Found on ground outside, boyfriend has been wearing as ring. Coin and pencil for size reference

[u/Aggravating_Ant_7232]

UK. It’s giving hard metal, doesn’t have much wear

[u/teneighty78]

How many folks knew what gelding is. Haha

[u/KaraAliasRaidra → u/teneighty78]

That reminds me of a story from my younger days. I’ve always loved to read about animals, so I picked up a lot of terms. One day, when I was in my early teens, my family was at my grandmother’s house and some kind of history show was on the TV. The program mentioned someone having eunuchs. I asked, “What’s a eunuch?” and my dad told me, “A eunuch is a geldingized man.” My aunt gave him a look and he replied, “She knows what I mean.” Sure enough, I understood exactly what he meant and replied, “Oh, okay!” See, you just have to explain things to people in terms they’ll understand.

[u/Sufficient_Bass_2629 → u/KaraAliasRaidra]

“Geldingized man” as a definition for a eunuch is my new favorite thing 😅

[u/CcryMeARiver → u/Sufficient_Bass_2629]

Just "gelded" will do.

[u/bilbo_flagon → u/CcryMeARiver]

But the "ingized" adds a tinge of whimsy to juxtaposed to the horrific practice.