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What do people do with their old wedding rings?



Not that I have a lot, just one wedding ring and engagment ring. Should I sell them or keep them? the've been stuck in a box for three years now. What have some of you done with the ones your not using anymore

I flushed one down the toilet :wah:

Otherwise, my friends and I have had a mass outing to the pawn shop where we all pawned our bands, then went partying with the proceeds

Southern Belle wrote: I flushed one down the toilet :wah:



Otherwise, my friends and I have had a mass outing to the pawn shop where we all pawned our bands, then went partying with the proceeds


Seems like a waste to flush it when I could pawn it, but then I wonder if I'll regret not having them one day to pass on to my daughter, but then why would she want the rings, they may only serve as a bad reminder of our marrige.

See, that's just it. I don't have children to pass it down to, and besides, I think it'd be 'bad karma' :-3

orangesox1 wrote: Seems like a waste to flush it when I could pawn it, but then I wonder if I'll regret not having them one day to pass on to my daughter, but then why would she want the rings, they may only serve as a bad reminder of our marrige.


You can always take the diamond out and have it either placed in another ring setting or have it made into a necklace. For yourself or your daughter.

The band, well, there's not much you can do with it except pawn it.

my mother kept hers for about 20 years after the divorce.

I dont think i would want to hang on to it for that long!

I'd never thought of using the diamond for something else, that sounds like a good idea.

Nikki_Jayne wrote: my mother kept hers for about 20 years after the divorce.

I dont think i would want to hang on to it for that long!


What happened to it after twenty years?

i think she was a victim of sentimentality to hold on to it for that long.

I think that it got lost in a house move a few years back...i dont think she misses it now! lol

Nikki_Jayne wrote: i think she was a victim of sentimentality to hold on to it for that long.

I think that it got lost in a house move a few years back...i dont think she misses it now! lol


There is some sentimental value attached to it as we did have some good times together and raised three great kids, it's not a part of my life that I would want to forget, thats why I'm not sure what to do. I am in love with someone else now and will most likley marry him so I suppose I shouldn't keep them.

Have the stone set into a necklace for your daughter

I have mine, plan on giving them to my children. I keep them in a little box in the back of the jewelry box.

Southern Belle wrote: Have the stone set into a necklace for your daughter


I could have it set in a necklace for me and pass it on to her one day. I think that is a really good idea, next time I go to town I will find out about different designs:)

Sounds like a plan - that way she'll associate the stone with something other than the wedding.

chonsigirl wrote: I have mine, plan on giving them to my children. I keep them in a little box in the back of the jewelry box.


I don't know if they would mean much to my daughter.

They would to mine, they know they are for them one day. You get older, and tell the kids what will be theirs, and they think and appreciate it later. I wear my grandmother's rings sometimes, it means alot to me. And I am the child who was given my father's wedding ring, he died when I was 16, that is the most precious wedding ring I have in my little box. My mother gave it to me, because he had once asked that it be given to me, as his special girl.

chonsigirl wrote: They would to mine, they know they are for them one day. You get older, and tell the kids what will be theirs, and they think and appreciate it later. I wear my grandmother's rings sometimes, it means alot to me. And I am the child who was given my father's wedding ring, he died when I was 16, that is the most precious wedding ring I have in my little box. My mother gave it to me, because he had once asked that it be given to me, as his special girl.


Well I think I will have to hang on to them for a little while longer before I decide what to do.

I took in all the gold I was given and the jewels and had them make jewelry for me that said - HAHAHA - I still have the jewels and you are gone!.. I got a great ruby ring, a beautiful sapphire necklace, and a beautiful diamond necklace. No reminders of him in there except absolute revenge on as ass that used to beat me. They are also pieces of jewelry that my kids are waiting to inherit.

Problem with pawning them or selling them is you don't get nearly what

they are worth. I recently sold a ring (not a wedding or engagement though

but nice) and got about ten cents on the dollar.



Some jewelers will melt down gold rings and make a "nugget" for you. Kinda

cool.



Other than that, I vote for something like making a new piece with the

stones, or maybe a charity might want to have an auction? That could

make you feel really good about it, depending on the worth of the stone...



:)

orangesox1 wrote: There is some sentimental value attached to it as we did have some good times together and raised three great kids, it's not a part of my life that I would want to forget, thats why I'm not sure what to do. I am in love with someone else now and will most likley marry him so I suppose I shouldn't keep them.


Absolutely SAVE these rings! Don't dismantle the diamond! Leave it in it's original condition!!! If there is ANY sentimental value attached, and the ex was/and is good to the kids, then at least preserve it for THEM. It doesn't seem big now, but just think about 100 yrs from now. Those rings represent the marriage that brought your children into this world. It represents the existence of the family that resulted from THEIR children....it may the only thing left of YOU someday...I know it sounds crazy, I am just a huge sentimentalist!!!!

I handed mine back, my wedding ring was a family hand-me-down from his side of the family. My conscience wouldn't allow me to keep it.

Betty Boop wrote: I handed mine back, my wedding ring was a family hand-me-down from his side of the family. My conscience wouldn't allow me to keep it.


Good for you BB.......

I went to check if I still had mine after reading this thread, yeah its still there, I never knew what to do with it so I put it in a little box and forgot all about it until now.....I wonder how much I would get for it if I sold it.

I never took it off for about 4 years, not for any other reason than because my name was still Mrs. ???? and it saved a lot of questions from nosy b......ds:wah:

orangesox1 wrote: What do people do with their old wedding rings?



Not that I have a lot, just one wedding ring and engagment ring. Should I sell them or keep them? the've been stuck in a box for three years now. What have some of you done with the ones your not using anymore


1) Gold settings can be melted down and combined with other un-used gold you may have and spilled by a jeweler into a freeform nugget. They can then drill the nugget and put stones in it. A unique piece just for you. Then hang it on a chain. Good for you or a gift for a daughter.

This is good for sentimental use also.

2) Individual stones can simply be mounted to hang on a chain. Perhaps you have enough to share with more than one daughter. Given to a daughter you can say you are sharing the best part of Daddy with them -- when you first fell in love with him ..........

3) Don't forget the sons. One day they may ask that certain special someone to be their wife. A stone could be reset into a setting of their choosing or stones could be used as additional stones with a purchased stone in a particular setting.

4) Sons can also design their own rings and use the stones from your ring in it.

My husband was given his mothers anniversay ring. I did not like the old-fashioned setting and did not want it as I already had my own from him. He took the stones (some of which were from his mother's aunt which had been included in the anniversay ring) and with a jeweler designed a unique Masonic ring for himself. The ring is very special to him on many levels.

Jewelery should be enjoyed. Don't hide it away. Make something new out of it for someone to delight in.

Goodmorning, I'm back I had to go to bed



I like the idea of making them into something new, As someone said I wouldn't get much selling them at a pawn shop.



Thanks everyone for your thoughts