If you are divorced...

[lindakmonty]

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 where they were originally purchased...JBR... They give you what they're valued at. I had my original receipts and they give you the appreciation as well. I had them just shy of 10 years. So if they're worth 5k you have to trade them in for rings that are priced at 10k ...but you give them your rings and 5k.... obviously the rings had no value to me anymore!! I got a ring twice the size and cost my dh the same amount as my ex paid the first time JC Penney does this as well, and I'm sure other places do too...I was wanting to get my rings from Tiffany & Co. but it just didn't make sense to do that when I could get such a good deal like this..and get rid of the old rings in the process!

Thanks We were married just south of Cocoa beach... the photographer tried to talk us into going somewhere on the west coast of FL. w/the sandy white beaches...but I didn't want to spend that much time driving from WDW to get there. We spent 10 nights at WDW... just about an hour drive to the coase, got married, and right back to WDW I loved getting married on the beach. Very romantic...and special to us!! No stress at all... Clearwater Beach will be beautiful!!! Good luck and congratulations!!!

 

[JCJRSmith]

My ex-wife cheated on me (I was in the Navy and was at sea when it happened) and we split up. After the divorce we were talking one day and I noticed she was wearing a wedding ring but not the ring I gave her. She was not married - she claimed it help cut down on the wrestling matches. I think she was hoping to marry the guy with whom she cheated on me, but he never got the hint. HE ended up cheating on HER and they split up, but I digress.

When I saw the ring I asked her what she did with the wedding set I gave her. She said, "Oh I have those put away somewhere. I'm not sure which box they are in." But she was lying, and I knew she was lying and I told her how I knew...

After we split I was cleaning out the car and the apartment, getting rid of some junk, when I came across a reciept from a local pawn shop for her enagagement ring and wedding ring. She had already moved out of state, so I took the reciept to the shop and got the rings out of hock. On my next trip to sea, I threw them over the side of the ship, about 450 miles north-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The look on her face was priceless.

I admit it was cruel of me, but after the hell she put me through, the lies, the abuse, financial ruin... I really didn't care.

 

[lclark0621]

My parents got divorced right before their 30th anniversary.

My Mother gave her ring which was a "family" ring to my brother who gave it to his fly by night fiancee'. (The ring was my maternal Grandmothers & is over 2 carrots. And I of the opinion that my brother & his fiance' will never make it down the aisle & the ring will be gone forever).

I have no idea what she did with her wedding band. It was just a plain gold band. She probably lost it to be honest. My mother is never the best with keeping things. She has lost a lot of $$$$ worth of jewlery over the years.

 

[lindakmonty]

My ex-wife cheated on me (I was in the Navy and was at sea when it happened) and we split up. After the divorce we were talking one day and I noticed she was wearing a wedding ring but not the ring I gave her. She was not married - she claimed it help cut down on the wrestling matches. I think she was hoping to marry the guy with whom she cheated on me, but he never got the hint. HE ended up cheating on HER and they split up, but I digress.

When I saw the ring I asked her what she did with the wedding set I gave her. She said, "Oh I have those put away somewhere. I'm not sure which box they are in." But she was lying, and I knew she was lying and I told her how I knew...

After we split I was cleaning out the car and the apartment, getting rid of some junk, when I came across a reciept from a local pawn shop for her enagagement ring and wedding ring. She had already moved out of state, so I took the reciept to the shop and got the rings out of hock. On my next trip to sea, I threw them over the side of the ship, about 450 miles north-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The look on her face was priceless.

I admit it was cruel of me, but after the hell she put me through, the lies, the abuse, financial ruin... I really didn't care.

That had to be a great feeling!!! Way to go! Hey...you paid for them! Her face had to be priceless. I had no problem getting rid of mine either...he was abusive, cheated, did not help w/ds at ALL...literally... didn't even pick us up at the hospital when he was born!!! I know how you feel! Don't worry... they'll get what they have coming!

 

[SleepyMom]

My first set was not much, not even an actual set. Just 2 rings he bought and we had put together. I saved them for about 10 years after we split and then gave them to my DD who was about 13 at the time. She is now 20 and I am not sure if she still has them or not (not that she would sell them, but she's not very good at keeping track of things).

 

[Race the Reaper]

.. didn't even pick us up at the hospital when he was born!!! I know how you feel! Don't worry... they'll get what they have coming!

WTH???????? You shoulda dumped him right then and there!

 

[lucyblondecat]

I pawned mine and have no regrets about it. My ex husband was a nasty man and a horrible husband and I had no sentimental attachment to those rings. If only ebay was around then I might have actually made some decent money from them but since this was before ebay my only alternative was a pawn shop. Was still enough to get me back on my feet in an apartment and away from him.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I am not divorced but my mom is 4x.

She didn't keep any rings and even pawned some I think. I know she pawned rings from a broken engagement (they were not asked for at the break).

We children wouldn't want any of those rings though. Very sad...but true.

 

[emilymad]

Well my ex-husband stole my engagment ring out of my jewerly box when I was in the shower so I don't have that any more. The wedding band was custom made to go with the engagement ring. I talked to the jeweler who made the ring and they are going to let me trade it in towards something else. I figure getting something for it is better then nothing.

 

[Keli]

My parents didn't divorce but my dad died when I was young. My mom wore her white gold wedding band for a while after he died but eventually put it in her jewlry box.

Unfortunately we had a home burglary a couple of years later (we weren't home) and the ring was among the stuff stolen. I was heartbroken because it came from my dad but I do realize as an adult I probably wouldn't have wanted the ring except for sentamental value. It was a thin, plain, white gold band.

 

[Ready to go in Ok]

I still have mine, a good reminder of where I never want to be again.

However, my ex gave his to his girlfriend......The girlfriend he got while we were married. Kind of messed up to have 1 woman wearing the ring you gave her in marriage, and another woman wearing the ring tied to your wedding vows. Oh, and I found out about all of this......girlfriend, wedding ring....on my birthday.

I lost it, and he...... well lets just say, he wasn't getting romantic with anyone for a few days after my reaction. Walking upright wasn't even in the cards, and he was convinced he would no longer be able to have children.

 

[Race the Reaper]

I lost it, and he...... well lets just say, he wasn't getting romantic with anyone for a few days after my reaction. Walking upright wasn't even in the cards, and he was convinced he would no longer be able to have children.

 

[F1Julie]

I'm going to put my old engagement ring and wedding ring on ebay and use them to pay for my next (and last!) wedding. My fiance thinks it's a great idea. I've been divorced for about 5 years and the rings have just been sitting in a jewelry box. I don't want to give them to DD someday since they seem tainted to me.

 

[MickeysMommy]

Amy ~ My wedding set was my diamond and then 2 diamond bands. When we divorced I traded in my engagement ring for a pair of diamond earrings. I then had the 2 diamond bands soldered together and wore them for awhile on my right hand. I have just decided now to rid myself of everything *HIM* and have contacted my jeweler to see about trading the 2 diamond bands and my earrings "up" to another pair of earrings or for a different ring.

 

[SillyMe]

Interesting thread. I'm still debating on what to do with mine.

 

[PrincessKitty1]

I didn't have an engagement ring, just a very inexpensive wedding band, and I must admit I threw it in a trashcan and never thought twice about it.

 

[Dancin Desert]

It's the first time I've mentioned it on "the DIS", but s/o and I are divorcing (my choice, not s/o's). s/o says s/o's keeping mine. Don't know if I want it, even though it's the nicest ring for an s/o that I've seen. If s/o insists on it, and it offsets the amount I owe s/o, then s/o can have it. All I want is to be able to take 4 or 5 nice pictures of it.

Be well, everyone.

 

[Stitchfans]

Gave mine to my oldest DD.(ex's daughter) Figured she could take the stones and put them into a necklace or something to remember me by when I am gone. Youngest DD can have the ring I am wearing now that her dad bought.

 

[Mad4Mickey]

I have mine in a box for my daughter , I was married 13 years the 1st time and much like most men it sounds like LOL he bought me a bigger stone for our 10 yr .

My DD is getting married next year and she will get the stone on her wedding day set in a pendant . a 3 ct pear shaped diamond is going to be really pretty : )
Its really all I got out of the marriage other then my kids ( the most important ) and debt LOL

 

[KozmicLee]

I gave my old engagement ring to my boyfriend (now husband) to trade in for a ring of his choosing when he was ready to propose. My first wedding band is in a box, its not worth much so I've just hung onto it.