For added detail, wedding ring was originally patterned (engraved geometric pattern) but has worn almost smooth over the length of our marriage and the engagement ring has been minus its actual stone for some years now but I managed to hide this fact from him so as not to have to suffer his inevitable irritation and anger over the situation. The surrounding couple of "chips" are so truly tiny as to be of negligible value.
Also, my knuckles swelled with each pregnancy, and both rings would need to be cut off thereby massively reducing their value further.
If the value is included this just means that I would get a lower share of our joint savings all because I have these battered/damaged items stuck on my finger which he believes are of such material value that I'm now expected to get a professional valuation on them.
I'm so embarrassed at the thought of having to even approach a local jeweller to ask for a "valuation", it'll be humiliating given the state of them. They're not antique, they were brand new roughly 20 years ago and I've never taken them off so they've had a huge amount of wear and tear.
It's the latest in a steady stream of demands made via his solicitor in connection with declaring the total value of all of our assets.
I'm in tears over his grabby attitude to the whole divorce process.