What Did You Do with Your Wedding Rings After Divorce?-----happened Updated

Well, the funniest thing I heard was to enlarge them to fit your middle finger, LOL. You could have them remade or put the stone in another piece of jewelery you like. If you love them you could save them for your kid(s).

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I've waited almost a year for someone to ask *me* this question, lol Thank you!

My (current) husband and I were both married once before and both happened to hang onto our previous rings for whatever reason. I'm forever glad we both did. We got married last May (one year ago on the 11th :) ) in Vegas. On our wedding day, we went to the courthouse and got our license. From there, we went to the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, you know...from the History Channel's "Pawn Stars." We sold our old rings there. He had a simple gold band and I had a bridal set with a 1/2 ct marquee diamond surrounded by accent diamonds. All in all, our rings were worth around $1000, and we sold them for $270 total. We took the first offer he gave us. Then we got "The Old Man's" signature on our receipt :) Obviously, we didn't sell them for the money. It was a symbolic thing, and something special for us to tell everyone when we got home (we eloped secretly). We symbolically left our past in that shop, then went down the street and began our future at the top of the world (We were married on the top of the Stratosphere!). Like I said, total symbolism for us, and a really awesome story to share :)

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The ring is yours to keep or dispose. I wouldn't attach emotions to it. Once upon a time, it meant something. Now, it is just a ring. So, do whatever feels good to you. No one will judge you.

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My mom was married to my step-dad for 21 years, and when they divorced she melted down the rings and made a new ring and earrings for me. I appreciated it. :)

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If you had kids together, you might want to save them. I know that it depends on the entire situation.

My 26 year-old stepdaughter's mother gave her the wedding ring as a gift at my SD's recent wedding. The parents were divorced when my SD was one year old. My SD did appreciate the gift.

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I know I'm late in answering, but I would sell them. Do you have the paperwork from when you bought them? Put a listing on Craigslist for 2000 or best offer and see if someone responds. If they do, great, if not, you're in the same place you are now. I am child of divorced parents and I wouldn't want anything to do with either of their rings. Esp. with all you and the kids are going through and the memories that will result, not much good can come from saving them. Even if you were able to make something for all 3 kids, would they want it? Would you want to give it to them and then watch them wear it out of obligation? Just sell them and be done with it.

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I agree with getting something made for your girls. At one point this piece of jewelry was a symbol of love which resulted in them. It can still be a good thing. Even though if I met your soon to be ex I would kick him in the shins. :)

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Just a thought, is it something one of your children might want to have someday.

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My mom gave me hers after she and my dad divorced. I dont know if you have a daughter, but you might just want to save it for her.
Other than that, if it has no sentimental value to you at all whatsoever, I'd see what the pawn offer would be, if it's too low, take a pic of it and try to eBay it.

well whatever you do, be careful about where they end up. my parents split and there was an envelope of old family pictures my mother wanted me to have, and when i emptied the envelope my father's ring fell out. nice. luckily i was 20. i asked her, um, you didn't mean for me to have this did you? it was awkward and painful, because this was some time later, and the kids (my younger siblings) had a rough time with the the whole thing, so it brought back a lot of painful memories.

I saved mine to give to my daughter. Even though the ring did not have significance to me after my divorce, I thought she might appreciate it.

I kept it for a while but then sold it to a jewelry shop. Just a FYI, you don't get anything NEAR what was paid for it. My ring was around 1200 and I got about 300 for it, and that was the best deal...I shopped around alot. But, I was just holding onto it and 300 was better than it just sitting there. I loved my ring too.

My mom (who didn't have kids with her first husband) had the ring remade into a necklace that will go to one of us when she passes on. It is absolutely beautiful and she designed it herself. I now have her original wedding band to my father as they pulled the diamonds out of it and had it remade into something more elaborate (they were very poor when they married). It has CZ stones now but I really cherish the ring. You may want to keep them for one of your daughters.

My Mom had a beautiful wedding ring. After several years when her fiances got lots better she had the diamonds made into a dinner ring. It came out beautiful. She felt like it was hers even more so and wore it the rest of her life.
You never get enough money for the worth of it anyhow. N. P.

I tried to pawn mine, but they wold only give me 75 bucks for the set! So we (my current BF and I) decided on getting it cleaned and selling it on craigslist. We also thought we could take the stones out and make something new out of it.
Good Luck.

I sold mine as scrap gold.

My mom took hers to a jeweler and came back with a lovely divorce ring to wear instead (used the diamonds but set around another stone in white gold instead of yellow). We both like this one better.

I had mine reset. You don't get what they are worth if you pawn them. Go to a small jewelery store, skip the big chains like Zales.

My ex was pretty weird (stalker) when I left, in the early days after I left, I wore the ring when I was around him, but kept it in the ashtray of my car when he wasnt around. I went camping soon after the split & a friend drove my car into a lake & sunk it. RCMP pulled up the car, but the towing company held my ring, which they retrieved & I never looked back, the car was a write off & so was my marriage, so whatever... gone. He hocked his a few years later.