File this under "Things that are depressing"

[rocketman]

Man Finds Diamond Ring In Car

Engagment Ring Wrapped In Note

POSTED: 6:56 am EST December 15, 2005
UPDATED: 10:37 am EST December 15, 2005
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</td></tr></tbody></table><!--startindex-->BOSTON --
An anonymous gift-giver, apparently depressed over a lost love, left a $15,000 diamond engagement ring in somebody's else's unlocked car in a commuter parking lot. The ring came in a box topped with a white bow and accompanied by a note, which read: "Merry Christmas. Thank you for leaving your car door unlocked. Instead of stealing your car I gave you a present. Hopefully this will land in the hands of someone you love, for my love is gone now. Merry Christmas to you." A 37-year-old Northborough, Mass., man found the three-diamond, white gold ring on the seat of his car, which he had parked at the MBTA train station in Westborough on Dec. 7.</pre> He called police to report the find four days later, after he had the ring appraised.An anonymous gift-giver, apparently depressed over a lost love, left a $15,000 diamond engagement ring in somebody's else's unlocked car in a commuter parking lot. The ring came in a box topped with a white bow and accompanied by a note, which read: "Merry Christmas. Thank you for leaving your car door unlocked. Instead of stealing your car I gave you a present. Hopefully this will land in the hands of someone you love, for my love is gone now. Merry Christmas to you." A 37-year-old Northborough, Mass., man found the three-diamond, white gold ring on the seat of his car, which he had parked at the MBTA train station in Westborough on Dec. 7."This appears to be random, but we don't really know," said police Lt. Paul Donnelly. Police declined to identify the man. A police report said he had decided to keep the ring.
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Wow, uhh...hopefully no one on here is in this situation. Yikes.

 

[DEBuckeye]

Wow. You've got to be REALLY depressed to throw away $15K like that, instead of selling it or taking it back to the jewelers.

 

[Guy Incognito]

Thats not depressing, it is pathetic. What a loser.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Dang, I'm happy for the lucky guy who found it. If I were him, I'd sell it and go on a week-long bender in Vegas or something.

 

[scooter1369]

He'll probably give it to his fiance who just dumped her ex-boyfriend after he bought her a $15,000 engagement ring.

 

[ScarletBlood31]

Wow. You've got to be REALLY depressed to throw away $15K like that, instead of selling it or taking it back to the jewelers.

either that, or he's just got that much cash on him.

 

[exhawg]

Hopefully there weren't any large bodies of water nearby.

 

[StooGrimson]

A $15,000 engagement ring? Is any woman worth that?

 

[scooter1369]

A $15,000 engagement ring? Is any woman worth that?

to you and me, no. But for some rich folk, 15k is a night on the town. Its disposbale cash.

 

[PrincessPeach]

A $15,000 engagement ring? Is any woman worth that?

I think the woman could be worth that. The diamond, however? Not so much.

I've never seen the need for expensive jewels. I'd rather have someone spend that money on an awesome vacation and have experiences and memories rather than baubles and trinkets.

 

[scooter1369]

I think the woman could be worth that. The diamond, however? Not so much.

I've never seen the need for expensive jewels. I'd rather have someone spend that money on an awesome vacation and have experiences and memories rather than baubles and trinkets.

Certainly better idea than dropping 15g's on a rock she'll lose down the drain when she slips it off to hide she's taken.

 

[Thump]

I'd rather have someone spend that money on an awesome vacation and have experiences and memories rather than baubles and trinkets.

You're not my wife are you?

She says the exact same thing, she'd rather have "experiences" than "things."

 

[scooter1369]

You're not my wife are you?

She says the exact same thing, she'd rather have "experiences" than "things."

For $15,000 I can have grand experiences. What I remember of them anyway...

 

[PrincessPeach]

You're not my wife are you?

She says the exact same thing, she'd rather have "experiences" than "things."

Good for her. And you. Material possessions can always be lost, broken, stolen or destroyed. My memories, I shall keep forever. (Or at least, until I get too old to care.)

 

[Bucktastic]

So the lesson of the story is......

leave your car door unlocked?