliest thing.

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ZeldaSeverous@reddit

I had one, it was stolen when our house was robbed in grad school. Super glad I didn’t get an undergrad one, my college didn’t have a huge tradition around the ring so meh

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BombadilGuy@reddit

Those things were worth way more than I was 😆

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brightdark@reddit

Everyone in my class got one. I wound up selling my for gold after 15 years of it sitting in my jewelry box.

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Anadelyn@reddit

My parents insisted I had to have one. I never liked it but forced myself to wear it for a while because they spent so much on it and money was tight. I haven't seen it in over 25 years. Probably stuck in some box somewhere with some invitations and a tassel.

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TheVexingRose@reddit

Same. My foster sister got one and wore it the whole year. Then she put it down and never wore it again. By the time I was graduating, I understood what a waste of money it was. Especially as I switched high schools 3 times, so it weren't even like I was attached to any one of them.

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full_of_ghosts@reddit

I got one, but it got lost somewhere along the way. I don't miss it.

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sicksixgamer@reddit

What an absolute scam we were all sold on.

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ProsodyProgressive@reddit

Mine is under the band bleachers. Been there for decades and will remain there forever!

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Enough_Structure_95@reddit

I’m so glad my parents couldn’t afford one!

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nord1899@reddit

Didn't get a high school ring, because well, fuck high school.

Did get a college ring because college was awesome. But I never wore it. Its kinda heavy and cumbersome and well, I guess now good for melt value.

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CacophonousCuriosity@reddit

Didn't buy one, thought it was too gaudy and overpriced.

Joined the Air Force, and lo and behold, they had very similar rings for sale at BMT graduation. Still didn't buy one. Wouldn't doubt it was the same company. Bunch of scam artists.

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PunkyBrewster1980@reddit

This is how I feel about formal dining rooms in my house

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IronClaw84@reddit

Ha, I too passed on this stupid ring a few decades ago.

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LAffaire-est-Ketchup@reddit

My boomer parents told me it was a waste of money. I’ve never regretted listening to them and not getting one.

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ApatheistHeretic@reddit

Funny, I regret being awake for some of high school..

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ailish@reddit

I wanted one so badly, my parents told me it was too expensive, and once I got out of high school I never cared about it again.

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Alaric_Cherusker@reddit

I recently found mine in a box. I haven't worn it since I graduated.

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Independent_Shoe3523@reddit

Do they still sell calling cards? They were a mystery 50 years ago and my mother still had her half empty box.

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JaxxisR@reddit

I couldn't afford yearbooks. No way was I going to be able to get a ring.

Only managed to get a letter jacket because I went to states in nerd stuff.

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Independent_Shoe3523@reddit

Sold mine in college. There was a guy in a kiosk in the mall specifically offering money for high school rings and I'm sure did very well.

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judasmitchell@reddit

I just wanted to get through high school and get on with my life. Things like class rings and letter jackets just didn't seem like they'd matter. Got a nice guitar instead.

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blue_suavitel@reddit

My very late boomer (1964) mother couldn’t afford these, so I don’t have any. It stung a little then but it was for the best.

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brilliantpants@reddit

I actually like mine, it’s a nice memento in my jewelry box. I was also fascinated by my mom’s class ring when I was a kid.

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One_Consequence_4754@reddit

Just like the letterman jacket, the class ring was a boomer trend that died between their time and ours….

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jeffrotull2000@reddit

People actually bought these?

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ForcedEntry420@reddit

I could understand a college ring. Maybe. High school though? Seems dumb. They were expensive as shit back in 2000 when I graduated. I can only imagine how ridiculous they are now.

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StitchedSquirrel@reddit

Mine wasn't that expensive (At the time, you could go to Walmart and order one for way cheaper). My mom was more into the idea than I was. Now I look at it in my jewelry box and wonder what the point was. I hated high school.

But now I'm stuck with a shitty little keepsake that I can't get rid of

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Boring_Pace5158@reddit

Wasn't there a Saved by the Bell episode where Zack tried to get Bayside to buy rings from a shady salesman?

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ObieUno@reddit

lol, the name of the guy who sold them to Zack was Gem Diamond 🤣🤣🤣

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LemonPartyW0rldTour@reddit

The writers were trying to warn us I think.

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xxxdruciferxxx@reddit

Yep, turned their fingers green iirc

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SemanDemon22@reddit

100%

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screamingcatfish@reddit

Got the $300+ from Herff Jones. Nevermind, you could get one from Walmart for $60. It's not like anybody could tell where you'd bought yours from.

Then I forked out $600 for a college ring, which does look like a classy signet ring rather than a high school ring. I actually did wear that one for a few years. Definitely didn't wear the high school one for more than week. I still have both of them.

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Constant-Corner-9708@reddit

Mine got stolen. My apartment In college was broken in too and they stole all my jewelry. Like how you gonna steal a class ring?! Whose gonna want that but me?!

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coffeeaddict719@reddit

My mom and dad got me a nice amethyst ring instead so I would always have the option of wearing it. I had it for a month before someone stole it from my locker during lab.

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UrAverageDegenerit@reddit

I don't know.... I estimate the ring to be just souith of 1 oz worth of gold. Bought for $300 and now it's almost $5K an ounce.

So realistically, it's the the most useless best investment I've ever made.

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prettyfatkittycat@reddit

I don't know where mine is lol

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AbbreviationsGlad833@reddit

Came in handy later when my family became broke and I had to pawn it.

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stuphoria@reddit

I work in a college bookstore and there are students who will come in and ask how to get a ring for college. It’s baffling.

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TrustAffectionate966@reddit

I was never into school and extracurriculars. I would never get the pictures, the yearbooks, and definitely the class ring.

I know one of my brothers has a class ring. He wears his to his HS reunions and class meet-ups. He participated in school hahah. It was a bit overpriced, but he uses it.

🧉🦄

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RougeOne23456@reddit

I got one but that was because I was the first person in my dad's family to actually graduate high school, across the stage, and not just get a GED years later. My dad insisted that I earned that ring so I should have it. My mom took me to the local jewelry store. I don't think it even cost $100 back in 1994/95 when we ordered it.

It's in my jewelry box with all the other rings that I don't wear. My daughter has recently been interested in it. She will be a junior next school year so I think she's going to want one.

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xubax@reddit

I didn't!

My siblings got it for me!

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crippledchef23@reddit

I wanted one, desperately, because I wanted to fit in, but we couldn’t afford it. Plus, I ended up repeating a class as a super senior, so I wasn’t even class of ‘98 anymore, so I’m glad I never got one. But, I did really want it.

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JenaPet02@reddit

I got one and enjoyed wearing it for several years. Now I don't know where it is, or even remember when it was that I stopped wearing it. 😆

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LegitimateAbalone267@reddit

No idea what I got one. But my girlfriend at the time had it after we broke up and I never got it back. Money well spent.

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FETTACH@reddit

I mean I appreciate mine when I dug it up. Kinda cool way to reminisce.

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michael41973@reddit

I don’t regret having one, I do regret that I don’t still have it. It was probably the most money my parents had ever spent on me to that point. I still remember my parents had gone and picked it up for me, then being called to the office in the middle of class to go get it from them which I didn’t know that’s what was going on. Sometime after I graduated and was in college it just disappeared. Not sure if my brother or one of his friends stole it . Or if it was taken when my father’s house was robbed.

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NoHorseNoMustache@reddit

I told them they shouldn't bother buying me this or a yearbook, they said I'd regret both. Haven't touched either ring or yearbook in 25+ years now. I was right.

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Spiritual-Promise402@reddit

I never wanted one bc I didn't like jewelry and hated my high school. They forced me to get one for this same reason (that I'd regret it). I never wore it and totally forgot about it until seeing this post. Have no idea what happened to it

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-Boston-Terrier-@reddit

It’s always funny how Reddit skews to such a very specific person.

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Legitimate-Produce-1@reddit

I didn't get one because I couldn't afford one. Back then it made me sad, but now, idgaf.

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Mysterious_Fennel459@reddit

I almost bought one of these back in high school but I didnt have a job or money and also my dad said no. So that's how I didnt get tricked into buying a $300 school ring.

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Texas_Crazy_Curls@reddit

Same energy as my son joining the army and was talked into buying his “family shield” that has never been taken out of the box in his closet.

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RedLeggedApe@reddit

Idk have you seen the cost of gold?

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sybella_@reddit

My moms first husband pawned hers to buy his university ring. So I sold it to buy🌲🍃💨

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eat_like_snake@reddit

This is the same way I feel about expensive engagement and wedding rings.

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Pleasant_Fruit_144@reddit

Scam and a half! Cheap crap too for the amount we paid for it.

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Abject_Elevator5461@reddit

I used to work for a cap and gown/graduation supply company. You’d be astounded to learn how much the schools mark up all of that stuff. One school (not a super prestigious one) marked their standard gown package up from less than $100 to over $600. So every single graduate that had already paid so much money for their degree got popped with and unknown $500 graduation fee. People think it’s the greedy gap and gown companies. Nope, it’s the greedy schools.

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Jonnyflash80@reddit

Glad my parents didn't tell me that.

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clutzycook@reddit

I must be the only one here who bought one and wore it until sometime in college (pathetic, I know), but mine wasn't anywhere close to $300, at least not in 1997 money.

Fast forward 25 years and my kid couldn't care less about getting one.

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FelicityFoxen@reddit

I still wear mine sometimes! It’s not shaped like that one and I actually had the stone changed out for one I liked more. You can’t really tell it’s a class ring though so it’s easier to wear.

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Crabbyrob@reddit

Never bothered to get it.

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missnickypearl@reddit

I may be the only person still wearing theirs 🤣. I haven't worn it continuously, but I still occasionally.

I have a daughter graduating this year and she has no interest in a ring.

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skyHawk3613@reddit

I told my parents not to bother because I’d never wear it.

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MapMan992@reddit

Are “we all” in the room with us now? I only knew a few people that got them from my class. My class was such a shit show that we don’t even do reunions, even if someone tries to organize them lmao

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carlitospig@reddit

This one didn’t. I also didn’t understand the point of the jacket. Like, who wants to peak in high school??

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ArtisanalMoonlight@reddit

I got one and wore it for years because I bought it to match my style. Silver, green gem, panther on one side (school mascot), dragon on the other, just because.

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Unhappy-Fox1017@reddit

I got one and proceeded to lose it 2 years later. What a waste.

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SakaWreath@reddit

“Yeah but they use real gold, I can just sell it if I don’t want it later”

Then my dad explained that the gold is tiny amount of dust that they mix in with a bunch of other garbage and you can’t separate it so it’s useless to try.

”replace your balding tires, those will take you farther than that ring ever will.”

He was right.

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writersontop@reddit

I wasn't tricked. I got one and wore it. The end.

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Bleezy79@reddit

Yea I’m so glad I never wasted money on that bs. They’re all so ridiculously over priced. It’s a scam

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O_o-22@reddit

If you got one that was gold and you still have it you can scrap it for more money than you bought it for, right now gold is really high

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hatenames385@reddit

My mom was getting it wither I wanted it or not. My sons understood it when I told them no way!

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thedudeintx82@reddit

My parents told me the opposite. They even offered to get me a nice ring of similar value. I didn't listen. They were right. My daughter has mine and it makes her happy to have it so not all is lost. But yeah, they were dumb. Perspective is something I lacked back then.

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FineIJoinedReddit@reddit

Mom wanted me to have one she asked my grandparents to pay for it (they did). I wore it for a couple years but never cared much about it

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kmstep@reddit

My parents also pushed the ring on me and I refused. No regrets!

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CaptPotter47@reddit

I didn’t get one my freshman year, I was disappointed but they were expensive and it wasn’t in the budget. But I did get one for Xmas my senior year. I still have it. I don’t wear it obviously but I have it.

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Thamnophis660@reddit

I remember the Josten's salespeople even coming to our school in person. I thought it was pretty cool designing my own ring, but damn that thing was heavy and just not practical to wear.

I ended up giving it to a girlfriend who wore it around her neck until it hit her in the mouth. No idea where that thing is now, she probably has it somewhere still.

Really was a waste of money too. Over $500 in today's money for a ring I never wore that a girl ended up keeping in a box somewhere. Oh well.

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GuitarNerd_@reddit

I never understood the fascination with high school rings. So many people I knew back then definitely got one. I said hell no and my parents tried to convince me otherwise at first, but likely ended up being ok with not spending hundreds of dollars on something so dumb

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JohnBrine@reddit

I did not get one. I think we were the generation of kids that killed this tradition.

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Esternaefil@reddit

I got one. It was hollow on the interior, cut my fingers up, especially fun since I had an undiagnosed metal allergy.

Haven't worn it in fifteen years.

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HistoricalRow7933@reddit

I chipped the stone on mine in a fistfight :(

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jbt55@reddit

I can barely stand wearing a wedding ring. To be clear I love my wife but I hate jewelry. So was all set not to get one of these.

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teriKatty@reddit

I got the ones with the fake silver or gold. So it was only maybe $100-120

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crumblednewman@reddit

I hated high school, why the hell would I spend money to remember it? Now, I had no problem buying a college ring when I got my BA, that was an accomplishment.

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Travis123083@reddit

Still have mine

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mmm_unprocessed_fish@reddit

My parents wouldn’t pay for one but my mom somehow wanted to approve what I got on mine. $300+ or whatever when I wasn’t even old enough for a minimum wage job. I didn’t end up getting one and I have never regretted it.

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shadowlarx@reddit

I’ve got a fair amount of regrets in my life.

This is not one of them. I never got one.

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Goldensunshine7@reddit

I bought one. I wore it during the summer after graduation and part of my freshman year in college. Then stopped because I observed it was considered a bit juvenile to wear a high school ring in college. The sophomores, juniors and seniors didn’t wear them.

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neonbrownkoopashell@reddit

My step mom was actually upset that I didn’t buy one for myself. Why commemorate a miserable time?

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mantisboxer@reddit

You guys aren't wearing your high school rings?!

Gosh, I feel stupid now.

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StatementMediocre710@reddit

Don’t even know where mine is lol

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eannaj@reddit

I did a lot of community theatre my last few years of high school so a lot of my close friends were in college or older. One time I showed up to a cast party wearing a jacket from my high school. Got laughed at and told wearing HS gear was mega cringe. That was the last time I ever bought or wore anything from my school.

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mrjowei@reddit

My dad’s ring won’t fit his finger anymore

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drewcandraw@reddit

For some reason, I wanted one. I don’t know exactly why, just that I thought they were cool. My parents said if I got good grades the first semester of my sophomore year, they’d let me place the order in January when the Jostens rep came back. It worked. My ring arrived a few days before Easter.

I wore it through the summer, and at golf team photos that fall I first remember my ring feeling tight. By the end of my junior year I was no longer wearing my class ring. At some point in either art school or my early working career, I put it on my key ring where it’s been ever since.

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Sufficient-Lie1406@reddit

I lost mine and I couldn't care less. Garbage 10K gold turned my finger green. It probably cost about $30 to make... TOPS.

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Nipplasia2@reddit

I do but I will survive

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WhysAVariable@reddit

My boomer mother said it was a waste of money that I’d regret later. I never got one and I’m so glad I listened.

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Malaguy420@reddit

I knew it was a waste, but also didn't want to be completely left out, so I ordered the smallest cheapest guy ring they had, which in 2001 was less that $100. I wore it until the end of that school year, which means only about 2 months. Been in a drawer ever since.

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DreadPirateZoidberg@reddit

I still have mine in a box somewhere. Not really sure what sad individual would wear a ring commemorating their graduation from high school like they won the superb owl.

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Unusual_Plum_4630@reddit

I got one and have no idea what happened to it.

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jedispaghetti420@reddit

Told me I would regret a tattoo. But not a class ring. I’ll never trust them again.

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SonoFactori@reddit

I will give my dad credit, here: he said he didn’t want me to get one “because I don’t want you to think that your education journey should end with high school.”

(I also didn’t get myself a ring after getting my B.S. in college, incidentally. Maybe if I go for a Masters? Who knows).

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Born-Agency-3922@reddit

I pawned mine to get my first gun from the same pawn shop.

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53478426boom@reddit

I've met a few adults over 30 that still wore their high school rings. They were... interesting.

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minibini@reddit

I assumed it was for the school athletes, so it never drew my attention to want one.

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wildplums@reddit

I don’t remember if my school offered them, I kind of wish I had one. lol

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babyBear83@reddit

Lost mine. Lol. No clue what happened to it.

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Junebug35@reddit

I hated high school so I did not buy a class ring, so when my mom got the advertisement from Josten's, I talked her into buying me a non-school affiliated ring instead. It is an opal with two diamonds on either side. It is a basic fine jewelry ring, so it is something I could wear anywhere. It was a much better decision.

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Siryeswecan@reddit

I really do feel like it was 90% FOMO.

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gingersrule77@reddit

I got one and later a crazy boyfriend smashed it with a hammer… super glad I got it

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Jwilcox418@reddit

I pawned mine like 4-5 years after I graduated.

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analogthought@reddit

I got the opposite line “you probably won’t graduate anyway” - I did in fact graduate, with honors. 🤷‍♂️

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slegofme@reddit

My mom begged me to get one and told me I’d regret it if I didn’t.

I didn’t get one and I don’t regret it lol.

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unethicalposter@reddit

I never got one, I remember they came into class to get you to design one and when they came around to me to pick up my order I just handed them the blank form and they scolded me for not filling it out...

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SpprtRdclHbts@reddit

Texas a&m is the only ring worth the money cause they're a cult and you're basically guaranteed a job if you wear it into an interview with someone also wearing one.

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LaGorda54@reddit

I never bought one. My remaining parent at that time definitely wasn’t offering money for anything and I made myself not care about it anyway, but it would’ve been nice if anyone cared enough to see if I wanted one I guess? My life kept life-ing without it and I don’t actually wear jewelry much so this seems like in the end it worked out fine.

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JoshDunkley@reddit

My first girlfriend borrowed mine. Never got it back when we broke up.

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SnooDrawings7662@reddit

me too. Never had one, never wanted one, never regretted it.

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nemomnemonic@reddit

As a non American, I thought that was just a movie thing.

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Ckn-bns-jns@reddit

I didn’t get one because unthought they were lame and my dad never wore his. My mom sent me to school with a check and the form but I never turned it in. I also never bought a letterman jacket even though I lettered my sophomore year.

My older brother was a meathead football player, typical letterman jacket and class ring wearing type. I was the opposite of him.

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Smurfblossom@reddit

I have Gen X parents who grew up poor and were still poor raising me. I still can't explain why class rings are such a status symbol. When they go to their class reunions everyone rocks them. They absolutely insisted I have one even though it was a huge strain getting it. I still have it, it still fits, but I think the only time I wore it was at graduation. Reunions don't exist anymore so no need to put it or even carry it around. It went into the memory box with my year books. During an extremely lean year I explored the possibility of selling it and learned it was largely worthless because it was engraved with my initials and graduation information. So yeah this is now a thing I just lug around whenever I move.

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geekgirlwww@reddit

My dad got one for college he’s worn as long as I remember. (He graduated when I was a toddler/preschool age). He didn’t go to a name drop type school nor is he that kind of dude but I think for him it’s like a “I did it” symbol. Child of immigrants first on his dads side of the family to go to American college.

It’s also huge and could do damage if he punches someone and he’s 5’4

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Goddess_Kelsie@reddit

My school decided to not do real gold so I asked for a ring with my birth stone that was on sale at Montgomery Wards, I still wear that ring on occasion.

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KamuiT@reddit

I got mine from Wal-Mart. It was like a hundred bucks less.

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Aol_awaymessage@reddit

I have a university diploma sitting in cardboard that I’ve viewed 1 time sitting in a closet in my moms house in a different state. Definitely would never give a shit about high school

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Clear_Tangerine5110@reddit

My girlfriend at the time bought me one. Ended up losing it on a float trip like an idiot. Didn’t even notice it was gone until the end of the trip.

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DocBEsq@reddit

I got a college ring. Wore it for a month or two. It has now been sitting in a box for almost 27 years.

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prguitarman@reddit

I begged for one only to find out my mom secretly switched the design choices, so I never wore it. I still have it somewhere but yeah that was just some mob psychosis or something

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knowsnothing316@reddit

I guess if you believe high school was great, then go for a ring. I believe for the majority of us, high school fucked us up enough we could still be recovering.

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janellthegreat@reddit

My mom suggested I get one. The women's one for my class was more delicate and far, far, far less expensive than this one.

I declined. I thought it a waste of money. I wore rings, but really only changed rings as I outgrew the.. And I didn't consider high school graduation to be any sort of accomplishment.

Now I kinda wish I just had one as a collectible to sit next to my tiny, childhood rings.

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Zeke688@reddit

The jacket was bullshit too. Still have it, never worn it.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

I hated my High School and am proud I never got one. There's probably some bizarre Indian Head on it anyway. 💀

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martapap@reddit

I wanted one but we couldn't afford it.

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HildeFrankie@reddit

I bought one and I still wear it on occasion especially when it matches my outfit. If I had not bought one I doubt I would have regrets.

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Canthelpit2056@reddit

I love rings but always thought it was ugly

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a-fabulous-sandwich@reddit

My mom pressured me super hard to get one, not because she thought I'd actually give a damn about it but because she was convinced I'd get FOMO when I saw everyone else with theirs. I stood my ground and refused, and she yelled about not wanting to hear me bitch about how I was feeling left out.

And she never did hear me bitch about that, because I STILL feel repulsed by class rings lol.

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PharmTech81@reddit

I got one at the insistence of my dad. I ended up trading it in towards my college ring which felt much more meaningful and I still wear

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Capital-Coconut-9389@reddit

never got a ring but did get the letterman jacket. not sure where it is now....

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BraveLittleToaster8@reddit

I never had one because they were too expensive, but I have my dad's and I wear it on a chain sometimes. I never saw him wearing it himself during his lifetime (he worked in construction and never wore rings for safety reasons.) I think the value would be in that it can be a nice keepsake for future generations. I don't have kids so I really don't care that I don't have my own.

I also think that class rings were much more popular back in the day, because fewer kids went on to college and in their parents and grandparents day, having only an eighth grade education was not uncommon, so a little token to show you finished high school meant a lot more. My mom also talked about kids in high school wearing the class ring of the person they were dating, so it was like a social thing to show off who you were going out with. That wasn't really a fad at my school in the 90s but girls would wear Irish claddagh rings and flip them around to show if they were dating someone.

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SweetCosmicPope@reddit

They’re pointless but I do regret that my ex girlfriend stole mine. It’s a fun keepsake.

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theflush1980@reddit

That thing is fugly!

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Vash_85@reddit

I got one, still have it and know exactly where it's at. Don't wear it, think I really only wore it to the graduation ceremony, but it's more of a good luck charm now and holds a lot of sentimental value.

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NoLobster7957@reddit

I don't want any reminders of high school let alone $300 worth of them

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blackcherry333@reddit

I told my mom I'd rather get a ring that I liked that I could wear forever so they bought me a lovely, small sapphire and silver ring that I still wear to this day.

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atari2600forever@reddit

Lol I hated high school and never bought that shit

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GreenZebra23@reddit

My uncle designed those in the 60s. He still has the mockups, they're pretty cool to see

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tideshark@reddit

lol, speak for yourself

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BR41ND34D@reddit

This is an actual thing in freedomland?

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ImaginaryInterview12@reddit

I lost mine over 20 years ago haha 😂

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EffectiveCycle@reddit

Bought one sophomore year when they were offered. By the time I graduated I decided I no longer wanted to wear yellow gold. But I did have it plus my mom’s class ring for a while.

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BugEquivalents@reddit

I didn’t get a class ring or a yearbook. No regrets on either.

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Remarkable-Memory374@reddit

I got one, have worn it twice and dont know where it currently is

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Greedy_Practice_5327@reddit

I wasn't allowed to get one, too much money. In a cpl of years my brother got to pick whichever one he wanted and got senior photos taken. Another blatant, I hate you, from my "mother". My boyfriend felt bad for me and gave me his. He's now my husband.

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RealisticSherbet6740@reddit

I had mine for 3 days before I lost it. Such a waste.

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abbydabbydo@reddit

My parents told me I couldn’t have one cause I wasn’t gonna graduate anyway. Yep, that happened. I’ve always lived up to the expectations they set for me. Assholes

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Aestryx47@reddit

Mine is in a box with my old Dragon Ball Z VHS tapes and a broken Gameboy Advance. I look at it once every 5 years, feel nothing, and put it back. Peak $300 investment right there.

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HostilePile@reddit

I have one I wore it my senior year, i got the cheapest one we could. Its been sitting in my jewelry box ever since graduation.

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Important_Power_2148@reddit

Boomers in general were raised to be very materialistic. "Keeping up with Joneses" was the motivation for existance. Pride in possessions.

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GhostPartical@reddit

I pawned mine in my early 20s as I needed cash.

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Isiotic_Mind@reddit

Mine just sits in a drawer. Not sure if I didn't have one if I'd regret it. My girlfriends wore it more than I did 😆.

It was kind of treated like just a thing that you do. There was no "Do you/Don't you".

At least in my house.

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NocturnalSerpents@reddit

my mom, a late boomer born in 1962, told me "dont waste your money on that garbage. is that really something you see yourself wearing?" so I didnt buy one and never had a regret.

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LostInHTML@reddit

I read this as I am currently wearing mine. Let's hear it for the class of '99!

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VladimirGluten1@reddit

I never wanted one. I did want a letter jacket and never got one.

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Brent_L@reddit

I gave mine to my daughter.

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Pretty_waves904@reddit

I looooove jewelry. And I never regretted not getting a high school ring. I wonder if that is even a thing anymore.

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brakeb@reddit

Parents and bullshit traditions

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North_Apricot_4440@reddit

“I’d never join a club that would accept me as a member.” Groucho Marx

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devenger73@reddit

Cant find mine

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Slamnflwrchild@reddit

Nope. I hated almost everyone in my school. Why would I want to remember it?

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

I’ve regretted not getting one approx 0.0 units of time.

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Stinertron_1979@reddit

Looking back, I cant' believe this was a thing.

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FreezingRobot@reddit

Yea, I got one and wore it senior year, and then once I got to college I immediately realized how embarrassing it was to wear at that point. I still have it in a drawer somewhere.

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fingertrapt@reddit

Poor kid who dreamed of a class ring. I just couldn't afford it. Not for high school. Nor for the 3 degrees I got.

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Left_Maize816@reddit

I sold mine years ago. I wish I still had it as the melt value is much higher now than it was then.

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x7leafcloverx@reddit

I got one and sold it in my mid 20's because I needed the money. Wish I had kept it so I could have sold it in my 40's for the money.

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Bat-Stuff@reddit

As if I had any money.

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RoundTheBend6@reddit

Somehow we never had the song be true to your school in our generation

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MonkeyBred@reddit

I lost mine, but I thought it was cool as shit. I had these purple sunglasses that made colorshifts like a blacklight. Busses looked white, everything neon popped, and my dark red garnet gem on my ring would glow bright, deep pinkish-orange. Why it had that effect, IDK, but I miss that ring and I miss those glasses.

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Willow1883@reddit

My HS ring was like a Super Bowl ring. Just a ridiculously huge ring I would never wear. My college one was very subtle. I would wear that one if I knew where it went.

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baloney_dog@reddit

My mom gave me hers before she died. I still wear it sometimes.

That said, I wouldn't go so far as to state there would be any regrets if she hadn't had this particular bauble to leave me.

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FluffySpell@reddit

My parents thought it was an important thing to have so they paid for one, but I couldn't tell you where it is. I have my grandma's from 1929 though.

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AlienDelarge@reddit

Never bothered with such things. Parents weren't eager to spend the money anyway, and I didn't have it.

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FocusedIntention@reddit

I often think of how glad I am I didn’t get one!

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chappyfu@reddit

Yeah I looked at the ring catalog and was like.. I'm never going to wear that thing.

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WhatTheCluck802@reddit

My parents didn’t give a shit about it and I’ve not regretted not having one, for one single second.

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VioletUnivers@reddit

I quite regret getting one. It had a lot of representation of who I used to be and what I fell for. Not a fan of remembering that.

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RxR8D_@reddit

I don’t even know where mine is

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SweetCar0linaGirl@reddit

My parents refused to pay for mine 😔

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eulynn34@reddit

Never considered it for a millisecond

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Vissuto@reddit

They contain a lot of gold, so, depending on when you might have bought one, it could have been quite a profitable investment.

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R0botDreamz@reddit

I was upset that my poor parents couldn't give me money for a $300 class ring. At the end of the day, they were right. I'm glad they didn't waste their money on it.

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After_Preference_885@reddit

My mom got me a sapphire and diamond ring in white gold instead, something that doesn't look at all like a class ring but can be worn any time I want.

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tommyjohnpauljones@reddit

I never bought a ring, nor did custom senior portraits. I don't regret either decision.

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Stink_Snake@reddit

My boomer parents said wearing one was sad on top of being a waste of money.

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bobgoblin888@reddit

I got mine, my school had a whole ceremony to give them out junior year so it was a thing. I wore it occasionally until I graduated but not regularly, it was so ugly. I have no idea where it is today.

When I went away to college I quickly figured out the people clinging to HS greatness were cringey.

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yinchanvo@reddit

hot take but as a poor introvert I even didn't go to the paid graduation ceremony either.

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Friendly-Contact-433@reddit

I regret not getting a yearbook though

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MSB218@reddit

I wanted to be sure I wouldn’t have any regrets, so I actually got several, in various sizes and colors; I’m really happy I did.

I wish I could remember the names of the kids I stole them from.

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TinyDogGuy@reddit

My parents offered to buy me one…or give me the money toward a study abroad summer in Germany.

Had a blast in Germany, never looked back on what could have been…

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Spartan04@reddit

My boomer mom thought they were silly, though still went along with me getting one. Those Jostens people knew what they were doing with all the slick marketing materials they handed out. They sold them to us my sophomore year and most of us bought one. And then most of us wore them regularly for the rest of that year and then stopped, lol.

I still have mine, in its box in a drawer. It’s a fun memento but it was also definitely a waste of money.

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New-Membership7519@reddit

FOMO. It was FOMO.

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Foxy_locksy1704@reddit

I have one that I keep in my jewelry box. I also have a ring from my university, that one I do wear to alumni and professional events.

But I think part of that is my dad had his Stanford university ring and would also wear it to professional events so I saw more value in a college level ring than the high school one.

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absentlyric@reddit

My dad got me one under the guise of "Later in life, if shits down, you can at least sell this to eat". While Im glad I haven't had to, he bought it for me more as a tiny emergency fund.

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Munchkin531@reddit

Mine is sitting in my jewelry box. It's been untouched for at least 20 years. I did wear it for like a year or two after I graduated but then I took it off. My husband has in a box somewhere. I don't think we'll encourage our kids to buy them....

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Powerism@reddit

I got one and promptly lost it a year later and haven’t really thought about it until this post

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dough_eating_squid@reddit

I hated school. Why would I get a ring of it?

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IdioticPrototype@reddit

I wanted one back then but couldn't afford it.

30 years later I couldn't possibly care less.

It's amazing how drastically priorities shift over the years.

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srddave@reddit

To be fair, I just sold mine (which to my surprise was 24k gold) and got a TON of money. I was shocked.

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XIENVYIX@reddit

Class of '99 here. I did get my class ring, but not to wear it. It sits on a little shelf at my moms house along with my diploma and tassel.

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amandaryan1051@reddit

My dad worked for Herff Jones for the majority of my childhood into HS… so I got mine free. Gave it to a boyfriend a couple years after I graduated in 1997 and never saw it again 😂 but I do still have a little gold ring with my initial he had them make for me in 1984 that I still wear daily at age 46 (yes it was sized once)

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jessek@reddit

I had no interest in getting one and when I mentioned how stupid it was to my parents they told me they pawned my mom’s ring when silver was high in the 70s.

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thisistherevolt@reddit

My high school sucked and I want as few reminders of it as possible. I'm not a jewelry guy anyway.

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ass-eatn-szn@reddit

I didn't get a ring or varsity jacket. Thought both were wack.

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b1gd4ddychubb5@reddit

I got one, didn't like how it fit. My high school girlfriend wore it for a while until I dumped her after graduation and asked for it back, then a few years later one of my friend's tweaker pals stole it.

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Accurate-Long-259@reddit

I totally got one for high school and college. They are both just sitting in a box of old jewelry. I never wear, and I have no idea what to do with them.

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Then_Increase7445@reddit

My parents wanted to buy me one after I graduated from college. I knew I wouldn't wear it, so I politely declined. They still wear theirs every day.

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Standard-Tension9550@reddit

Don’t have one, never wanted one

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gofastjoey@reddit

My parents gave my brother and i the choice between this and a varsity jacket. The jacket was an easy choice.

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Blackhole_sun81@reddit

Because during boomer childhood years, ie playing life in easy mode, graduating high school was an actual achievement

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youknowwhatthisis00@reddit

I have mine in a jewelry box. Do we think I can sell it for the gold?

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MyKidsArentOnReddit@reddit

yes, but even with the rise in gold prices it won't be worth nearly what you paid for it once its melted down.

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mysfwaccount84@reddit

Got one, wore it for graduation, and then it just chilled for years. Gave it to an ex as a symbol of my love for her. I dunno if she kept it or what.

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Significant_Dog412@reddit

These were something you had to buy?! For $300?! Never mind me, just a non American who just about knows what a yearbook is having my mind blown here...

We got nothing like this in Britain. Our biggest waste of time when school finished in our 90s era was a crappy maroon plastic folder called National Record of Achievement. We were supposed to put notable pieces of schoolwork/certificates/awards/etc in it and the schools insisted that this would be vital in the outside world and all employers/colleges would need to see it.

Did they fuck. I left school in 1998 and I'm not sure it was even still a thing when my Sister finished in 2002. At least these didn't cost us money.

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secderpsi@reddit

Same with the letterman jacket.

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LemonPartyW0rldTour@reddit

I think besides my diploma and graduation gown (which are very much collecting dust…somewhere), I didn’t give a shit about any high school “mementos”. Yearbooks have long been dumpstered and didn’t care about buying a ring when they were offered. Glad I didn’t waste the money.

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LongjumpingJaguar308@reddit

My parents made me choose between yearbook and ring, I went with the yearbook

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Emotional_Signal7883@reddit

They said the same thing about the yearbooks that have all been tossed out.

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Ultimate-Flexionator@reddit

I threw mine away. Fuck my high school time. Traumatic bullshit on all fronts, and brainwashing on top from half a dozen directions. Fuck that stupid ring!

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Bland_Boring_Jessica@reddit

Glad I skipped the class ring. Why would I pay money for a permanent reminder of that toxicity?

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MyKidsArentOnReddit@reddit

Nothing says "peaked in high school" like a class ring.

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prayersforrain@reddit

Sold mine years ago.

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LeftHandStir@reddit

Alternatively, I do sometimes wish I'd bought my college class ring.

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ManateeNipples@reddit

I come from a long line of poors so my boomers never expected to pay for it and never had their own either lol

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Sea-Significance8047@reddit

My boomer parents told me it was a waste but I insisted I get one anyway. I wore it like 5x just after graduation and it’s been in a box since.

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No-Juice8483@reddit

I wanted one for my class 91 and my mom discouraged me. We had a really close knit class that I thought would be special to have a ring as a keep sake. My mom was correct on this one. Do not regret it for a second, thanks mom.

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NewToHTX@reddit

Seems like a great way for people to gather information on you to con you into believing something that may not be true. I graduated the year after you. I was going into Mrs Johnson’s 3rd period Biology Class while you were in the hallway.

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ABH1979@reddit

I only regret giving it to my girlfriend.

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Oaken_beard@reddit

Everyone in my graduating class wore theirs for about 2 weeks, myself included.

It really has no sentimental value to me

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sureal42@reddit

I got one, loved it, and proceeded to lose it.

I have tried getting a replacement but I had a different stroke and it's basically impossible to get another

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throwawayfromPA1701@reddit

I lost mine 6 months after that weird ring assembly. Paid only $96 for it though.

Every now and then I debate getting a replacement then go, "why?"

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bscottlove@reddit

HIGH SCHOOL! That's why.

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AsparagusOverall8454@reddit

I got one but I’m not sure why. They were ugly as hell and high school sucked for me. Not sure where it went.

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Clean_Usual434@reddit

Lol, for some reason, I always wanted one since I was a kid. I don’t wear it anymore, but no regrets getting it. I like having it as a part of my jewelry collection.

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AssiduousLayabout@reddit

I have one. Or had. I have no idea where it has been for the last twenty years. Maybe in a box somewhere, maybe just gone.

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sherahero@reddit

My husband and I have both lost ours over the years. My daughter wanted one and luckily we could afford it, so she got one. My son won't care and likely won't want one.

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EnvironmentalDot127@reddit

Same!

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WarpGremlin@reddit

My "grade school best friend" bought one... dude lived in a trailer at the time.

Wore it when he was in college and after he dropped out.

Is still wearing it at 40.

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Few-Horror1984@reddit

I remember going to Target and they sold them for like, $70-$80? I got one there that was less bulky and I thought it was fine. Lost it when I was 19 or so because I thought it was weird to wear the thing after I graduated.

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CallidoraBlack@reddit

Mine didn't cost anywhere near this much. My college one did though.

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Ok-Somewhere-2325@reddit

This and a Letterman jacket,

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Slippery-Pete76@reddit

I thought it would be cool to get one. My parents asked why when I could just get one when I graduated from college. I agreed, and by the time I finished college I realized how stupid they were.

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BayouLuLu@reddit

Mine doesn’t look like the traditional school ring. It’s dainty with heart cut outs and my birthstone instead of high school color. I wore mine through my 20s and actually pulled it out a few weeks ago and started wearing it again.

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

It’s like kindergarten graduation, doesn’t really mean anything.

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Late-External3249@reddit

Looked through the Jostens catalog, couldn't make a decision. Never ordered anything. No regrets. Hell, if you add up the total time spent wearing my wedding ring it would be less than 24 hours. Most of my career has been in the chemical industry, specifically in adhesives, so I would never wear any rings or an expensive watch to work

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No_Proposal7812@reddit

I got one. I wore it all the time in high school, it seemed like everyone had one that I knew.

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GaspSpit@reddit

I wasn’t allowed to go to homecoming or prom but my mom said I could get a school ring. So I asked my dad if I could go shopping at the mall instead of buying the ugly ring. He agreed. I felt so guilty spending the ring limit, so I didn’t go above $150. Well worth it, no regrets!

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The_Best_Yak_Ever@reddit

I never could stand wearing anything on my fingers. So it was a quick pass for me.

My wife didn’t love me not wearing a wedding ring, so guess who got tattooed instead…

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OG_Cryptkeeper@reddit

I got a real gold class ring for about $200. I sold it for $500 when gold spiked. Good investment!

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Gorkymalorki@reddit

My parents said the minute I step on the college campus I will want to take it off, so they are not going to waste their money on it. I didn't want one anyways. I coasted through high school and skipped the exact amount of days before I became truant my junior and senior years.

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Reeko_Htown@reddit

Being poor saved me back then and it still does now

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deefunkt01@reddit

Didn't trick me - saw this bullshit a mile away.

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Rust_Bucket37@reddit

Got one from the local jewelry store like most of our class did. Wore it a bit, gave it to my girlfriend (we're a couple months from our 20th wedding anniversary). It currently live in her jewelry box with her class ring and other jewelry that is sentimental but not worn. We're not pushing our kids to get one.

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