What did you do with the ring after divorce?

[Nogoodwithgoodbyes]

I’m separated and on the road to divorce; so thinking about the rings is a distraction from all the ‘big stuff.’

What did you do with your wedding & engagement rings after you separated/got divorced? I quite like mine now but I don’t want to wear them as I’d like to meet someone new someday.

Sold them (both platinum and diamond so got a reasonable amount) and paid for a personal trainer

My mum gave me her wedding and engagement rings.

I smoked when young and sold them at a gold shop for £12.. for both (got completely ripped off because I was young) so that I could buy a pack of fags.

I regret it now as I’m now quite a sentimental person and enjoy the little things. Keep them.

I gave them to a charity, who sold them and put the money towards a well.

Mine is still sitting in a drawer. Selling it doesn’t garner much money. I would like to reset the gems into other jewelry, but i get the impression from DH that makes him uncomfortable, so it just sits in the drawer.

Stupidly spent a fortune on redesigning my engagement ring and having a new ring made with the diamonds and platinum from that plus wedding ring.

I never wear it.

I gave mine back. Wish I’d kept them and cashed them in and used the money. But I was being the —mug— bigger person.

Strikeout fail. - -test- -

Okay- how does that work? Not hyphens?

I have my wedding ring. I will give it to dd if she wants it when she's older. It's a white gold band with a couple of tiny diamonds in it. Quite pretty. My engagement ring and eternity rings are who knows where. He took them to Cash Convertors when I was away one weekend. One of many reasons we are no longer together.

MIL wears hers on her right hand.

I bought mine so I plan to keep the stones and if I remarry they can be reset into a much nicer ring!

Mine is in the drawer, along with DP wedding ring.
I had forgotten about it tbh. Will probably sell it when DS is older and needs a car or something. They are worth at least a grand.

DH was divorced when we got married; his old ring was still at his mum's house. Obviously he bought a new one when we got married, but he lost it (in the sea on holiday). We couldn't afford a new one, so he retrieved the old one from his mum's and now wears that!

For those who have/are passing it to their children, why do you do that when it's a marriage that failed? Genuine question. I did think of doing this but I see them as a symbol of the marriage to their dad that didn't work out so I don't like the idea of passing them on.

My first divorce was very traumatic. When I sold the house I left my wedding dress in loft with rings ! Poor new owners, must have seamed very miss Haversham 😆

I was just looking at mine sitting in a jewellery box wondering what to do with them

They are probably worth very little but I hate having anything relating to exh anywhere near me

DH’s ring on the other hand came with me when we divorced as he hadn’t worn his for about a year before the split and had carefully stored it in my jewellery box

I sent that off to a cash for gold place straight away

Think I got about £250 for it

For those who have/are passing it to their children, why do you do that when it's a marriage that failed?
I didn't do it, but I was married for 15 years (and with my ex before that). The marriage produced two human beings.That's not a failure. It's a success.

That's NOT a failure :)

I think because I want them to know I value their beginnings no matter what came after. There was a time when I did love their Dad and him me, so much so that we even made it official and said all the symbolic words to each other and were happy. It was real. I think that's quite important for them to know.

I eBayed mine. They were not cheap and I didn't get a good offer from jewellers or 'cash for' places, so I tried eBay. Worked fine. Got a good few hundred quid which I put towards decorating my new home!

Sold them and bought a massive new telly. Asked around for the best gold sales place in my home town. Got nowhere near what was paid but wanted rid. Children NC with ex and would rather have the tv than momento of that arsebadger.

Chucked it in the bin

I'm going to have my engagement ring made into a necklace or earrings I'm not sure yet

And my wedding ring is in the wedding album in case the kids want to see it one day.

I wear my eternity ring on my right hand sometimes as it was really about the kids - he bought it when I gave birth to ds, I then lost it and got a new one so.... it's not really that sentimental a part of the marriage!

I don't even know where mine are. In a drawer somewhere I suspect. It didn't cross my mind to give them to dd. I'm not sure she would want them really, firstly not fashionable now plus her relationship with her father is a bit strained.