I often get asked by my clients – “What do I do with my rings now I’m getting divorced?”
Wearing your engagement ring and wedding ring are symbols to show the world you are in a committed relationship and/or married.
So what happens when you decide to get divorced? When do you stop wearing your rings and what do you do with them?
My answer to both is that it is a completely personal choice.
When to stop wearing your wedding ring.
Some people remove their rings as soon as they separate or
decide to divorce. Others continue wearing them until they are formally divorced. Others somewhere in between. There is no rule about it.
What to do with the rings.
Here are some examples of what clients of mine have done with their wedding and engagement rings:
- Gifted the ring/s to their children or grandchildren.
- Commissioned a jeweller to use the metals and stones to make new pieces of jewellery that they can enjoy wearing. (One of my clients had the stones from her engagement ring made into earrings for her daughter’s 18th).
- Sold the rings to purchase a new piece of jewellery for themselves or their children/grandchildren, to go on holiday or to buy something new for themselves.
- Donated the rings or the sale proceeds to charity.
- Returned rings which were heirlooms to the family they came from.
- Kept the rings and put them safely away in their jewellery box.
It is totally your decision. There is no right or wrong. Do what feels right for you.
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