Great story! Gig'em x2

Good bull!

Like the OP's Dad, I had to wait many years for my beloved Aggie ring, one main difference - I cut out the middleman. I enrolled at A&M in 1976, joining the Fightin' Texas Aggie Class of 1980. After soaking up as much of Aggieland as I could in one year (Fish Drill Team, Student Senate, Sparky's, Midnight Yell, Bonfire, Aggie Football, Corps Trips, "Hauling Off" the CO, "Flights of the Buzzard" in Duncan, Fish-Pisshead fights, "Flying to New Orleans" on the FDT bus, Taking Upperclassman "to the quad," etc.) I went to West Point. Many years later, when offered the opportunity by the Army to pursue a graduate degree, I jumped at the chance to return to A&M. I graduated in August of 2001, nearly 25 years to the day that I first arrived on campus. Shortly thereafter my Aggie ring arrived in the mail, properly emblazoned with my correct class year, "80" - I did far too many "class sets" for it to be anything else.

"We are the Aggies, the Aggies are we"

That's good biz. My pops lost his two years ago. I can't wait to get him another one after all the crap him and my mom have done for me. Good bull!

Good Bull! That was a really good story, I am a third generation Aggie and growing up seeing my grandpa and dad with their rings made me want mine more than anything in the world. I never take mine off and never will, it is the most important object I own and it symbolizes everything I worked for since I was a little kid. Glad you got to share that with your father and welcome to a family like no other. Gig 'Em.

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What my ring means to me: I finished that mother trucking pitcher of beer in :45 seconds!!!!

Love hearing stories like this!

Good Bull - what a great accomplishment for both of you!

As a father, I can tell you he is more proud to see your ring on your finger then he is of his own.

Good bull! I would love to see a pic of the two of you with your rings.

Good bull! I would love to see a pic of the two of you with your rings.

Good stuff

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Great bull! Thanks for sharing, congrats to you both.

Seems to me it's another case of “From the outside looking in, you can’t understand it. From the inside looking out, you can’t explain it”

Good bull, congratulations to you and your Dad!

My youngest daughter got her Aggie Ring this weekend too!!

Great story. Congrats to you and your dad.