Lost wedding ring during an open water swim

Don't swim with it, dude.  Leave it in your locker/bag/car/etc.  Trust me.

Then have fun explaining why you took off your ring and left it in the car before going to meet a bunch of triathlete ladies in swimsuits. 

Face it you're burned either way.  Buy ten identical rings and keep them in a safe deposit box. 

All good reasons.

Actually, I lost so much weight after I started tri training that I had to get a new ring (since you can't resize Ti).  It was so loose that I crossed my fingers when I peed to keep the ring from slipping off into the can.

The "real" ring is in my dresser; the one I wear day to day is my "stunt" ring.

Edited to read the way I read this.

Sorry to read about the ring.

Mine comes loose in the shower so I take if off for showers, swimming, etc., so little chance of loosing...at least that way.  Actually the ring comes off for any training.

The Chesapeake Bay almost took mine too!  I was swimming right after we were married and 3 strokes in I felt it slip off and I caught it just before it came off.  I got lucky.

Now, I don't wear it to swim or when I race.  Any other time it's on my finger though.

Not related, but when we go on vacation, Nan has a "replacement" engagement ring that she wears instead of her real one.  It's CZ and if we lose it we're out $40. 

I'm sorry about you losing it.  At least you lost it because you lost weight..that's a good thing right?!

There are much easier ways to tell your hubby that you want to take up scuba diving! 

I kid, I kid...  Sorry you lost your ring!

Oh brother.  I feel for you.  I've lost weight too and now my ring is loose.  When working out in the pool it is in the locker.  When doing a race, it is on my wife's hand for safe keeping.  She would absolutely kill me if I lost this ring.  I would probably kill myself. 

The original part of the ring was a band she bought for me in Budapest that has an inscription on it from 1925 (someone sold it obviously).  Then, when her father passed away two years ago, she and her sisters gave me his ring that had a huge diamond on it.  Well, we had the diamond taken out, added a second band to the ring and set the diamond in between.  To say this one is truly irreplaceable is an understatement. 

And from the sounds of the posts above, you are not alone in your agony.