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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Brittany Miller

Mother praised after refusing to give daughter-in-law ‘family heirloom’

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When a couple gets engaged, it can be common for the man to propose with a ring that has been passed down in his family. However, that wasn’t the case for one newly-engaged couple.

In a recent Reddit post shared to the popular “Am I The A**hole?” subreddit, a mother explained that her oldest son was getting married. She had been designing and collecting rings for many years, and her daughter-in-law had expressed interest in one of them.

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