Divorce and belongings

[MissyTB]

I have some beautiful crystal glasses that I'd like to keep after the divorce. I bought them years ago and they were quite expensive

My ex also wants them

Who gets them?

Do you have a lawyer you can ask? Or proof that you bought them? Are the glasses easily replaced? If it speeds things along; it might be worth letting them go

They are easily replaced if I had the money. They currently cost about £50 a glass

I can't afford to replace them

Who gets them?

The simple answer is whoever has them in their possession. No court is going to want to decide who gets a set of glasses. It's not what the judge went to law school to do. Issues such as these sap the soul of any self-respecting lawyer.

Half each? Or find out the price of second hand ones and buy his half. Another suggestion: find something he wants of equivalent value in your home and negotiate?

Is there something else you both want of a similar value?
Could you do it fairly by saying you get one item, he gets the other.

It's horrible, I know, but it's only stuff. Try not to focus too much on the things you're splitting.

Perhaps they got broken?

Reality check

Thank you