wow.

BOSTON (Reuters) -- Are diamonds really forever?

An anonymous gift-giver left a $15,000 diamond engagement ring to the owner of an unlocked car in western Massachusetts with a typed note hinting at a broken heart.

"Merry Christmas. Thank you for leaving your car door unlocked. Instead of stealing your car I gave you a present. Hopefully this will land in the hands of someone you love, for my love is gone now. Merry Christmas to you," the note said. (Watch footage of the diamond ring -- :40)

The three-diamond ring with a white-gold band appeared on the seat of the man's car at a train station in Westborough, about 30 miles west of Boston, on December 7, police said. Four days later, the man reported it to police.

"This appears to be random," said Westborough Police Lt. Paul Donnelly. "I think there was a search for a car that was unlocked."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/15/ring.found.reuters.reut/index.html?section=cnn_topstories

But cool in a way...Hope the person who left the engagement ring did not do harm to him/herself.

I hope the 'giver' is ok. :(

but it did...About 8 months ago, one of the players on my son's baseball team committed suicide over a break up with his girlfriend. He was 14 years old.

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That is so tragic KW! How awful for everyone concerned. I hope your son is dealing with it ok too. It's hard to lose friends at any age .. but geez :(

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It begs so many questions. We'll never know what really happened to the person's love.

Yeah I'd like to know why the engagement was off. To give away a ring like that would take a person who was really affected on a deep level. Maybe she just dumped him, maybe she was found cheating on him. I'd love to know.

and this is some way of passing the love on. Just a thought.

I never thought of that. But yeah you're right.

someone who lost his wife to old age, disease or dementia.

Some friends of ours are a lovely couple. He still refers to his wife as his "beautiful bride" (and it doesn't even sound corny when he does it). His heart will be broken when she is gone, but I could see him doing something like this. He'd see it as helping someone else enjoy life as much as he has.

Of course, I'm a hopeless romantic...

That person sounds like a generous loving person. I hope good comes back to that person a thousand fold.

that poor guy. I hope he didn't hurt himself, either.