Divorced Moms - Did You keep Your Wedding Rings?

[disney_mommy]

I have a question - if you divorced your kid's father, have you kept the wedding rings or engagement ring? Why or why not?

 

[Jennasis]

Not a mom, but I gave my rings back to my ex. I wanted NO reminder of the time we spent together. That and he was angling for my horse in the divorce (yes...my horse). So in an effort to be sure the posessions were split equitably, I figured the rings evened out the value of my horse. PS...he only wanted the animal to hurt me. He wouldn't know which end the food goes in and which end the poop comes out!

 

[apirateslifeforme]

I'm not a mother either, but I kept my rings. My ex owed me $4,000 at the time of our divorce and I had a feeling that I'd never see a dime of it (I was right). I recently sold my wedding ring to a local jewelry store and I'm looking to sell the engagement ring - I'm told to sell it privately in order to get what it's worth.

Then I just need to get rid of the dress and the pictures...

 

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

I have a question - if you divorced your kid's father, have you kept the wedding rings or engagement ring? Why or why not?

At first I did but then I realized that I did not want them in my house anymore. Didn't matter that they were in a box out of sight, I just did not want them here. I gave them to a friend of mine who's husband owns a jewlery store to sell on consignment.

 

[RUDisney]

My FIL took my MIL's engagement ring back. He must have sold it because it wasn't part of his estate.

 

[Pooh Crew]

Dh's ex-wife kept hers and re-used them when she married the man she'd been having an affair with!

I did not have children when I divorced my first husband, but I gave him back the engagement ring (after he sat on top of me and threatened me--really a sweetheart of a guy --he then used it as a trade-in for his third wife's ring) and I threw away the wedding ring in a nasty, filthy dumpster because of the symbolism of throwing "him" away.

 

[graygables]

I kept my rings as well as a cocktail ring he had won somewhere and given to me after we separated. I then gave these to my jeweler when my hubby proposed as a trade-in on a beautiful, custom-made set, so I got a much nicer ring and saved hubby some $$ in the process. It never did quite cover the child support that ex didn't pay and hubby stepped up to the plate for, but it was something, at least.

 

[Pakey]

I kept mine. I gave them to my son when he decided to get engaged; he went and had them remade into a ring for his fiancee.

I got nothing out of the divorce except my son and I kept the rings so that he'd have something that had been his father's.

 

[Darcy03231]

I kept mine as they were his grandmother's rings. I plan to give them to our daughter when she's a bit older. If I gave them to him, he probably would have pawned them for drugs or alcohol.

 

[kimblebee]

I tried to give mine back because they were his moms engagement and wedding ring. He said he didn't want them back so I set them aside. My daughter can have them when she is older if she wants. I didn't sell them because they aren't part of my family so I wouldn't feel right doing it.

 

[PrincessHeather'sMom]

I kept mine - and his - with the thought that someday I would have something made for DD with the diamonds. I did turn in the rings recently for the gold and got the cash for that - and they gave me back the diamonds.

 

[kim929]

i kept mine..... My wedding ring was my great grandmothers, he tried to get my diamond back but the judge said it was mine.

 

[locolala]

My ex husband isn't the father of my child, but anyhow.. I kept the rings he gave me and then sold them to buy a plane ticket back home when I left him. He had taken my credit cards and had control over my account, so I literally had no money. I really, really dislike that guy.

 

[StacyMarie]

Six-month sham of a marriage here = tossing my wedding ring off the end of a pier into Lake Michigan. It felt GREAT to get rid of it, LOL

 

[Holly]

I threw mine into a lake that we had spent a lot of time at.



Then the price of gold went sky high and I regretted it.

 

[disney_mommy]

Thanks for all the responses, all! I saved mine from my ex just because I didn't know what else to do with them. Now, I was thinking about selling them for the money, but I don't know if it's something my son might want one day...

 

[tvguy]

I kept mine - and his - with the thought that someday I would have something made for DD with the diamonds. I did turn in the rings recently for the gold and got the cash for that - and they gave me back the diamonds.

My MIL kept hers, and had the diamonds removed and made into earrings for my wife. No kids from marriage two and three, so she sold those rings!

 

[stichy]

The engagment ring is sorta a contract. By getting married you fufill the contract. Therefore you should get to keep your ring. I'm not divorced but if I was I would keep my ring. The place that it was bought offers trade in at purchase price if you purchase another ring that costs at least double what the original cost was. Or I would sell it. My wedding rong is my grandmother's. She is still alive so I would return it to her. That way she would be able to pass it along to one of my unmarried cousins.

 

[SC Minnie]

When my parents divorced my mom gave me her rings (I was in my 30's when they divorced). It is a really pretty set and looks like a cocktail ring. I wear it on my right hand sometimes.

I will give it to DD someday along with my grandmother's and great grandmother's rings.

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

My mom's BFF wore her wedding band on her big toe so she could walk all over the reminders of him. She did take it off when she got remarried.