Woman Who Recently Lost Her Fiancé Refuses To Return Heirloom Engagement Ring To His Family

Family heirlooms are cherished items that have been passed down by relatives after their deaths. For the most part, these treasures mainly have sentimental value, but some of them are valuable antiques worth thousands, if not millions, of dollars.

Some family heirlooms have been around for many generations; parents have been passing them on to their children for centuries. All of these factors make these family heirlooms absolutely priceless; they conjure memories of the special people who passed them along, and that cannot be replicated by anything else.

There is nothing more magical than an heirloom engagement ring. It is a one-of-a-kind object with a rich history that also happens to have a lot of sentimental value. Proposing with an heirloom ring makes everything extra special; it is a unique ring that you literally cannot buy anywhere else.

Reddit user u/throwback88819 made a post on r/AmItheAsshole where she explained how she refused to return her engagement ring after her fiancé died, despite her late fiancé's family constantly bugging her about it. Scroll down and check out the full post, and scroll a little further if you want to read people's reactions to it.

Here's the original Reddit post by u/throwback88819:

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Jake proposed to OP with an ancient family heirloom.

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Stacy tried everything to get the ring from OP.

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OP suspected that she was being blinded by her grief.

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So she decided to get a unique perspective from the Reddit community.

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The ring legally belongs to OP.

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OP even paid for the entire funeral.

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OP prepared a plan that she decided not to reveal to her late fiancé's family.

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Here's how Reddit users reacted to u/throwback88819's conundrum:

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The family is not letting OP grieve in peace.

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They are all being extremely insensitive towards her, loving the love of her life.

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It's not normal to ask for the ring back, especially so soon.

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Jim is just cheap.

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His brother's wife feeling entitled is disgusting.

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It should stay with you until the very end.

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Stacy should keep her mouth shut and allow OP to grieve in peace.

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OP was probably viewed as part of the family for the past six years, so it belongs to her.

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She has every right to keep it and not return it.

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Losing a significant other is nothing like losing a grandparent or any other family member.

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It's not about the money at all.

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Asking at the funeral made it even worse.

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OP should definitely not return that ring, despite it being an ancient family heirloom.

The ring was given to her, and she has every right to keep it. She became a part of the family when she entered into a relationship with Jake, so the ring is still in the family, after all.

As for the family of the late fiancé, OP should just block and cut them all entirely from her life. They didn't even allow her to grieve her husband's death in peace, and they deserve absolutely no explanations from her.