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To still wear my engagement ring?

34 replies

Missuspissy · 25/09/2019 21:56

We were engaged a year, wedding booked etc. Then we split up. It’s been about 3 months. We’re still friends, have started dating each other again and may well end up rekindling something. We were together 10 years, 3 kids...
I obviously don’t wear my ring anymore. I love it so much though. Would it be weird to still wear it? I can’t wear it in the other hand as I already wear a very sentimental ring
Does anyone else still wear theirs?

OP posts:
Saddlesore · 26/09/2019 12:30

Give it back. It's really bad form to keep it.

EmeraldShamrock · 26/09/2019 12:36

They are together again after 10 years in total with DC why would OP give it back.
I hope things work out. I'd wear the ring.
Why was the wedding called off OP.
If you think he'd be happy for you to wear it do, dont sell it.

mauvaisereputation · 26/09/2019 12:37

I think that you should leave the ring off for a little while. At the moment surely the main thing is concentrating on your relationship, and whether or not that's going to go anywhere. Getting back together after breaking off an engagement is going to be a very emotionally difficult time for both of you and probably for your kids too. Having a physical reminder of the engagement is not going to help anyone. Put the ring in a drawer and make a decision about what to do with it in a year's time when it will hopefully be clear what's going on in the relationship.

MRex · 26/09/2019 12:48

After 10 years surely you know each other well enough to figure out if you want to be together or not. What sre you playing at messing around with what you'll do when you have 3 kids? Couples counselling would be much healthier than dating where you each try to just show off your shiny side; spend a few months to work out if you're able to have a good relationship or not, then the decision about where to wear your ring will be easier.

GiveMeHope103 · 26/09/2019 12:51

I think after 3 children the sparkle of an engagement is a bit lost. I think it's weird that you feel that is the weird bit.

GeneHuntLover · 26/09/2019 12:57

Joy suckers are out again, keep wearing it and I hope things work out for you

Koshkaloca · 26/09/2019 13:03

That s so spot on!
The best advice 😍

Fink · 26/09/2019 13:18

I had my wedding and engagement rings melted down and reset as 1 new ring, different design. It was surprisingly inexpensive (comparatively speaking). Do what you want, it's just a piece of jewellery. What's more important is how you're dealing with the break-up and re-start of the relationship and how you're helping the kids to cope.

Bluntness100 · 26/09/2019 13:47

I think wearing it on a different finger is ok, but on your engagement finger it looks like you're all desperate and playing a game of make believe that you're still engaged.

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