Another anecdote for your collection: my father fell off a ladder last year - not far enough to sustain any injury, but far enough to catch his ring slightly in trying to regain his balance. Finger ended up swelling enough that the ring was a problem, ended up having to be cut off.

I wouldn’t have imagined that a fall off of the second step of a ladder could result in the destruction of a 40 year old wedding ring either, but here we are!

You can get it fixed https://youtu.be/aX866Kx4oU8

Thanks - they opted to melt both down and poured around a synthetic opals for a new set.

Plus a new "can't hurt myself with this if I tried" ring for any time spent outside.

Destruction? My wife crushed hers onto her finger in a cycle crash. It was across the park from our house. Her finger swelled terribly. I put her in the car and drove her to the fire station just down the road where they cut it off. I learned there was a special tool for this! I sent the cut ring to a jeweller friend of a friend... who melted it down and cast it into a slightly smaller ring! Edit: in another post there isa video where someone solders up a cut ring. My wife's ring was much more damaged by the crash than the rings in the video, hence the melt