Help me decide if i should sell my old wedding ring.

[gator75]

I need the opinion of some wise people. DH and i have been married for 15 years. when we got married times were lean so we purchased one of the nicest cheapest wedding sets we could. they have held up ok throughout the years,but dh as well as mine are starting to thin. the bands that is. well we were at a jewlery store yesterday and they had a sale so we purchased new wedding bands,so with that said what would you do with the old set? would you hang on to them? or would you sell them to a place that buys gold?

 

[momof1princess]

i'd hold onto them, but i'm sentimental that way. when DH and i got married, he'd only been at his job 2 years and i was just out of business college, so we had VERY little money. our wedding bands were $49 each at a local jeweler, and we're still wearing them 18 years later. if mine were thinning, i'd do as you did, get new ones, then put the old ones somewhere safe.

 

[mrsv98]

I need the opinion of some wise people. DH and i have been married for 15 years. when we got married times were lean so we purchased one of the nicest cheapest wedding sets we could. they have held up ok throughout the years,but dh as well as mine are starting to thin. the bands that is. well we were at a jewlery store yesterday and they had a sale so we purchased new wedding bands,so with that said what would you do with the old set? would you hang on to them? or would you sell them to a place that buys gold?

Do you have kids? If so I would save them. They would be something to treasure to me.

 

[WDSearcher]

Could you melt them down, so to speak, and turn them into something else? Like a pendant for you and a tie-tac or lapel pin for DH? That way you still have them, just in a different (but still wear-able) form.

 

[HonnyDipp]

I'd hold onto them. Can you add the stones to a new setting? Maybe a charm for a necklace? Not to mention, you could always pass them down to a close relative.

 

[mickeyboat]

I could never part with something like that - I am way too sentimental.

I would, however be able to melt it down and have it made into something else, a pendant, perhaps.

After my MIL died, FIL always wanted to melt down his wedding band and have heart pendants made for my DDs. He never got it done, though.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I need the opinion of some wise people. DH and i have been married for 15 years. when we got married times were lean so we purchased one of the nicest cheapest wedding sets we could. they have held up ok throughout the years,but dh as well as mine are starting to thin. the bands that is. well we were at a jewlery store yesterday and they had a sale so we purchased new wedding bands,so with that said what would you do with the old set? would you hang on to them? or would you sell them to a place that buys gold?

I hang onto jewelry, so I am no help. I have every piece of gold I ever owned in my life and I will continue to hang onto it until death do us part. I guess I am a pirate.

There is no "right" or "wrong" here. Just more of how you view your gold and jewels.

 

[wenrob]

We bought new bands several years ago. Our originals ($40 for mine $80 for his 18yrs ago) are sitting in my jewelry box. My plan is to suspend them with a ribbon from my bouquet in a shadow box with a pic from our wedding day and the invitation. Maybe you could do something like that? As others have mentioned I'm too sentimental I couldn't get rid of them.

 

[Piglets Mommy]

I'd hang onto them. I'm way too sentimental to get rid of something like that. If I REALLY NEEDED the money to put food on the table or a roof over our heads I'd consider selling them, but it doesn't sound like that is the case. Melting them down into something else like some PP's suggested is a great idea too.

 

[disneyhand]

Similar story here, but I'm very sentimental and they meant so much to me after 25 (at the time) years. Also not much of a jewelry person.

So 2 years ago I went to our local jeweler, who took my 2 thin rings and made them into one. He kept the design the same, added more gold and 2 more diamond chips.

He could also tell from the wear that I'm very hard on rings and I told him how much I dislike the way the set was always turning on my fingers. So along with a much thicker gold band, he squared off the bottom of the ring. I had never heard about that option, don't even know if that's the right terminology, but man does it help!

Anyway I love how it turned out!
So OP I would definitely keep them for the kids or to make into something for myself! I couldn't let them go...

 

[weswife]

HI,

I agree I would have to keep them! I married at 18 so we did not have much money!He purchased me a ring which I would never part with. Mind you I never wear it because I have upgraded my diamond over the years. Also my wedding band. Every now and then I look at all my rings and stuff I do not wear and fondly remember the memories with each piece!

As a side note you could replace the "wearing" on the band, my Mom did that!

 

[Lassie Lynne]

I have two diamond sets, my first and my "WOW" second set. I also have a 10k cheap gold band that I bought to wear at a job that I didn't want to wear my diamond to. I have kept each one. I actually use my cheaper band when I travel and don't want to take my diamond ring with me. You never know when you might want to wear a cheaper ring or heaven forbid - your new one gets lost.

 

[Luv Bunnies]

I'm not usually very sentimental about my things, but I will keep my original wedding rings. We also bought ours when we were just out of college. We upgraded to much nicer rings about 12 years ago. I put the old ones in our china cabinet next to our cake-topper. I've sold other old gold jewerly, but I will keep our rings. If my kids want to get them restyled and use them someday, I'd be happy for them to have them.

 

[Belle0101]

I need the opinion of some wise people. DH and i have been married for 15 years. when we got married times were lean so we purchased one of the nicest cheapest wedding sets we could. they have held up ok throughout the years,but dh as well as mine are starting to thin. the bands that is. well we were at a jewlery store yesterday and they had a sale so we purchased new wedding bands,so with that said what would you do with the old set? would you hang on to them? or would you sell them to a place that buys gold?

I'm not a jewelry person, I don't even wear my wedding and engagement rings. I think if I really liked them it'd be different.

So with that in mind, if you're sentimental about them I like the other suggestions about saving them for a relative or having them made into another piece of jewelry.

If you're not sentimental about them or need the money then I'd say sell them.

 

[Tinker'n'Fun]

I would save them. You never know, if you have children, they may want them. In my engagement band I have diamonds from my Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother. I still have my mother's setting and there are a few stones left. I plan on giving a few to each of my two children. I also have a 4 stone anniversary ring that DH purchased for me. Each child will get one of the 4 stones as they are much larger. It is just so comforting to have all those generations on my hand everyday.

 

[C&G'sMama]

I grew up with parents that didn't get attached to things (I think it came from living through the Depression, mom was born in 1917 and dad in 1909)

On my parents' 30th anniversary, in 1971, dad got mom a new ring. Dad died in 1977, I was 13. In about 1978 or 1979, mom sold her original wedding band. It always bothered me. But she explained she could use the extra money from the gold, and she had the new ring (which she still wears)

So what I'm saying, if you need to sell it, do, if not, hang on to it.

 

[cglaura]

If you have kids I'd save it. If you have a daughter, I'd melt them down, turn it into something with a blue stone, maybe a heart pendant? Give on her wedding day as something old, something new, something blue. Can't figure out a borrow to fit into that tradition, maybe borrow a chain from someone close to you.

If there aren't kids in the picture, renew your wedding vows and wear it yourself!!

 

[Lionqueen2]

I have a friend that took her mother's wedding ring and had it redesigned into a heart pendant. It is quite lovely and she wears it every day on a pretty gold chain.

 

[gator75]

Thanks so much for all the advice. No we don't need the money, and yes we have one son who says he's never getting married. He's 14 for heavens sakes and after reading the posts i think that keeping them is best so does dh. After spending yesterday thinking it over it was the first major purchase that we made together next to our car so i don't want to part with that part of our memories together. also i like the idea if having them around for traveling and what not.

 

[mickeysgal]

I'm not normally a very sentimental person but I would keep the rings exactly the way they are. They have years of history on them. I wouldn't be able to melt them down or sell them.

We too had limited funds at the time we got engaged/married. Our wedding bands were of a wider type (the "in" style at the time) and had a brushed pattern on them. We had it rebrushed once, but it is so worn again, and I've decided that they'll stay like that now. Years of history wore off that brushing and thats the way they were meant to be.