Am I? For thinking if selling rings?

[marvelroom]

My husband has left me and I'm sat looking at my rings. What does one do with them? Is it crass to sell them and buy a piece of jewellery?

Not if there’s no chance of a reconciliation.
Sorry to hear that

No he is adamant it's over and doesn't love me anymore so it is over and thank you.

Buy yourself something stunning!

Get them made into some earrings or a necklace? Something pretty to come out of the mess of divorce

You won’t get much money for them. You could get them melted and remade into something cool but that would cost more money!

There was a long thread recently about the appallingly low amounts you will gain from the majority of jewellery resale. Maybe you could save the pieces and get the stones reset into something lovely? That would reference a time when you were (presumably) happy with your new future.

Should I get something made for my daughters? Or is a clean slate the way to go? They would have cost e3k ten years ago so I don't expect much at all.I don't want to wear any part of them though if that makes sense.

That's a positive way of looking at it also @MatildaTheCat thanks

I'd sell them. Even if you get next to nothing, who cares? They're gone.

I wouldn't have wanted my moms melted down wedding ring when my parents divorced to be honest.

I gave mine to a charity- they sold them and it went towards building a well.

Totally up to you OP, whatever you decide will be the right decision. You could flog them for a tenner and buy an M&S takeaway and it’d be absolutely fine.

Just to add another perspective though, even though my parents divorced when I was twelve, I was still really glad to have my mum’s wedding ring from when she was married to my dad when she died. I had it resized and wore it on my little finger until I got engaged/married about a decade after she’d died. Was only worth about £20, but it was comforting to have a physical connection to her by wearing the ring she wore for years, if that makes sense.

I was only early twenties when she died though and maybe your DDs are already grown, and maybe by the time you’re gone they wouldn’t really be bothered by that kind of thing, only you and they know.

I would have been just as happy though if I’d known she’d sold it for whatever reason when she was alive and I wouldn’t have known any different than not having anything physical from her.

I sold mine and had a night out with my mate!!

I left mine behind, I just didn't want them.

I sold my engagement and wedding rings,both gold and diamonds and they were only worth £60.They go on weight.I used to money to get very drunk and celebrate my freedom.

Part exchange them for a lovely piece of jewellery, I did that with mine and got much more than if I had sold them.

I'm sorry you're going through this. 💐 There's no rush, don't do anything straight away, keep them safe until you're head's in a better place.
I melted mine down and put the money to the cocktail fund on holiday. 🍹

My mum gave me the engagement ring my dad gave her when I was 18. They divorced before I was 1. I think she just didn't know what else to do with it

My mother gave me her and my fathers wedding ring. They divorced when I was 4 or 5.

They were a shit married couple from the little I can remember so it's good that they didn't stay together as they were better people and parents apart, they became friends and coparents once they got past the hurt of the marriage. She asked my sibling and I when we were adults if we ever wished they had stayed together and we both just burst out laughing and replied no way you're better apart!

I'm glad she gave me the rings though because it signifies a time in their life when they wanted to be together and build a family and have us. They represent the wishes for the future of their short (in terms of life) unbeknown to them short union