To throw diamond ring away

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I'm wondering...what did you do with your wedding/engagement ring after divorce?

You can get jewelry melted down & made into something new

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BeardyButton

“Have you looked into the stuff in your laptop and mobile phone?!? Diamonds are a bit of a red herring, really.“

Yes, I know and it is a big dilemma. I don’t have a laptop and this is my husband’s hand me down phone, certainly don’t need a new one. It’s knackered but works for the purposes I need. It’ll be sent off for recycling when it dies.

I’m afraid a phone is an essential to us. Jewellery isn’t and I don’t wear any.

Actually that’s not true. I wear a plain gold band.

Sold it and bought some Banksy art instead 😃✊🏻🇬🇧

Sold mine! Ended up walking away with £200 for engagement and wedding rings!

I gave mine to DD, she sold it and went to a festival with her friend, came home dirty, tired, hungover and very happy - money well spent!

I sold mine and had one amazing night out 😍

@EarlyCalenderCh0c0

You can get jewelry melted down & made into something new

Find local jewellers or look on Internet

Yes. I hated my stepfather. The jeweller he gave mum I’ve had reset into some gorgeous pieces that my girls will have one day.

I've kept mine and left them to my Daughter in my Will. Wouldn't dream of doing anything else with them.

Cash 4 gold

@HolidayTime2021

Firstly-you offer it back If they refuse.-A work colleague brought hers in and tried to give it away I called Oxfam- they sent a courier (she was very rich and from a very well known family)

You only legally give it back if you split before marriage. If it was sentimental like his grandmother's ring and we didn't have kids I would offer it just to not be a dick but you don't HAVE to, once the marriage is complete it's yours.

As it stands I would keep it for my DS, my mam kept hers for me and when it comes to engagement I don't think sex/gender means anything as your DS (and his possible future children) might want a heirloom as much as a daughter would.

I kept mine for DD , they are only worth around £300 in total, but a friend who had several engagement rings (long story ) had them melted down and made into another piece of jewellery.

@urbanbuddha

Sell it and give the money to Women's Aid.

This is a much better option than throwing it away! But if I were you I’d sell and save for a treat or a rainy day….

Keeping it for my daughter! Just because me and her Dad aren't together anymore it doesn't mean she shouldn't have that memento from when we were.

My step-mum (who actually had an affair with my dad and was married to Mums brother) was fucking malicious, burned Mum and Dads wedding album, Mums dress, threw away her rings and basically tried to erase any trace of her. As a result me and my sister have zero heirlooms from that time in their life. Yes I am still bitter about it.

@Isis1981uk

I loved my engagement ring as I picked it myself, and my ex and I paid for it together, so I held onto it for my daughter when she turns 18. It was only £795 new so not worth selling. I've also kept my wedding ring for her but that was only £100 new so she can do whatever it she wants with that!

Not worth selling?? Surely even second hand it would still be worth a couple of hundred?

Have it made into another piece of jewelery.

@WowIlikereallyhateyou

Exchanged it for a diamond bracelet.

This sounds like a good idea!

Have it made into something else, for someone else?

Why not ask the charity Gift Of A Wedding if they would like the ring? They organise weddings for people who are terminally ill and wish to marry. I know they were asking people to send old jewellery to be refashioned as wedding rings at one point. Not sure if that is still the case, but worth asking and better than just throwing away?

I gave the wedding ring back and the engagement ring I gave to my daughter

I sold mine on eBay.

I would sell or donate it, please don't chuck it, diamonds cause so much damage to peoples lives and the environment from the mining process, it's truly awful.

You'll find diamonds loose more than half their value the minute you take it out of the shop.

Sell it for what's it's worth or bin it lol

@cookiemonster2468

I think they have very low resale value (no one wants a "used" engagement ring from a relationship that didn't work out), so the options are to sell it for less than it's worth, give it away or throw it away.

I'd probably sell it and accept you won't get anywhere near what was paid for it.

I love vintage jewellery. Not bothered about it's past at all.

My ex asked for “his” engagement ring back. I gave it back with pleasure. I saw it as karma. I didn’t want anything more to do with him so I was happy to get rid.