wedding ring from first marriage

[purplewednesday]

I don't know if this is the best place to ask this but I'd appreciate your views:

I still have my wedding and engagement rings from my first marriage. Split up 15 yrs ago, no children, now married again with 2 DDS.

Do I keep them or sell them? (keep seeing adverts about selling unwanted jewelry)

Do you need the money?
Are you sentimental about things like this?
Do you look at them often? (i.e. would you miss them if they were gone?)
If you do sell, I would go to a jeweller rather than the TV companies, you're more likely to get a better deal.

I would sell if they hold no sentimental value

Ask your Ex if he wants them back?

My ex h didn't want mine back so I sold the engagement ring (and had a nice weekend away on the proceeds) and I chucked my wedding ring out to sea!

I sold my old wedding and engagement rings recently. It paid for a holiday for us

fake lol at the thought of asking The Ex! The short answer is no! Haven't spoken to him since 1995 and as he tried strangling me I have no desire to knock on the door. Plus its about 200 miles from where I live now.

The engagement ring cost a pittance so I might get a takeaway if i sold it I think it was more of a symbol of ownership than anything else.
I don't need the money.
Good idea about a jeweler rather than TV company.
I think, confusingly, that I am a bit sentimental about it. Have no idea why though.

Don't get rid unless you're sure you wouldn't miss them. Especially if they're not worth much.

Thanks for your thoughts ladies. Will decide tomorrow.

PS -JTP - there is a thread full of women stalking you....who are you, and why do you need stalking?

What did you decide?

My daughter has her eye on my wedding ring its 22 carat white gold with diamonds around the edge - it has been tempting to sell it at times as it is worth a lot of money but I have decided I will give it to her on her 18th birthday - as its a symbol of the love I once had for her father.

Their dad has said DS1 can have his (which is quite decent of him) and my engagement ring I have no idea what I will do with that maybe give it to DS2 (he is not my ex's son).

Its tough though to decide what to do with them.

still haven't decided!

I guess while i am not 100% convinced to sell i should hang on to them.

Actually i think i will get a price for them and then see...

I pawned mine and spent the money on fags.

When I found out DH No1 was having an affair I put my wedding ring in his condom box

I've given mine to my husband. They're not worth much anyway.

I still have mine too, although since my reason for leaving him was his complete uselessness with money, including gambling most of it and taking out loans against our joint house behind my back (with no intention or possibility of paying back), I suspect I'd possibly get a can of Coke with the proceeds from both!!
Still not sure though whether to hang on to them and give them to our daughter when she's older.
(Sorry if this is a bit of a hijack)

I gave mine to our son.

I chucked my wedding ring in the River Swale about a year after we split up, after 15 year married. It felt liberating, final and dramatic.

I don't think you should hang on to them. ANd selling them seems all wrong to me.

My friend sold her wedding and engagement rings and bought herself a "new leaf" ring on the proceeds. Sold the original rings to a jeweller, who designed and made her new ring.

I've bought a big sparkly yet cheap ring that I wear on my middle finger. A "fuck you" ring, if you will!