Don''t touch the ring please.....

[lovewhitediamonds]

Just wondering if this has happened to anyone, or if anyone feels the same.....

Kind of random, but I was at a kids birthday party today and one of the Moms noticed my e-ring. She proceeded to say, "wow, that''s some bling" and then put her finger (and prints) right on top of the table of my diamond, then on the sidestones.

Why the need to touch?
I immediately had flashbacks of when I was pregnant and people would reach out to touch my belly ...personal space!!!

Guess I would never just smudge all over someones jewelry... has this ever happened to anyone before?

 

[Kaleigh]

Yes it''s happened to me, and can''t see why people feel the need to put their fingers on the diamond... Now I have the quick reflex and pull my hand away when I see their fingers going towards the stone.. Hehe.

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Date: 1/17/2009 5:30:12 PM
Author:lovewhitediamonds
Just wondering if this has happened to anyone, or if anyone feels the same.....


Kind of random, but I was at a kids birthday party today and one of the Moms noticed my e-ring. She proceeded to say, ''wow, that''s some bling'' and then put her finger (and prints) right on top of the table of my diamond, then on the sidestones.


Why the need to touch?

I immediately had flashbacks of when I was pregnant and people would reach out to touch my belly ...personal space!!!


Guess I would never just smudge all over someones jewelry... has this ever happened to anyone before?

That''s happened to me with my gemstone rings, and I find it extremely irritating. I like my personal space... I don''t understand why people feel the need to touch, lol.

This is not good if I ever have children - I can only imagine what would happen if a stranger decided to touch my stomach (someone would get punched...)

 

[AprilBaby]

I HATE fingerprints on my nice clean stone, even my own!

 

[snlee]

Yes, it has happened to me too and I feel the same way - don''t touch my diamond or my pregnant belly!

 

[Tuckins1]

It drives me nuts when people do that!!!

I''m so anal about my ring... I have to polish it asap, even if it''s just on my t-shirt or something!!
I would never put my fingers all over someone''s diamonds!!

 

[LuckyTexan]

I''m a serial looker... but I always touch the shank so that I can get the ring to face up to me... I have NEVER touched anyone''s stones!!! NO WAY! I don''t know what I would do if someone touched mine... but I certainly agree that is just bad manners!

 

[MonkeyPie]

Hehe I think people just like the thought of, "I''ve touched a big, pretty diamond!" Everyone does it, though I never have actually touched the diamond. Usually I will hold my hand out and if they are ok with touching, they put their hand in mine so I can look closer, and that''s about it. I do hate having to wipe fingerprints off when people touch mine, though.

One of my girlfriends had a lot of little old people touching her belly, and she was ok with it, until one of them noticed she didn''t have a ring on (her hands swelled up, so her rings didn''t fit in the last two months) and tried to curse her baby! I mean, wtf? People are so weird.

I am going to be an obnoxious pregnant lady that loves to have her belly patted I think lol. I''ll be grabbing my friends hands when he/she starts kicking. I can hardly wait. I do have hugging issues, but letting people rub my belly probably won''t bother me.

 

[Circe]

MonkeyPie, soooooooooo funny! I was about to type in the exact opposite - I don''t love it when people paw my ring, but it doesn''t drive me crazy. But if when I''m pregnant anyone ever tries to touch my belly without permission, I have the sneaking suspicion that I will flip out at them. Personal space, gah!

 

[MishB]

I hate it when husband and I are going out somewhere, I''ve just cleaned my rings, and I put my right hand on his leg when he is driving, and he puts his hand over mine and smudges my freshly cleaned super sparkly RH ring! Aaaargh!

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 1/17/2009 6:33:48 PM
Author: MishB
I hate it when husband and I are going out somewhere, I''ve just cleaned my rings, and I put my right hand on his leg when he is driving, and he puts his hand over mine and smudges my freshly cleaned super sparkly RH ring! Aaaargh!

LOL your post confused the heck out of me until I realized - you''re not in America lol. I was wondering how on earth you could put your right hand on his leg, when he sits to your left. Haha! At least I finally figured it out

 

[lovewhitediamonds]

Date: 1/17/2009 6:29:04 PM
Author: MonkeyPie
Hehe I think people just like the thought of, ''I''ve touched a big, pretty diamond!'' Everyone does it, though I never have actually touched the diamond. Usually I will hold my hand out and if they are ok with touching, they put their hand in mine so I can look closer, and that''s about it. I do hate having to wipe fingerprints off when people touch mine, though.

One of my girlfriends had a lot of little old people touching her belly, and she was ok with it, until one of them noticed she didn''t have a ring on (her hands swelled up, so her rings didn''t fit in the last two months) and tried to curse her baby! I mean, wtf? People are so weird.

I am going to be an obnoxious pregnant lady that loves to have her belly patted I think lol. I''ll be grabbing my friends hands when he/she starts kicking. I can hardly wait. I do have hugging issues, but letting people rub my belly probably won''t bother me.

Hi MonkeyPie! --- I didn''t mind friends or family touching my preggers belly (when they asked me first) -- but wait until you have total strangers (I once had a grocery bagger feel the need) reach out to touch... I bet you will change your mind on that one!!!

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 1/17/2009 6:47:09 PM
Author: lovewhitediamonds

Date: 1/17/2009 6:29:04 PM

Author: MonkeyPie

Hehe I think people just like the thought of, ''I''ve touched a big, pretty diamond!'' Everyone does it, though I never have actually touched the diamond. Usually I will hold my hand out and if they are ok with touching, they put their hand in mine so I can look closer, and that''s about it. I do hate having to wipe fingerprints off when people touch mine, though.


One of my girlfriends had a lot of little old people touching her belly, and she was ok with it, until one of them noticed she didn''t have a ring on (her hands swelled up, so her rings didn''t fit in the last two months) and tried to curse her baby! I mean, wtf? People are so weird.


I am going to be an obnoxious pregnant lady that loves to have her belly patted I think lol. I''ll be grabbing my friends hands when he/she starts kicking. I can hardly wait. I do have hugging issues, but letting people rub my belly probably won''t bother me.

Hi MonkeyPie! --- I didn''t mind friends or family touching my preggers belly (when they asked me first) -- but wait until you have total strangers (I once had a grocery bagger feel the need) reach out to touch... I bet you will change your mind on that one!!!

You''re right, I think it would depend on the person. If it was a young girl or an older grandma I might be ok. But a grungy homeless guy or a pervy looking old man...yeah, I''ll be doing some hand swatting.

 

[niccia]

I know the feeling...today I noticed that one side of my diamond wasn''t sitting as tightly in its table as the other three and mentioned it to my gf. I had the ring off and was holding it up to the light to show her, and she took it from me to look. That was fine except she grabbed hold of the diamond right across the top with her fingers and tried to see if it would move at all. I didn''t say anything, as she really just doesn''t know that is isn''t nice to do that to someone''s diamond, but I quickly put it back on my finger. I also hate it when people ask to try it on (unless it''s my sisters!) .

 

[Harriet]

Date: 1/17/2009 5:30:12 PM
Author:lovewhitediamonds
Just wondering if this has happened to anyone, or if anyone feels the same.....

Kind of random, but I was at a kids birthday party today and one of the Moms noticed my e-ring. She proceeded to say, ''wow, that''s some bling'' and then put her finger (and prints) right on top of the table of my diamond, then on the sidestones.

Why the need to touch?
I immediately had flashbacks of when I was pregnant and people would reach out to touch my belly ...personal space!!!

Guess I would never just smudge all over someones jewelry... has this ever happened to anyone before?

Yes! Someone smudged the table of my newly cleaned diamond. I don''t mind so much with my diamond, but I do mind when it comes to my coloured stones. They''re more fragile.

 

[brooklyngirl]

DH and I were at a party once, and were talking to this couple, when the wife asks to see my ring, and promptly touches the table. Then a few minutes later, she takes my ring by the head and starts moving it back and forth on my finger

. I didn't know what to say, maybe she was trying to steal my ring??? Talk about being manhandled, I was mortified!

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Date: 1/17/2009 6:46:48 PM
Author: MonkeyPie

Date: 1/17/2009 6:33:48 PM

Author: MishB

I hate it when husband and I are going out somewhere, I''ve just cleaned my rings, and I put my right hand on his leg when he is driving, and he puts his hand over mine and smudges my freshly cleaned super sparkly RH ring! Aaaargh!

LOL your post confused the heck out of me until I realized - you''re not in America lol. I was wondering how on earth you could put your right hand on his leg, when he sits to your left. Haha! At least I finally figured it out

lol me too! I was reading it to BF and was changing hands (thinking mish had mistyped- sorry! my bad) until I realized that I was an idiot!

 

[Bliss]

I don''t like it either! I also don''t like it when they hold it up and strain their eyes (almost crosseyed) like they''re hoping to find inclusions or something. They almost seem disappointed when they don''t find any...

 

[Miranda]

Argh!!! I was volunteering in DD''s Kindergarten class when a little girl said, "OHHHHHH, that''s so pretty." She then proceeded to rub all over my ring with her goopy, glue-y fingers!

She''s lucky she''s so cute and followed up with about 100 compliments about all of the other jewelry I was wearing. Note to everyone out there...Glue stick is hard to clean off pave!

I don''t think I ever had anyone touch my preggo belly. Maybe I''m not very friendly looking!

 

[Deelight]

I hate it hate it hate, I had one friend demand to try on my ring and I was so blindsided I let her and then she proceeded to constantly rub her finger back and forth over my diamond and then look at it again

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Monkey Pie I can''t believe someone cursed your sisters baby that''s terrible in my culture something we take really seriously should it ever happen again tell her the correct response to that is to spit (or make a spiting sound) 3 times from right, left, right at the person to stop the curse

might teach them not to do that again.

 

[DiamanteBlu]

Ewwww. I''d hate that. Luckily, I have never had anybody touch my rings - they only look and ask. Guess there is an advantage to looking unapproachable! [that was an attempt at humor] LOL!

 

[arjunajane]

Yes, has happened to me with a complete stranger no less. I just don''t get it.

It also happened with my best g''friend, I let her try my ering on and she handed it back to me holding it by the diamond, not the shank! I had to hide my PO''d-ness though as I love her, she''s just clueless, lol..

 

[vintagelover229]

It drives me bonkers! I have a .85 cushion cut diamond on a size 4 finger...and they have to touch the table are always like. WOW how many carats is that!?!?!? And continue to finger it. Drives me BONKERS! I want to slap their hand away! AHHH!

I''m glad Im not the only one with OCD about it. Gosh, touch your own ring! Not mine! Maybe if they asked to see it, and didn''t touch the diamond itself, that would be okay...but it''s like...they have to see if its real or something! AHHH!

 

[Porridge]

YES that always happens me!! I don''t understand it! I always have to clean it as soon as I get home!

 

[Jelly]

Yesterday in class i had a student reach over to my hand and started yanking my ring her way. Since my ring hasn''t been cleaned in a while, it wasn''t a huge deal, but it took me by surprise. I know the girl pretty well, so it didn''t bother me, I was more flattered that she wanted to look at it.

But if it were a stranger, that would be weird!

 

[strmrdr]

wire it with 5kV that would be funny

 

[lovewhitediamonds]

Thanks everyone!

Also forgot to add, once I had a friend who wanted to see my ring (up close), reluctantly I took it off and let her hold it...

and ...

she dropped it.

UGH!!

.. lesson learned!

 

[Phoenix]

OOOOHHHHH!! My pet peeve!! It's worse when you've *just* cleaned it and it's all nice and shiny and then they go put their finger smudge on your stone!!

One time, this lady (kind of like a friend, but not friend friend) asked me for the umpteenth time to take out my Leon pear and let her try it on and then she dropped it!!

. THEN she had the nerve to ask me to let her try on my other ring!! Some people!!

 

[geckodani]

Happens to me all the time. I always try to be all stealthy and wipe it clean on my shirt...

MonkeyPie - I think I''ll be the same way with the touching - I don''t think it will bother me. Heh - I was poking my preggo sister at Christmas, because the texture change from her stomach to the baby bump was so cool, LOL. Squishy - NOT squishy. Hee hee. But she''s my sister. I''m allowed to poke here.

 

[pixley]

My hairdresser was ooh-ing and awwing over my ring (it goes crazy under the lighting in the salon) and she proceeded to do the full-on hand-grab-stone-smudge

! I was mortified and still have flashbacks but she meant no harm and I just went home and cleaned the bejeazus out of it. I was pretty flabbergasted because, the previous month, she said she stopped wearing her new e-ring because it was getting all gunky from the products (and it was slipping around too). I just don't understand why she would do the hand-grab-stone-smudge when she knows full well what a diamond looks like after hair products touch them. But, I love her and I forgive her. Most people just touch the hands and not the stone.

MonkeyPie - unbelievable story about the curse freak! Oy! Shame on that person.

lovewhitediamonds and Phoenix - The touching is bad enough, but DROPPING? YIKES!