She Planned To Pass Down Her Grandmother’s Engagement Ring To Her Daughter One Day, But Her Boyfriend Thinks Her Soon-To-Be Stepdaughter Should Get The Family Heirloom, And She Totally Disagrees

About four years ago, this 27-year-old woman’s grandmother sadly passed away. And now, in the wake of her grandmother’s loss, she has been left dealing with a ton of drama regarding her grandmother’s engagement ring.
For context, her grandfather originally proposed to her grandmother with a beautiful 21-karat gold ring that had diamonds and a ruby in the center.
Then, when her father was a young man, that ring was eventually passed down to him. Later, he ultimately used that ring to propose to her mother.
Now, as far as she knows, her mother never removed the ring from her finger. It only ever came off after her mom passed away, and the ring was ultimately returned to her dad.
More recently, she and her boyfriend have been together for three years. And now, they have been discussing the idea of getting engaged.
So, she actually spoke to her dad about her grandmother’s engagement ring, and he told her that when she got engaged, she would inherit the family heirloom.
This obviously made her beyond happy, too, and she ended up telling her boyfriend about the news– as well as the ring’s long history in her family.
At that point, though, her boyfriend revealed different plans. Apparently, he claimed that his daughter– who is from his previous relationship– would love to inherit the ring one day.
Now, this seriously shocked her– mainly because she already has a daughter who is 11-months-old. So, she told her boyfriend that her future stepdaughter would not be receiving the ring– instead, her biological daughter would.

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Unfortunately, though, her boyfriend did not agree with that at all, and the couple ended up getting into a massive argument.
In fact, her boyfriend accused her of being a total jerk and claimed that she was treating his daughter differently just because she was not blood.
Honestly, though, she admits that she might feel otherwise about the entire situation if her relationship with her soon-to-be stepdaughter were different.
“Things might be different if I actually had a relationship with her. But I don’t. I have only met her once in person, and honestly, I don’t know her that well,” she explained.
On top of that, she pointed out how her boyfriend’s daughter has no sentimental attachment to the ring. Her biological daughter, on the other hand, definitely will– since the ring would have belonged to both her great-grandmother and grandmother.
So, since she is unwilling to budge over the ring debacle, she basically told her boyfriend that if he ever proposed to her with the ring, then she would just return the heirloom to her dad for safekeeping.
But now, ever since that argument, she has still been left wondering whether refusing to hand down her grandmother’s engagement ring to her future stepdaughter makes her a jerk or not.
Is it understandable why she planned to give her daughter the engagement ring down the line? Why do you think her boyfriend expected her to give the engagement ring to her soon-to-be stepdaughter if they do not even have a relationship? Do you think her boyfriend is wrong in this scenario? How would you handle the situation?
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