I used to wear a ring that was very sentimental to me. It was the wedding ring of a relative who passed away and by wearing that ring I felt as though that person was with me wherever I went. Then one day, while swimming on holiday in Bulgaria, the ring slipped off my finger and disappeared into the sea to get quickly buried by lots of sand.

I was distraught, so I spent the next several hours swimming around desperately trying to find it while my friends looked on in concern. After a while I came running out past them only to buy myself a snorkel at the nearby shop and then head back in. Of course it was all in vein and the ring was lost. I was so distressed, I actually found myself having dreams about the ring for weeks to come and I know I’m not alone in that experience. Countless times I’ve seen friends desperately searching for their wedding rings, saying how their partners are going to kill them and how they wouldn’t be able to forgive themselves if anything happened to it. This is a highly common situation for people to find themselves in fact and the cruel irony is that the jewellery you love the most is probably the jewellery you are most likely to lose. Why? Because if you wear it that often, then obviously you give yourself more opportunity to lose those items. Here then, we will look at some of the best ways you can avoid this from happening… Make Sure it Fits

The first thing to do, is to make sure that your jewellery fits you properly and that it’s not loose or easily able to slip around. If you wear a ring for instance that is too large then you will risk allowing it to slip easily off of your finger and this can happen easily if you lose a lot of weight and forget to have the ring resized (common with wedding bands). To avoid this problem ensure the ring fits when you first get it, then get it resized whenever your fingers get bigger or slimmer. Know When to Take it Off

There are certain events where it’s not a good idea to wear a ring or chain. If you enjoy rock climbing for instance, then wearing jewellery can risk getting you injured and potentially cause that item to get lost. Likewise if you’re going swimming – as I learned – then your jewellery can easily slip off and get lost. To avoid this situation, make sure that you get into the habit of taking your items off before engaging in physical activities or heading somewhere that they could get lost. If you take your jewellery off often while you’re out, then make sure that you have a pouch or zip in your wallet where you can store them easily. Choose Subtle Items While you will have to take off any item of jewellery from time to time, some items are undoubtedly more of a hindrance than others and will need to be taken off more frequently – so it’s useful to try and pick items that you can wear more often and that will be less likely to catch on things. When choosing wedding rings, make sure that you avoid large stones or other things that will make them more hazardous. Sometimes, simple is best. At the end of the day though, sometimes sentimental jewellery like this is going to go missing. The really important thing is not to beat yourself up about it – and to cherish the memories even without that item. If you lose a wedding ring, then you should have photos that you can look back on and you should also be able to remember the music of the wedding band, the taste of the wedding cake and the interactions with people you had on that day. You can always buy yourself a new ring and just choose to assign those memories to it; a piece of jewellery only represents those memories – it isn’t inseparable from them. .

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Ricky White is a musician and a blogger. Ricky likes to write wedding planning and fashion related articles.