Manufacturing issue or me?
I brought my wedding band from the same jewelers that my engagement ring came from. Within two months of wearing my wedding band 24/7 one of the diamonds fell out. The store had a lifetime guarantee on the ring so I took it back and they replaced the stone free of charge. Not ideal but no biggie.
Except this has continued happening. I’ve had to have the diamonds that have fallen out replaced more than 10 times in 4 years. It’s gotten to a point where the store says they only guarantee the ring until you hit the lifetime expectancy (which I was told was the cost of the ring originally) and I’ve surpassed that so I’ve had to pay for the last replacement. That was less than a month ago and when I put on my ring yesterday morning I saw yet another stone gone.
At first I kept getting told that small bands with little diamonds are just prone to this and that I should only wear the ring for special occasions but take it off for dishes, cleaning, laundry, etc. Then one of the more recent times I was told to take off my rings at night so the friction while I’m sleeping doesn’t make the diamonds fall out. Which seemed a little crazy but I was willing to try so I did and now it’s happening again.
But at a certain point is this not about craftsmanship? I wore my engagement ring 24/7 only taking off to shower and never once had issues with losing diamonds. And that was when I was doing a lot more work with my hands. But somehow the wedding band is weaker???
I truly don’t know if I’m the problem or if this was just a poorly made ring that I inadvertently ended up picking. My husband and I are looking into getting a replacement at this point because we’re tired of living part time at the jewelers. But before we do I was to make sure this isn’t going to happen with another similar ring.
I just feel if I’m paying thousands of dollars I shouldn’t have to only be able to wear the ring sometimes, I should be able to wear it all the time without worrying.
Any advice greatly appreciated, even if it’s just saying I’m being unreasonable and the advice I’ve received is correct.