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I would search first to see if you can get a ring for your college. You may still be able to get one, whether with your graduation date, no date, or go with an outside seller to customize the way you’d like it.

But, yes, I think it’s strange to get one for a school you haven’t attended.

I will admit I think it is a LOT weird. And you are inviting conversations with people who assume you are an alumni at that school.

I would have to say I think it is a little weird too. I never see anyone wearing a high school/college ring. I only wore my high school ring for a few months.

But, if it will make you happy, go for it!

You can ask Josten's about replacing the stone in your high school ring. They do ring repairs so they may be able to help you www.jostens.com/helpmenu/repairsandreturns/
Or if you know what company did your ring you could contact them about stone replacement.

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Definitely weird IMO but I don't know of anyone who wears a high school or university ring from their own alma mater let alone their kids. Not something that is done around here

Don't go through Josten's as they are expensive. Get one from Walmart. You can put whatever university/college and dates you want on it. The rings are good quality.

Sorry, but I personally would see it as misrepresenting yourself, kind of a lie. If you want a college ring then get one that represents the college you attended. Guess this sounds a little harsh, but the truth. Around here the big thing is the Aggie ring. It is very distinct and is worn no matter old long ago you graduated. If you wore one without graduating from that school, you would be called out on it.

I think it’s a bit weird and agree with those suggesting updating your HS ring or ordering one from your college.

I know not many people wear there college rings for long after their graduation but my teeny, tiny university in rural Nova Scotia is well known for its distinctive “X” ring and the ceremony that bestows the ring on the Feast of St Francis Xavier. Literally on the day freshman are dropped off on campus there are pictures with signs saying “1217 days (or whatever number it really is) until X ring.” In fact, even to order one as a graduating senior you need a certificate proving that you qualify for graduation. Our alumni are very proud and nearly everyone wears their rings for a lifetime.

The only people besides graduates that get to wear a ring are those who are bestowed an honorary ring for their commitment to the school and the Xavieran spirit.

There is an old wives tale that says the X ring is something like the 4th most recognized ring in the world after the engineers ring, the papal ring and the super bowl ring lol.

I was in the Dominican in April and ran into another X ring wearer - it is an instant conversation starter...we usually point to the ring and say “what year?”

I agree. Last year my son Noticed that some of the parents of his teammates had the same college ring. They all went to a catholic college and apparently the rings are a big thing there. Seemed a little cultish to me.

I looked online and I can get one from Balfour for my graduation year, a long time ago. LOL

Damn things sure got expensive over the years. Mine is long gone, lost when my parents moved. I think if it gives you a sense of fulfilling something for you then it’s worth looking into, getting one to represent your school experience.

I don’t know that I would choose one from a school I didn’t go to though.

ITA with the above in fact the only people I know who actually still wear or have a school ring all went to St FX.  I don't think any other Canadian university attaches any where near the significance to the ring that St FX does.  My dd goes to Queens, her and her friends and any alumni that I know friends have zero interest in a ring. The jackets called (GPA's)and bars are  a different story thought and are kept forever.

Before you decide, there are, today, 14,412 class rings on eBay. Your college and year might be there.

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I’m sure they didn’t go to college in Canada but I kind of remember them saying something about a sister school. But I could be wrong about that. I’m googling to see what an x ring looks like. But not finding it.