If you are divorced...

[NMAmy]

What did you do with your wedding rings?

I was married for 13 years the first time and at 10 years, got an anniversary band so had the original wedding band and engagement ring, as well.

DD wears my first band--it's plain gold. When she's older, she can have the diamond engagement ring and the anniversary ring. Right now, she's almost 16 and I thought for sure she'd have lost that band by now but she's worn it every day for a year.

She really wanted to wear something and I told her that it was a reminder for her that her dad and I really did love each other for most of those years.

 

[Savsmommy]

I'm not divorced but my parents are. They were married 26 years. I got my mom's diamond anniversary ring my sister got her wedding ring. My sister took the 1 carat diamond out of the wedding band and had it put into a new wedding band when she got married. I never wear the anniversary ring, it just sits in my jewelry box.

 

[Maleficent13]

Mine are in a jewelry box; I'm not saving them so much as I just don't know what to do with them. The stone is too small to reset and I wouldn't be able to sell them for much.

 

[DukeStreetKing]

I have my ring in a box with a bunch of other stuff. It was a nice ring with white gold and some diamonds but it's probably not worth a whole heck of a lot, so in the box it sits.

 

[FionaLovesShrek]

Gave them to my ex-who put them in the safe deposit box for my DD when she's old enough.

 

[SC Minnie]

My parents divorced about 8 years ago. My mom gave me her wedding set (it almost looks like a cocktail ring in white gold). I wear it every once in a while.

They were married over 30 years and at about 25 years she got a diamond solitaire to replace her other set. She had that diamon reset into a necklace.

 

[lindakmonty]

I traded them in toward the rings I have now

 

[BelleBeautyandtheBeast]

Mine are sitting in my jewelry box. I have no idea what the heck to do with them. I have ex-H's ring in there too lol.

 

[magicmouse2]

Wow married over 30 ears and then divorcing!!! I hope most of the 30 years was good for them.

 

[jx3smom]

I was married less than six years. I had a diamond, a band and a band with diamonds. I just sold them after having them in a box for 25 years. I bought a pair of gold hoop earrings, a cabinet for my kitchen and a good set of knives with the money.

 

[SC Minnie]

Wow married over 30 ears and then divorcing!!! I hope most of the 30 years was good for them.

Unfortunately they weren't. My mom should have sent him packing after about a week but she was from the school that you make it work no matter what. I will never put up with the things she did (there was no physical abuse).

 

[NMAmy]

I was married less than six years. I had a diamond, a band and a band with diamonds. I just sold them after having them in a box for 25 years. I bought a pair of gold hoop earrings, a cabinet for my kitchen and a good set of knives with the money.

I'm not sure why but the idea of buying knives with the proceeds from your wedding rings just makes me laugh.

 

[jajuan]

Where did you trade them in and did they give you a good deal? I have heard horror stories about getting really low prices. Did you trade them in at the same place that you bought them? I love your wedding pictures...what beach did you get married on...I am getting married on Clearwater Beach.

I traded them in toward the rings I have now

 

[Blondy876]

My parents are divorced and I'm the oldest dd. When I got engaged my mother gave me her wedding band and the anniversary band that matched it. I took the stones (17 in all) and had them reset. Then when my little sister got engaged my mother gave her her engagement ring. My little sister hated it and threw a temper tantrum. So I gave my sister my engagement ring and wedding band and I took the other ring. The other ring was a heart shaped 1 ct. flawless diamond. I didn't really like the heart shaped stone and had very little sentiment attached to it so I sold it. Now I don't have a band or engagement ring. I tell my dh that he owes me since none of the rings cost him anything.

 

[Laura]

I'm not divorced, but DH's parents were. His mom gave him her engagement ring to use in any way he wanted. We decided to take the diamond out and use it in my engagement ring. We sold the gold setting for scrap and applied it to the cost of a new platinum setting and the wedding bands. I had originally wanted a sapphire stone with diamonds on the side, but now it's reversed and I have sapphire baguettes flanking the diamond. I like it a lot.

I know some people might think it's weird to have the diamond from an unsuccessful marriage in my engagement ring. I see it as a reminder to me never to take my husband and my marriage for granted.

 

[LindaR]

My engagement ring came from Zales........a few years after I was divorced, I traded it back to Zales for a nice diamond cocktail ring, a sapphire/diamond ring, an emerald/diamond ring and a pretty birthstone (for my mom - December stone, can't remember what it's called). I wear the "new" rings but would never have worn my engagement ring again.

 

[cabmom]

My parents never divorced, however my mom died 15 yrs ago. I always told her I wanted her rings. After she died my dad gave them to me and when I got married her rings are the rings I wear.

Marilynn

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

My engagement ring/wedding band are currently in a ziplock bag in my dd5's Hope Chest. When she's older, I plan on making the diamonds into a pendant (for a necklace).

 

[cardaway]

Traded it in towards the price of a new ring for my current wife.

 

[ReggieB]

I have my parents wedding rings. I used to wear my Mom's, but now they are both safe in my jewelry box. My Mom had her engagement ring reset I think. I can understand why couples might want to get rid of them, but speaking as a daughter I was more than happy to hang onto them.