So What Will You Do With Your Ring Once You Finalize Your Divorce?

So What Will You Do With Your Ring Once You Finalize Your Divorce?

The accepted protocol on engagement rings seems to be that you get to keep it. Legally, it's not considered part of the marital assets because it was a gift given to you before you were married. And aside from that, a guy would have to really be a greedy bastard to ask to have it back. I can see a guy doing that, though, if the ring was a family heirloom. I think I'd have a hard time holding on to the engagement ring if it had belonged to my ex's grandmother, or something like that.

The wedding rings are a whole different story. Some people attach a lot of emotional meaning to them and choose not to part with them. Some people have them melted down and made into other pieces of jewelry. Some women sell both the wedding and engagement rings to pay for lawyers. One man quoted in the story said his wife sold her rings so she could get a boob job.

I think it's all a matter of personal preference. And it's probably a function of how amicable the breakup is, too. If it was angry and bitter, you might be more inclined to get rid of the rings, along with everything else in your house that had anything to do with the guy. One woman said she wanted both of the wedding rings to be kept together after her divorce, just because it seemed to her like the right thing to do. Her ex didn't see it that way, so it didn't happen.

It's clearly a decision to grapple with, as a discussion thread was started here on the social network and has been going on for quite some time. Some of the responses: I gave the ring back, I gave the ring to my daughter, I put in a drawer never to be touched again, I made the ring into something else, I sold it back to the jewelry store, I sold it and used the money to finance my divorce!

What happened to your rings?