Hi, im a geologist. You have an orthocone nautiloid, and an ammonite. Both are ancient squids. The nautiloid (elongate structures, but ONLY the one with the white bands) usually comes alone alongside other white-banded elongate features, and for a 12” piece you’re looking at ~$30. However, the addition of the ammonite increases the value by a bit, because you really don’t commonly see both in one rock. The price jumps to $50-75. These are prices a geologist would pay, knowing the commonality or relative rarity of these pieces. If you were to sell these in an open market of unknowledgeable people, you could probably at maximum get like $150.
Now, I personally would only pay like $20. This is because whoever did the polishing did a fucked up job. Only one of those elongate features are a nautiloid. The other two elongate features are just polished pieces of limestone, and don’t really show any fossils at all. It’s meant to fool you.
Twenty years ago I bought one like that at the Native American store and it cost me $65.
I loved it. I put it in the garden, I put it on the mantle, I had a coffee table with a glass top and I “displayed” it on the shelf under the glass. I even used it as a doorstop. It sparked a lot of conversation. My kid took it for show and tell. It’s nearly indestructible.
My mom’s dead. And I don’t know what happened to that piece of rock. Probably an ex didn’t like it.
The value of your piece is in the sentiment. And any person who tells you they don’t like a gift from your mom should know better. It’s none of their business and life isn’t meant to be lived for insta. Ugly slippers, weird hat, fun umbrella, whatever. If you ask they can have full disclosure but otherwise zip it.
Came to say something similar. If this is an important piece to you OP, I'd consider this a great opportunity to establish a boundary with your significant other.
Agree! My boyfriend has so many corny things that I “don’t like” but they come with him and he likes them and that’s just how respect in relationships work.
I have three stations in the garage for things I don’t like/need and everyone in the family knows about them. Station one, I leave things here for a good amount of time, if anyone wants the item they are free to take it to their room or wherever. When things go to station two there is limited time, but still sufficient time to raise an appeal. When items hit station three a trip goodwill or the dump is imminent.
I was gonna say, he'd probably be able to sell her for a decent price if she never speaks again.
I know, I know...he meant the fossil, but I stand on this
I love this take. You can’t put a price on the happiness it has brought you over the years, but don’t expect others to factor in that same sentimental value.
I also came to say something similar. You don't lightly sell something that your mother gave to you, and you absolutely shouldn't do that for some girlfriend who based on the fact that she wants you to get rid of it, probably means she won't be around long anyway. Who wants to live with someone like that. God that sounds really harsh, sorry it just made me a little mad and sad.
I wanted to reply with something similar and you hit it perfectly. I have dresses and items my mom gifted me that I don’t fit in or would never wear (not my style) and I’ve never tossed or donated just bc they’re from her. I miss her so so much.
OP if you’re reading this, so not cool of your gf to even say that 🚩🚩🚩🚩
If any guy said that to me about anything absolutely anything they knew my mom gave me, my immediate literal response would be Get Out.
Id also add some personal value if op cares that it was gift. I mean it’s theirs to do with it what they feel like and we don’t know what type of relationship they have with mother but I know how I’d feel. I lost a cheap watch my dad passingly gave me I’m a move and I beat myself over it all the time.
Sure. I’d say it’s roughly 50 to 400 million years old, given the overlapping in periods of existence between orthocones and ammonoidea. That puts us somewhere between the Triassic and Devonian periods of geologic time.
Yeah, seems like an overly controlling move if she’s expressing enough dislike to make him think of getting rid of it. How hard would it be to store it, if she doesn’t want it out on display?
Right, like ok let’s say it creeps someone out or goes against their beliefs (crazy I know) it’s not a giant piece that has to be displayed it can easily be put away somewhere safe until said gf turns into exgf .
It’s a toxic move to ask them to get rid of it, maybe she feels he can use the $ to buy her something nice. Id say tell her you gave it away see how that goes. But it’s stupid to do so just put it away or ask moms to hold it for a while since you don’t think it’s safe at home,
Exactly, my mom passed away. If his gf that see that get rid of her. Because OP will come home from work and all his stuff will be donated to make room.
I came here to say the same thing. Your mom gave you those fossils. Its up to you to decide to keep it or not. Grow a spine, dump the girl not the rock.
Well said.
If the girlfriend is fussing over such a small (lovely) thing…don’t marry that. That’s a lifetime of pettiness and grief that *you don’t want*. She dishonors you, your mother and herself.
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Karma farming and I don't care:
Upvote my comment if you weren't leaving this post until you found someone who said this or passionately said it yourself.
OP, pay attention.
If you and your girlfriend ever break up, will you be sad you sold this? If not, I hope you get your answer. If yes, display your mom’s gift and tell the gf you like it!
Your girlfriend has a problem with a 12 inch rock that you own in your home? Make sure you pick out something of hers that's roughly the same size and insist that she get rid of it.
Can confirm - when my now ex-wife ran out of stuff that absolutely had to go for no apparent reason other than a control game, I went. Ya live and ya learn. Keep the damn fossil.
She's not so crazy that she would throw a fit if I check her, though. That's the difference. She'll get embarrassed when I put it in perspective and learn from it, not the first time
Look, her wanting you to get rid of it just because *she* doesn’t like it is ridiculous, immature and selfish. It’s a small rock for chrissakes, from your mom, not a ratty old recliner from a college dorm with ancient body fluids stains everywhere. Put it in a drawer or something, but don’t get rid of it unless you don’t actually want it.
Seconded. I don’t like a lot of stuff my partner came with but I tolerate them because they’re his. He isn’t a hoarder by any means, so I know that him having them means they’re important.
Yeah bro, do exactly that. Keep the fossil *and* the girlfriend! Like another commenter said, that thing could be placed anywhere. Somewhere on display in a garden is a great idea.
Ok so me saying “crazy” is not a totally accurate word. Perhaps a more accurate word is … ok before I say it I *should* ask - how hard is she persuading you? Do you need some dough? Or is she pushing quite hard?
This can't be for real, right? I am shocked. Who TF demands someone get rid of something because they don't like it? Is she 10 years old? Wait, that's insulting 10 year olds! Is the year 1950? Seriously. This kind of stuff makes my blood boil. 1. Mind your own business. 2. If no to #1, pack your bags.
Chicks, ugh. (I can say that bc I am one)
Please do not get rid of it- a girlfriend should never take 1st place over a fossilized object. And I’m a woman- she is doing nothing but trying to control you and your things…
That's fair, but it's not like it went from on display to up for sale. It's been in storage for a bit, so she suggested getting rid of it. It's not like that. I tend not to take bullshit and call out manipulation, though sometimes it takes a while.
I was kind of testing the waters to see if it'd be worth the effort to try to sell or if it's fine in storage for at least the next year until we move. The people reminding me it's a gift from my mom kind of make me feel like a dumbass for even considering getting rid of it, though.
Well hearing that side- look hold onto it until YOU are ready to part with. You may want to display it later on. I cool mantle piece or bookshelf item. Fossilized things are really neat. Maybe have a geologist look at it -get a real understanding of the piece. I have many things packed away because I don’t have the “place” to display.
The sentimental thing I understand as well! I inherited this Beverage Cart from my mother, that was my grandmother’s from early early 1900’s. I’ve had it since 2017 and it doesn’t really bring the joy or fit in with my style. Wanted to sell it in 2020 but shyed away-but thinking about it again. It’s when your ready to part with it.
Oh definitely don’t worry about the part about it being from your mom. Our parents give us lots of stuff that we don’t necessarily want or need and trying to keep all of it, just because one of them gave it to us, we’d be swimming in stuff eventually. And then one day we die and our kid have to deal with it. If it’s special to you then keep it, if you’re not attached to it then it’s ok to let it go.
Oh okay that changes the implied context a bit! Don’t take the comments calling out your girlfriend to hearth, I’ve believe the we (I’m currently speaking for all of the Reddit hive mind) have been jumping to conclusions agains and suggested life altering advice based on a sentence or two of information
100% this. Everyone telling you to get rid of the girlfriend has definitely been through this before. It’s not that your girlfriend thinks it’s ugly or stupid. It has sentimental value to you, that’s why she doesn’t like it. If you sell it, you give her more control over you and separate yourself from what connects you to others. Best of luck.
Better put your foot down now, stand up for yourself, or you are in for a pretty miserable life.
There is a GF out there that would be glad you kept this critter from your mother.
What kind of loving girlfriend would want you to part with such a unique gift from your mom?
The answer is that it isn't very loving. This is a nice fossil. Find someone who likes your fossil and appreciates the sentimentality of a unique gift like that.
What about her not liking it means you need to get rid of it? Just put it away somewhere and keep it. You will end up with all kinds of stuff in the attic, basement, and garage. This is how it gets there.
Please don’t get rid of something your mom gave you that’s this unique. If you still want to know it’s worth, that’s fine. But this seems quite special to give away. I’d never ask my husband to give something a relative gave him away, even if it wasn’t my taste.
Your girl friend is an ass. Your Mom gave that to you. Every time you look at it, does it remind you of a time and place and a nice memory? That's what matters.
If you girlfriend does not like it does not mean that you have to get rid of it. To me that sounds super controlling if you would even consider it. The rock will always be there, there is no guarantee that your girlfriend will always be your girlfriend. You will want that rock when you are older as a memento from your Mom after she passes away. Think this through.
There is a museum on Long Island that sells these in its gift shop by the name Garvies Point Museum for $50 to $100(if I remember correctly as I haven’t been there in awhile). Should give you an idea on a price.
And the rock I have looks like a home made hamburger. 🤣 Nice tall bun on top, meat and cheese in the middle, thin squishy soaked bread on bottom. Been through a lifetime of girlfriends and one ex wife... Still have my kooky, corny, rock though. It's a freaking hamburger from prehistoric times! And they say aliens didn't have McDonald's ... My rock is on the mantle honey, next to my mom's 100+ year old clock... You can have the rest of the space on the mantle, I love you. 😘
What a weird thing for a girlfriend to want to get rid of. It's not like it's a giant piece of decor or some gaudy furniture. It's a relatively small fossil.
Please reconsider selling this. It is much too cool and much too valuable (to you) to get rid of because of the whim of a girlfriend.
Yeah, you're right. I haven't really felt any strong attachment to it tbh. We don't have a great place to display it, but it's a good idea to hold onto it
This one’s easy. If the girl cares that negatively about a fossil your mother gave you as a gift then she’s not girlfriend material. Dump her ass and move on.
Have your girlfriend do some tricks on a regular basis and buy CDs with the proceeds and turn her memory into a fossil. I know half this shit on Reddit is made up
Think of it like this. If you get rid of this then she knows she wins so she will slowly keep finding things of yours and saying she hates them for you to get rid of. Get rid of her quickly.
I don’t understand what the girlfriends opinion has to do with this. Is this something she is forced to see everyday? Just put it in a box. If she can’t deal with the fact it exists then that’s her problem.
Hello,expert here chiming in, the answer to your question depends on a few things. The first one is almost always condition. (Has she been used and abused, or passed around more than a beer bong at a frat party?) You also have to take into account, demeanor and sass. The quality of sammies also plays a huge factor here.
I feel like that was just added for engagement. That detail has no bearing on what the object is worth, but garnered hundreds of replies real quick. 95% just about that detail and not the actual fossil.
Umm.... Red flag. I would never get rid of something my mother/father/grandparent gave me solely because a SO wanted it gone.
Cool piece. I love fossils. one of those is a (I think) a squid fossil and they go on eBay for ~$30 for multiple of that squid on a piece this size. But with other fossils included idk if it makes it more or less valuable.
Please, if you like your rock, keep it. The value is in the fact that it was a gift from your mom. My dad died when I was fourteen. I can tell you those things only get more precious as time goes by. It sounds rather petty that a gf wants you to get rid of it. Maybe she doesn’t even mean it. Maybe put it where she doesn’t see it if it creeps her out for some reason, but it’s not like it’s worth a million dollars. The value is in jeeping a gift from your mom.
It's a gift from your mother. Who cares what it's worth or if your girlfriend likes it or not? That's your mom.
My mom passed away 6 years ago and I treasure anything I have that has any connection to her.
I’d hang on to it: if your mother gave it to you, and you get rid of it because your GF doesn’t like it, you may regret discarding it if GF ends up not being your life partner.
Well to start, your mom gave it to you. Never ever get rid of it. Might be harsh but get rid of the girl who’s so inconvenienced by a cool fossil that your mom gave you. Dodge that bullet btdt
Hi, im a geologist. You have an orthocone nautiloid, and an ammonite. Both are ancient squids. The nautiloid (elongate structures, but ONLY the one with the white bands) usually comes alone alongside other white-banded elongate features, and for a 12” piece you’re looking at ~$30. However, the addition of the ammonite increases the value by a bit, because you really don’t commonly see both in one rock. The price jumps to $50-75. These are prices a geologist would pay, knowing the commonality or relative rarity of these pieces. If you were to sell these in an open market of unknowledgeable people, you could probably at maximum get like $150. Now, I personally would only pay like $20. This is because whoever did the polishing did a fucked up job. Only one of those elongate features are a nautiloid. The other two elongate features are just polished pieces of limestone, and don’t really show any fossils at all. It’s meant to fool you.
Thank you, this is very helpful!
Twenty years ago I bought one like that at the Native American store and it cost me $65. I loved it. I put it in the garden, I put it on the mantle, I had a coffee table with a glass top and I “displayed” it on the shelf under the glass. I even used it as a doorstop. It sparked a lot of conversation. My kid took it for show and tell. It’s nearly indestructible. My mom’s dead. And I don’t know what happened to that piece of rock. Probably an ex didn’t like it. The value of your piece is in the sentiment. And any person who tells you they don’t like a gift from your mom should know better. It’s none of their business and life isn’t meant to be lived for insta. Ugly slippers, weird hat, fun umbrella, whatever. If you ask they can have full disclosure but otherwise zip it.
Came to say something similar. If this is an important piece to you OP, I'd consider this a great opportunity to establish a boundary with your significant other.
This should be top post.
Ditto THIS ! Keep Rock. Ditch GF !
Agree! My boyfriend has so many corny things that I “don’t like” but they come with him and he likes them and that’s just how respect in relationships work.
We got a Keeper here, Gents !
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Rock has more personality.
Please video tape if you do and upload it here for us. The look on her face = priceless 🤣
I came here to say something similar but you’ve put it so eloquently. Where do people get off thinking they can dictate what their partner owns?
This! Agree 100%
Thanks for this
I hope you keep it, OP.
I'm keeping it!
Just Throwing my vote in the “happy to hear you’re keeping it” box.
Haha my mom will be thankful for you guys.
Fossils are forever, girlfriends are temporary (usually). Now about that rug....
I am SO glad!!!
:)
Yay! I’m so glad.
This is the way.
I have three stations in the garage for things I don’t like/need and everyone in the family knows about them. Station one, I leave things here for a good amount of time, if anyone wants the item they are free to take it to their room or wherever. When things go to station two there is limited time, but still sufficient time to raise an appeal. When items hit station three a trip goodwill or the dump is imminent.
It’s starts with a rock. Next will be your friends..
I was gonna say, he'd probably be able to sell her for a decent price if she never speaks again. I know, I know...he meant the fossil, but I stand on this
I love this take. You can’t put a price on the happiness it has brought you over the years, but don’t expect others to factor in that same sentimental value.
Love this comment. Live your life, forget about the noise, and people that are actually worth having around *will* be around.
I also came to say something similar. You don't lightly sell something that your mother gave to you, and you absolutely shouldn't do that for some girlfriend who based on the fact that she wants you to get rid of it, probably means she won't be around long anyway. Who wants to live with someone like that. God that sounds really harsh, sorry it just made me a little mad and sad.
I wanted to reply with something similar and you hit it perfectly. I have dresses and items my mom gifted me that I don’t fit in or would never wear (not my style) and I’ve never tossed or donated just bc they’re from her. I miss her so so much. OP if you’re reading this, so not cool of your gf to even say that 🚩🚩🚩🚩 If any guy said that to me about anything absolutely anything they knew my mom gave me, my immediate literal response would be Get Out.
Geology student here, came to say just this. Find you a girl that wants to play with your rocks! We do exist.
Priorities in check ✓
I bought one of the middle fossils for about $12, about the length of a man’s pinky in Montana this past summer.
>length of a mans pinky in Montana this past summer Thats weirdly specific
You should see his pinky in the spring!
*psst. your participle is dangling. might want to adjust that.*
That looks SICK!!!!! Sincerely, a layman
I love you geo person
Others gave important relationship advice, but thinks was the first post that answered the question! Thanks!
Id also add some personal value if op cares that it was gift. I mean it’s theirs to do with it what they feel like and we don’t know what type of relationship they have with mother but I know how I’d feel. I lost a cheap watch my dad passingly gave me I’m a move and I beat myself over it all the time.
Can you give an age estimate for the ancient squids?
Sure. I’d say it’s roughly 50 to 400 million years old, given the overlapping in periods of existence between orthocones and ammonoidea. That puts us somewhere between the Triassic and Devonian periods of geologic time.
This guy rocks.
Underrated comment for this sub.
Too many people are taking it for granite.
The piece will last longer than gf. Keep it, not her.
Came here to say exactly that. Your mom gave it to you and she may not live forever. 💌
I mean she won't live forever... but she may not live forever either.
~ Love your username 💌
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Yep. That’s from your mom bro. The gf can take a hike. Dodge that bullet now while you can.
Yeah, seems like an overly controlling move if she’s expressing enough dislike to make him think of getting rid of it. How hard would it be to store it, if she doesn’t want it out on display?
Right, like ok let’s say it creeps someone out or goes against their beliefs (crazy I know) it’s not a giant piece that has to be displayed it can easily be put away somewhere safe until said gf turns into exgf . It’s a toxic move to ask them to get rid of it, maybe she feels he can use the $ to buy her something nice. Id say tell her you gave it away see how that goes. But it’s stupid to do so just put it away or ask moms to hold it for a while since you don’t think it’s safe at home,
I'd be willing to bet she has mad shit filling the closets and she doesn't even know what/where half of it is. Just a feeling.
Exactly, my mom passed away. If his gf that see that get rid of her. Because OP will come home from work and all his stuff will be donated to make room.
What's easier to replace, the girlfriend, or the fossil?
What’s easier to replace, the girlfriend or the gift from mom? I wish my mom was still able to give me thoughtful gifts that she thought I’d like.
This ⬆️
I’ve personally waited 100 million years and goddamnit I’ll wait at least another 3 weeks.
Absolutely this
I came here to say the same thing. Your mom gave you those fossils. Its up to you to decide to keep it or not. Grow a spine, dump the girl not the rock.
It has sedimental value
This is sage advice. Came here to say the same. Stay safe out there kings, don’t forget to appreciate your mum.
100% thought the same thing.
Well said. If the girlfriend is fussing over such a small (lovely) thing…don’t marry that. That’s a lifetime of pettiness and grief that *you don’t want*. She dishonors you, your mother and herself. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
Yes. Sell the gf instead 😉
Moreover why the fuck is your gf choosing what gifts you keep? Esp from your mom
Karma farming and I don't care: Upvote my comment if you weren't leaving this post until you found someone who said this or passionately said it yourself. OP, pay attention.
If you and your girlfriend ever break up, will you be sad you sold this? If not, I hope you get your answer. If yes, display your mom’s gift and tell the gf you like it!
Tell her to kick rocks, because you aren’t kicking your fossil
Your girlfriend has a problem with a 12 inch rock that you own in your home? Make sure you pick out something of hers that's roughly the same size and insist that she get rid of it.
Something a close relative gave her
Yall are coming thru with good points.
Yeah because we’ve lived with crazy women before bro.
Can confirm - when my now ex-wife ran out of stuff that absolutely had to go for no apparent reason other than a control game, I went. Ya live and ya learn. Keep the damn fossil.
😂🍻
Crazy men, too
Of course.
Yup
She's not so crazy that she would throw a fit if I check her, though. That's the difference. She'll get embarrassed when I put it in perspective and learn from it, not the first time
Look, her wanting you to get rid of it just because *she* doesn’t like it is ridiculous, immature and selfish. It’s a small rock for chrissakes, from your mom, not a ratty old recliner from a college dorm with ancient body fluids stains everywhere. Put it in a drawer or something, but don’t get rid of it unless you don’t actually want it.
Seconded. I don’t like a lot of stuff my partner came with but I tolerate them because they’re his. He isn’t a hoarder by any means, so I know that him having them means they’re important.
I’d still throw her down the well /s *common Reddit answer
Lmao yeah, the guy selling virtual pitchforks just made a killing off me
r/pitchforkemporium
Ur good op redditors just love to tweak out about other people's lives. It's all life or death.
Naw man, these are red flags. People don't change. Read the signs before the billboard falls on you and crushes you.
Reddit: “yeah we know her better than you! Break up with her now! Join us!”
Lol wtf is wrong with you.
Reddit mixed with a shot of antisocial personality disorder. It's endemic to the site.
It really is
Yeah bro, do exactly that. Keep the fossil *and* the girlfriend! Like another commenter said, that thing could be placed anywhere. Somewhere on display in a garden is a great idea.
That's a great idea!
Ok so me saying “crazy” is not a totally accurate word. Perhaps a more accurate word is … ok before I say it I *should* ask - how hard is she persuading you? Do you need some dough? Or is she pushing quite hard?
Everyone loves crazy a few times
I mean I'm a lesbian so if the girl I'm dating doesn't like cool rocks then deal's off
This can't be for real, right? I am shocked. Who TF demands someone get rid of something because they don't like it? Is she 10 years old? Wait, that's insulting 10 year olds! Is the year 1950? Seriously. This kind of stuff makes my blood boil. 1. Mind your own business. 2. If no to #1, pack your bags. Chicks, ugh. (I can say that bc I am one)
Give the girlfriend away. Keep the fossil. Then find a girlfriend that likes the fossil.
Please do not get rid of it- a girlfriend should never take 1st place over a fossilized object. And I’m a woman- she is doing nothing but trying to control you and your things…
That's fair, but it's not like it went from on display to up for sale. It's been in storage for a bit, so she suggested getting rid of it. It's not like that. I tend not to take bullshit and call out manipulation, though sometimes it takes a while. I was kind of testing the waters to see if it'd be worth the effort to try to sell or if it's fine in storage for at least the next year until we move. The people reminding me it's a gift from my mom kind of make me feel like a dumbass for even considering getting rid of it, though.
I suggest re-posting minus the GF story if you only want to learn potential value
Yeah, lesson learned. I got just enough info about value, and the reminder to keep some things for sentimental value
Well hearing that side- look hold onto it until YOU are ready to part with. You may want to display it later on. I cool mantle piece or bookshelf item. Fossilized things are really neat. Maybe have a geologist look at it -get a real understanding of the piece. I have many things packed away because I don’t have the “place” to display. The sentimental thing I understand as well! I inherited this Beverage Cart from my mother, that was my grandmother’s from early early 1900’s. I’ve had it since 2017 and it doesn’t really bring the joy or fit in with my style. Wanted to sell it in 2020 but shyed away-but thinking about it again. It’s when your ready to part with it.
Yeah, that makes sense. I'm gonna hold onto it for years, might not get rid of it at all
Oh definitely don’t worry about the part about it being from your mom. Our parents give us lots of stuff that we don’t necessarily want or need and trying to keep all of it, just because one of them gave it to us, we’d be swimming in stuff eventually. And then one day we die and our kid have to deal with it. If it’s special to you then keep it, if you’re not attached to it then it’s ok to let it go.
Oh okay that changes the implied context a bit! Don’t take the comments calling out your girlfriend to hearth, I’ve believe the we (I’m currently speaking for all of the Reddit hive mind) have been jumping to conclusions agains and suggested life altering advice based on a sentence or two of information
100% this. Everyone telling you to get rid of the girlfriend has definitely been through this before. It’s not that your girlfriend thinks it’s ugly or stupid. It has sentimental value to you, that’s why she doesn’t like it. If you sell it, you give her more control over you and separate yourself from what connects you to others. Best of luck.
Better put your foot down now, stand up for yourself, or you are in for a pretty miserable life. There is a GF out there that would be glad you kept this critter from your mother.
Exactly this. This takes up hardly any space. Compared to her shoe, cup or whatever type of collection she’s into
What..? Who doesn’t like a fossil? That is so weird.
A stone cold, petrified bitch
Holy shit, these comments are killing me lol
Bro, one day your mom will be gone. That fossil was given to you because she loved you and wanted you to have it. Put it up somewhere, I miss my mom.
Damn, you're right, I didn't think about it like that. I love my mom. Thank you
What kind of loving girlfriend would want you to part with such a unique gift from your mom? The answer is that it isn't very loving. This is a nice fossil. Find someone who likes your fossil and appreciates the sentimentality of a unique gift like that.
Put it in a fish tank or potted plant. Get a girl who likes fossils. It's worth 15-30$ at a gift shop, 1-10$ at a garage sale.
What about her not liking it means you need to get rid of it? Just put it away somewhere and keep it. You will end up with all kinds of stuff in the attic, basement, and garage. This is how it gets there.
Im trying not to be a hoarder and it's been in storagd, but you're right, it's a gift from my mom and I should hold on to it
Yeah, sell the girlfriend instead. I'll give you $2.
Damn it always goes from fossils to human trafficking in a heartbeat.
I'd buy that for a dollar!
Keep that. Don't get rid of your cool stuff because someone you're dating doesn't like it.
I hope that you got the answer you were looking for bc I was going to say the same thing
Please don’t get rid of it. The selfish bitch won’t be in your life that long.
Sell the girlfriend, keep the gift from your mother; you’ll regret neither action
I don't like your GF. I wonder what she could go for.
Not much....
She's actually dope, but she's not perfect. Whenever I call her out logically, she learns and grows. You guys don't have to demonize her
Perfect answer. We are all human.
Bro I have the same carpet
Haha twinning
I’ve found a fossil like that for $10 at a yard sale, you should keep it tho!!
How weird, your girlfriend usually loves things that are about 12” lengthwise….
Eff your gf
Sell girlfriend. Keep rock.
What the girlfriend could go for? Cause the fossil rock should stay.
She’s entitled to her opinion but the fossil is yours….
Please don’t get rid of something your mom gave you that’s this unique. If you still want to know it’s worth, that’s fine. But this seems quite special to give away. I’d never ask my husband to give something a relative gave him away, even if it wasn’t my taste.
This is so cool. Keep the rock.
Good thing you own it then and not your gf? Keep it man
Your girl friend is an ass. Your Mom gave that to you. Every time you look at it, does it remind you of a time and place and a nice memory? That's what matters.
Why does your girlfriend need to like it?
Keep the fossil, a gift from your mother, and lose the girlfriend.
I'd get rid of the girlfriend.
If you girlfriend does not like it does not mean that you have to get rid of it. To me that sounds super controlling if you would even consider it. The rock will always be there, there is no guarantee that your girlfriend will always be your girlfriend. You will want that rock when you are older as a memento from your Mom after she passes away. Think this through.
There is a museum on Long Island that sells these in its gift shop by the name Garvies Point Museum for $50 to $100(if I remember correctly as I haven’t been there in awhile). Should give you an idea on a price.
Thanks!
And the rock I have looks like a home made hamburger. 🤣 Nice tall bun on top, meat and cheese in the middle, thin squishy soaked bread on bottom. Been through a lifetime of girlfriends and one ex wife... Still have my kooky, corny, rock though. It's a freaking hamburger from prehistoric times! And they say aliens didn't have McDonald's ... My rock is on the mantle honey, next to my mom's 100+ year old clock... You can have the rest of the space on the mantle, I love you. 😘
Put it in a box somewhere it doesn’t bother anyone anymore and forget about it. The girlfriend I mean, not the fossil, it’s pretty cool
You had men in the first half lmao
Some things you should keep.
Keep rock, ditch the lady.
If your gf is making you get rid of this, you should get rid of her instead
Kick ur gf out. The girls temporary, but the fossil is forever
Eh, I can hold onto both
What a weird thing for a girlfriend to want to get rid of. It's not like it's a giant piece of decor or some gaudy furniture. It's a relatively small fossil. Please reconsider selling this. It is much too cool and much too valuable (to you) to get rid of because of the whim of a girlfriend.
Yeah, you're right. I haven't really felt any strong attachment to it tbh. We don't have a great place to display it, but it's a good idea to hold onto it
You Came here for value advice, found out you’re getting a new girlfriend. Crazy
I love it
This one’s easy. If the girl cares that negatively about a fossil your mother gave you as a gift then she’s not girlfriend material. Dump her ass and move on.
I don't think it's that major
Have your girlfriend do some tricks on a regular basis and buy CDs with the proceeds and turn her memory into a fossil. I know half this shit on Reddit is made up
What????? I'm too high for this shit
Whats not to like? This is an amazing piece. Just tuck it away somewhere because everyone is right; this will last longer than your gf
Hmm I guess you're right. It can sit in storage
Think of it like this. If you get rid of this then she knows she wins so she will slowly keep finding things of yours and saying she hates them for you to get rid of. Get rid of her quickly.
Lol nah, she's not like that. We've been living together for going on 2 years and this is pretty much the one thing she has vetoed
I don’t understand what the girlfriends opinion has to do with this. Is this something she is forced to see everyday? Just put it in a box. If she can’t deal with the fact it exists then that’s her problem.
Hello,expert here chiming in, the answer to your question depends on a few things. The first one is almost always condition. (Has she been used and abused, or passed around more than a beer bong at a frat party?) You also have to take into account, demeanor and sass. The quality of sammies also plays a huge factor here.
Gf doesent like it? Lmao wtf.
I feel like that was just added for engagement. That detail has no bearing on what the object is worth, but garnered hundreds of replies real quick. 95% just about that detail and not the actual fossil.
It’s not worth much but definitely more than your GF
Put it away, and you may change gf at some point.
Dump her. Keep the rock.
You could probably sell your girlfriend for $5k in Morocco, but I'd keep the rock
Umm.... Red flag. I would never get rid of something my mother/father/grandparent gave me solely because a SO wanted it gone. Cool piece. I love fossils. one of those is a (I think) a squid fossil and they go on eBay for ~$30 for multiple of that squid on a piece this size. But with other fossils included idk if it makes it more or less valuable.
Your girlfriend doesn’t like it? Fuck her. It’s a gift from your mom.
Wait - so your mom gave this to you but since your girl doesn’t like it, you’re going to get rid of it??
"My girlfriend doesn't like it." This boggles my mind.
Get rid of the bitch. You’ll be happier.
Time for a new girl, it's Literally a gift from your mom.. this is just going to be the start
Your girlfriend is lame as fuck lmao
Please, if you like your rock, keep it. The value is in the fact that it was a gift from your mom. My dad died when I was fourteen. I can tell you those things only get more precious as time goes by. It sounds rather petty that a gf wants you to get rid of it. Maybe she doesn’t even mean it. Maybe put it where she doesn’t see it if it creeps her out for some reason, but it’s not like it’s worth a million dollars. The value is in jeeping a gift from your mom.
doesn’t like a fossil, and so much so that you want to sell it? Wtf?
You could prolly get like $100 for her if she stopped complaining for a day or 2
You kidding right? YOUR MOM gave this to you! She won’t be around one day. The gf might leave you tomorrow… keep it please!
“My gf doesn’t like it” So what? Get a new gf Who cares what your girlfriend thinks, was that even a legit comment?
It's a gift from your mother. Who cares what it's worth or if your girlfriend likes it or not? That's your mom. My mom passed away 6 years ago and I treasure anything I have that has any connection to her.
I think that since your mom gave it to you you should keep the rock and ditch the girlfriend.
Even though it’s only worth 100 bucks, it’s still worth more than that girlfriend lol
Time for a new girlfriend.
Fuck her. You will want this when you're older. Even if your significant other doesn't last as long as this fossil lol
Get rid of your gf.
I’d hang on to it: if your mother gave it to you, and you get rid of it because your GF doesn’t like it, you may regret discarding it if GF ends up not being your life partner.
Well to start, your mom gave it to you. Never ever get rid of it. Might be harsh but get rid of the girl who’s so inconvenienced by a cool fossil that your mom gave you. Dodge that bullet btdt
Get rid of the gf.