Bride’s Mother-in-Law Saves the Day After Engagement Ring Falls Down Elevator Shaft

A bride has her mother-in-law to thank for handling one big wedding mishap.

A bride detailed the accident in a post on Reddit’s “Wedding Forum,” explaining that she and her husband were in the elevator of their hotel wedding venue when disaster struck. As they were multitasking, carrying multiple bags and “trying to juggle a million things,” the groom reached into his pocket for his phone and the ring slipped out. “I just saw it happen in slow motion,” the woman recalled.

“It didn’t bounce, it didn’t roll, it just landed flat on the metal floor and slid perfectly into the crack between the door gone,” she wrote. “We both froze there was this horrible clink as it dropped into whatever abyss is under there and then silence.”

The couple hit the emergency button then called the front desk and “begged the staff to help.” She noted that maintenance did respond, “but they said it was basically impossible to retrieve without shutting the whole elevator system down.” Although the couple offered to pay to shut it down, maintenance still said there was no guarantee they’d locate the ring.

Shocked by the accident, the OP said she was “completely numb” and “just sat on the bed later that night staring at my finger.”

“The ring wasn’t just jewelry it was months of him saving the way he looked when he gave it to me,” she wrote. “All those feelings wrapped up in one thing.” 

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We ended up moving forward with the wedding, but honestly, that moment hangs over me to lose it like that in such a stupid, random way, felt unreal,” she confessed. 

As the post continued, she shared that her mother-in-law saved the day, “she gave me her own ring  this antique green emerald beauty and told me she wanted me to wear it and someday pass it down when we have kids.” 

“It was one of the kindest gestures I’ve ever experienced,” she wrote. Admitting, “but now I feel even more pressure because this piece is so precious.” The OP then asked the thread if she should get insurance coverage for the ring.

Several users urged her to get the ring insured and commented on her mother-in-law’s “selfless” act.

“Get that heirloom ring insured ASAP! In fact, any good jewelry you have should be covered by insurance,” one user wrote.

“This is about one of the best MIL stories I’ve read,” another added.