Forlorn Lover Leaves $15,000 Diamond Ring In Stranger's Unlocked Car

[matcom]

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WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- Imagine getting off the train after work and finding a $15,000 diamond ring in your car.

A Northborough, Mass., man said that's what happened to him.

It seems the ring was left by a total stranger, heartbroken over a lost love.

The ring came in a box topped with a white bow. A note with it read: "Merry Christmas. Thank you for leaving your car door unlocked. Instead of stealing your car I gave you a present. Hopefully this will land in the hands of someone you love, for my love is gone now."

The finder told police about the ring after having it appraised.

Police said they have no idea where the ring came from or who left it. For now, it's finders, keepers.

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[Shell Beau]

1. Dammit! Why can't things like that happen to me!!!!

x(

[Shakespeare]

2. aw, man....I hope the poor guy wasn't suicidal....

What a sad story. :-(

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. How lucky for the fellow who got it.......

And how sad for the guy who left it......

[Midlodemocrat]

4. What an idiot. He should have just returned it.

[SOteric]

9. Possibly, if it's just a matter of being jilted.

But as a person who's struggled long with issues of grief over losing to death a man whom I adored, I think I can understand this.

If you sign away the organs, corneas and tissue of someone you care about and find some relief in the notion that they'll live on in someone else, why not a ring meant to symbolise your lasting love?

[Midlodemocrat]

10. You are absolutely correct.

It just seems from the story that he was jilted. And, having known many people to whom this happened, I can't imagine why he didn't return the ring and get his money back.

[DS1]

11. If he can afford the ring, and has money to spare

I can understand the decision to give it away. I'd sooner give away something like that, than let some greedy little diamond-salesman fuck insult me by offering cents on the dollar, all the while knowing he'll resell it for 90% original cost.

[Midlodemocrat]

12. Two of my friends got their full amount back.

One kept the ring, took out the stone and had it reset when he finally found the one keeper.

[Bucky]

5. If I was going to steal a diamond ring, I'd make up exactly the same story

[Shell Beau]

7. Why would you say anything at all?

[Hugin]

6. Ahh... Well, I imagine there's a sad story there.

It's an act of random non-violence.

[Taverner]

8. This diamond ring doesn't shine for me anymore...

And this diamond ring doesn't mean what it meant before