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Gayton Gomez
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A lawyer; not your lawyer. I'd tell you more but it's a surprise. Blocking is my hobby. She/her. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦. Go Bills 🏈.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · Jul 28
In honor of the late great Tom Lehrer, let us all close our evenings with this cheery thought

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Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 6h
I just got a little one that's 11 x 7 inches or so. I'd get tired carrying a huge one for hours and I don't know where I'd store it afterward! The small one makes the point.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 6h
Team George.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 6h
Yes, my mom already did that with my dad's ring and I've considered just adding her ring to it, but I am wondering if I would wear something that was so obviously two wedding rings. I'm trying to think of variations that basically preserve the form but are a little less obviously wedding-y
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 6h
She didn't have anything terribly expensive, but she had some fun stuff. And I was the only granddaughter so I got it all! I get compliments on that initial ring all the time.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 6h
Grandma had some other fun rings I wear sometimes. We fortunately also share a first initial so I can wear her filigree initial ring.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 6h
Isn't it fab? And since to 2025 eyes. It doesn't scream "wedding band", I feel like I can just wear it as a cool vintage ring.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 7h
Lol I also have my grandmother's wedding ring, but I honestly love that one and I don't want to change the form or mix it with the other two. I sometimes wear it just because I like it (grandma and I were the same ring size). It's mixed yellow and white gold, from 1938
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 7h
I have a baby ring but it was my grandmother's and somehow that would feel weird. I might interlink them. But I'm not sure if I would feel odd and Victorian wearing a necklace that was very obviously two wedding rings. I need to think that. There's no point in doing it if I'm not going to wear it.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 7h
I might join them with their wedding picture, but I don't think I want them in a display box. That feels too museum-y to me.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 7h
Yes, if you see the thread, a pendant is one thing I'm thinking of. But I'm trying to preserve something of the rings when I do it.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 7h
Yeah that was kind of what I was picturing. I unfortunately do not have a jewel on hand that has sentimental significance, though (Mom never had an engagement ring).
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 7h
Hmmm. I rather like those ideas I will give both some thought. Thank you.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 8h
Yes, they'd be fine with anything I would do with them. I'm not worried about them. Disapproving in any way. I'm trying to think of ideas that feel right for me.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 8h
Can't quite think how the pendant in the middle would do that though, lol. It would have to be pretty small to fit inside mom's ring.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 8h
Dad's is way bigger than mom's, so one earring would be way bigger than the other. And if it makes sense, I kind of want anything new I do with them to reflect their origin and to keep the gold of each separate from the other instead of mixing the two.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 8h
I don't want to melt them down entirely and have them lose their identity. I'm thinking about some form of jewelry that would preserve the gold in each separately and in some way reflect their origin.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 8h
They are not inscribed. They are just plain gold bands. Dad's is a lot bigger than Mom's.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 8h
I actually feel odd about having them just sitting tucked away in a box. I'm thinking it might be cathartic to do something with them as long as what I did felt right.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 8h
A pendant is what I was thinking of.
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 8h
On the other hand, just melting them down and turning them into something else entirely feels disrespectful. They aren't just lumps of gold.

Another thought would be to change the shape slightly (but keeping the gold of each intact and separate) and link them, e.g.,

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 8h
Mom turned my dad's wedding ring into a pendant. I considered melding her wedding ring inside of his. That would maintain their form which feels respectful, but I'm not sure I would wear a pendant with two wedding rings. (Maybe if I hung a little pendant in the middle?)

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 8h
I am trying to think of something to do with my late parents' gold wedding bands that doesn't feel either cheesy or like sacrilege. Suggestions welcome (but wise-ass jokes on this particular topic will get you blocked).

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 8h
fReE sPeEcH aBsOlUtIsTs, they are
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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 9h
HAVE YOU TRIED ASKING AI WHO THIS IS
mr. peanut is wearing a top hat and dancing .
ALT: mr. peanut is wearing a top hat and dancing .
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LA Public Press @lapublicpress.bsky.social · 9h
ICE forces strip searches on detained women after visits in Southern California.
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ICE forces strip searches on detained women after visits in Southern California
Some people decide not to participate in in-person visitation because they don’t want to take off all their clothes in front of a guard.
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