Engagement Rings (merged)

wigginsmum

I've heard the opposite; if you end the engagement you offer to return the ring to the other party.

Jillinoz

wigginsmum wrote:

I've heard the opposite; if you end the engagement you offer to return the ring to the other party.

Oops, think my new-found singledom is making me a bit giddy! I meant to say that whoever ends the engagement forfeits the right to the ring. So, his loss, my gain

wigginsmum

Aha - then my dear it's entirely up to you what you do with the ring!

Karnam

i wouldnt sell it if i were you and keep it as a momento. but then if you need the money...

edit: plus if it looks like a regular ring, ie not obviously an engagement ring and not engraved, then you could just keep it as a regular ring.

Minky2Slice

I wouldnt be too keen on wearing an ex's engagement ring,
but if you arent gonna get anything from selling it, i would have the diamond (if its good quality) taken out and reset or made into a totally new ring altogether, something that looks totally different but this might cost you to do?

you could always keep it then, if you still wouldnt want to wear it, maybe someone else will like the new design, someone like your children (when they big enough) or family/friend, who you could just give it to, rather then having it lying around in the sock drawer!!!

Why not ask your ex if he wants to buy it off you! maybe he could re-use it again in the near future?...

us,thecat&thedebt

i wear the promise ring my first young love agve me at 13 lol on the other hand purley as 7 yr ago it cost £15 in argos so it aint worth nothing but memories...

as for the ring i had from previous relationship...
he threw it out the car window when i wouldnt take him back....

after he drove about for hours claiming he wanted to talk!!!!!! :eek:

worst night of my life wish hed thrown me out the window so i could have escaped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he also took all jewerellry (excuse sp) some which was quite expensive... which tbh i didnt want anyway...
3 months later i was browsing ebay (i knew his id from when we went out) and he was selling it lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rotfl:

us,thecat&thedebt

as usual my post completly lost the op lol :rotfl:

i think you should see what u can get and if reasonable sell it

funky-footprints

yes got to agree, having a husband who was previously engaged, he ended it, so she got to keep it, i think he was hoping to get it back and hand it over to me .... its called money saving ? ? ha ha !!

seriously they looked at selling and splitting the proceeds and were told they would get about 1/3 of its value, the value of it was purely for insurance and replacement purposes. so she ended up keeping it and had it made into a necklace to match the earings he bought her for her 21st !!!

i couldnt personally ever wear an ex's engagement ring, not any other jewels bought for me by an ex.

linzibean

Ahh, this old shiner. Well, when I was young and foolish I got engaged to a complete numpti, who procedded to derail my life for three years and get me into debt and depression Now happily rid of him and engaged again (please dont laugh!) to a wonderful bloke, intelligent and level headed abotu all things monetary and above all loving and generally spiffing

Anyway, I sold my old ring on Ebay It cost around £300 new and I sold it for £40 - it went towards my holiday spending money that year haha!

Go for it - the feeling of purging is marvellous :beer:

Jillinoz

Minky2Slice wrote:

I wouldnt be too keen on wearing an ex's engagement ring,
but if you arent gonna get anything from selling it, i would have the diamond (if its good quality) taken out and reset or made into a totally new ring altogether, something that looks totally different but this might cost you to do?

you could always keep it then, if you still wouldnt want to wear it, maybe someone else will like the new design, someone like your children (when they big enough) or family/friend, who you could just give it to, rather then having it lying around in the sock drawer!!!

Why not ask your ex if he wants to buy it off you! maybe he could re-use it again in the near future?...

The above suggestion made me chuckle. I'm too much of a feminist to inflict that on another woman - the bloke, not the ring, that is!