To sell my wedding ring?

[Astarael]

Divorced (outwardly amicable, inwardly very much not so).

I'm keeping my engagement ring for DD (currently 3) but am thinking about selling my wedding ring. Could do with the extra cash (no maintenance from ex). Extra info is that the wedding ring was made to fit my engagement ring which is quite unusual so cost £600 and scrap value is about 1/5 of that!

AIBU? I can't see that DD would want the engagement ring I'm keeping for her as an engagement ring so can't see that she'd want the wedding ring as a set. Or will she be upset in future that I sold the wedding ring?

So I popped to the jewellers that they came from today. Took my gold Tiffanys necklace too (guilt present after one of his affairs). Been advised to sell the Tiffanys online as people will pay for the name.

Regarding the rings I'll apparently struggle to get £500 for both. Thinking about it though. He asked if I wanted to leave them for him to see if he can find a buyer but I chickened out

Maybe try and sell then yourself and you won't have to give the jeweller a cut.

If you are not ready though, then so long as you are not in dire need of the money you can think about it for a while.

As long as you can pay your bills, there's no need to rush into anything.

Sell both - DD won't know unless you tell her. I scrapped both of mine at a little shop that was closing down. The man asked me why I was getting rid and I burst into tears. He was ever so lovely and told me that he had a little cry earlier about his shop closing down (the business was failing). I used the money to buy a pair of earrings (someone I know did this and I thought it was a nice idea). They're pretty cheap but I can always give them to DD when she's older.

My wedding ring was made to fit my engagement ring. I had lusted after the engagement ring for years before I had even met my ex husband.
I loved both rings.
He was (& is) a complete twat.
I sold both rings as a matching pair when I had no money for food because he didn't pay maintenance.
I got a pittance for them, but hey, at least we could eat that week.

Update for you kind posters: I sold them today for enough to pay my mortgage next month. I burst into tears in the jewellers - mixture of sadness, relief and closure I think. I will buy my daughter something beautiful on her 21st birthday, something that hasn't been tainted!

I'm so glad you got enough to help, OP. A roof over your head is more important than a piece of jewelry and your daughter will appreciate a something that you've taken time to choose for her. I hope things keep looking up, OP.

Thank you for updating, onwards and upwards