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Would you sell Wedding Rings to pay for a Divorce?

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  • System
    System Posts: 178,376 Community Admin
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    I sold the wedding and engagement ring my ex had bought me to put towards my subsequent wedding. They meant nothing to me, I'd have never worn them and it was the last thing I had to let go of.
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  • Soleil_lune
    Soleil_lune Posts: 1,247 Forumite
    If they mean nothing to you, then sell them.

    I agree that gold is not worth as much as we are led to believe though!
  • donnalou
    donnalou Posts: 498 Forumite
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    edited 1 March 2015 at 12:30PM
    LilElvis wrote: »
    You can't sell your husband's ring as it belongs to him.


    Can't I? I never actually thought about that

    He probably hasn't worn it for 10+ years and probably has no idea where it is or if I have it somewhere
  • tea_lover
    tea_lover Posts: 8,261 Forumite
    You'd need to at least offer it to him first.
  • Homeownertobe
    Homeownertobe Posts: 1,023 Forumite
    donnalou wrote: »
    Can't I? I never actually thought about that

    He probably hasn't worn it for 10+ years and probably has no idea where it is or if I have it somewhere

    It's still his.

    Looks like he's lucky.
  • LilElvis
    LilElvis Posts: 5,835 Forumite
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    donnalou wrote: »
    Can't I? I never actually thought about that

    He probably hasn't worn it for 10+ years and probably has no idea where it is or if I have it somewhere

    Regardless of him not having worn it, or not knowing where it is, it still belongs to him.

    To sell it would be extremely immoral - and illegal.
  • Jagraf
    Jagraf Posts: 2,462 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Sell it, of course!
    Never again will the wolf get so close to my door :eek:
  • themull1
    themull1 Posts: 4,299 Forumite
    McKneff wrote: »
    Divorces are cheap as chips online.....

    No they aren't, the online service just charges you a fee to fill in the forms not for the divorce, you will then pay exactly the same that the courts charge as well as the online fee, so its cheaper actually filling your own forms in.
  • donnalou
    donnalou Posts: 498 Forumite
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    themull1 wrote: »
    No they aren't, the online service just charges you a fee to fill in the forms not for the divorce, you will then pay exactly the same that the courts charge as well as the online fee, so its cheaper actually filling your own forms in.


    Yes doing it yourself £410
  • marywooyeah
    marywooyeah Posts: 2,670 Forumite
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    OP there is a fee remission on the divorce fee if you are on certain types of benefit or have a disposable income of less than £3000. Have you looked into that instead?

    With the prices of gold as they are you might be better of selling your jewellery privately too.
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