Divorced DUers: What did you do with your wedding band?

[SacredCow]

I came across mine in the jewelry box yesterday. What are you supposed to do with these things, anyway?

I thought of having something else made to commemorate the whole debacle, but I can't come up with any ideas.

[HopeHoops]

1. Gold prices are pretty high, but stay away from the mail-it-in rip off companies.

[SacredCow]

2. Oh, yeah- I'd never consider putting gold in the mail....

That seems remarkably stupid!

And, on edit, I just have the one ring- I was thinking more along the lines of having a jeweler make something else out of it...

[3.14158675309]

3. Yes, melt it down and create something new out of it!

That's what I'm thinking, at least. :hi:

[SacredCow]

5. I just don't know what, though....

I don't wear jewelry that often, truth be told...

[HopeHoops]

4. Yeah, most wedding sets cost WAY more than the value of the gold.

[SacredCow]

6. This wasn't anything remotely fancy....

just a plain, 4 mm band.

[Travis the Chimp]

7. I got mad and gave it a heave......

before we even filed for divorce. Never found it, never cared.

[SacredCow]

9. Understood...

I considered sacrificing mine to the ocean gods, but it didn't happen....

[Travis the Chimp]

10. Great Therapy.........

She was screwing around, so she got the symbolic heave ho.

[BeachBaby]

8. Hey, babe!

That's a good friggin' question - mine has been sitting in my jewelry box for 3 years now. :shrug:

If you think of something creative, let me know. :hi: :hug:

[SacredCow]

11. I'm drawing a blank....

I may just take it to Mexico with me and throw it into the Pacific ocean with great fluorish and panache (and celebrate it with a bottle of Dom)! It would be cathartic, to be sure, but the practical side of me is balking...

:hi:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

19. That happened to mine

The man who became my real husband - as opposed to the fake first one - and I were out on the boat off Catalina and I was wearing my old wedding band on my right hand. It happened to be a really beautiful thing, didn't much look like a wedding ring, an he asked to see it.

I handed it to him, he said "Don't you think it's time to get rid of this?"

I said, "You know, you're right," knowing what was coming next, and he pitched it into the deep ocean.

It was the perfect thing to do.

[SacredCow]

20. Cool story!

Sharing the release with your "real husband" made it extra-special.

I'm going on a cruise to Mexico with my semi-significant other in April. Perhaps I'll let him do the honors.

[supernova]

12. Mine's still sitting in the jewelry drawer

somewhere.

Having it melted down into something else is about the best idea. I haven't done so, just because I really forgot about it for a few years. I don't know how much it would cost though.

[no name no slogan]

13. Mine's at the bottom of a drawer

Where it went the day my ex-wife and I separated. In fact, I was just thinking about doing something with it this morning when I was getting ready for work.

I'll probably have it melted down and made into something else. Maybe a pendant of a hand giving the single-finger salute.

[SacredCow]

17. ...

Best idea so far!

[dana_b]

14. the half that wasn't lost is in a jewelrybox n/t

[av8rdave]

15. I sold it to a local gold dealer. Then...

I took the $$$ and bought a new garage door opener.

Every time that door opens...

[SacredCow]

18. So sell it, and buy something practical....

I could hock mine and get myself a really nice cocktail shaker. So every time I have a drink, I'd be toasting the end of one thing and the beginning of another...

It's something to consider!

[lizziegrace]

16. I saved my engagement ring (solitaire)

for my daughter. My wedding band wasn't worth much as the original, expensive one was stolen years ago.

[malta blue]

21. mine was stolen in the burglary....

Note - be sure to insure it!

[SacredCow]

22. Right now, save for my car and my life....

I don't have a thing insured. I'm "between houses" so to speak and renting from a friend.

[LeftyMom]

23. He broke into my house and took it after I kicked him out.

Spared me the indignity of pawning it for a song, I suppose. :shrug:

[Bucky]

24. Sold it. Got about 30 cents on the dollar for it.

I think I went to a sushi restaurant with the proceeds.

[yellowdogintexas]

25. years later I inherited my grandmothers wedding set and I used the gold from

my first wedding ring to make a new ring with her diamonds.

[Redstone]

26. Threw it into a swamp. But I never wore it anyway. I simply cannot stand to wear jewelry. I tried SO

hard to wear the ring when I got married to Mrs R, but just couldn't do it. (Oddly enough for a guy who used to make jewelry for a living, yes?)

Redstone

[City of Mills]

27. Let me know when you figure something out

I keep mine in a dusty glass case, just sitting there, doing nothing.

[greenbriar]

28. do you have any children? Save it for them? Hubby gave me a new set

last year for christmas.

Our original was a tiny speck and hubby felt I deserved bigger (I won't complain) and we put our old set in the safe and my daughter can have them if she wants.......

[mnhtnbb]

29. Took the diamond out and sold the setting for old gold about 30 years ago.

Bought a modern, twisting design setting for the diamond and added two small ones.

Wore that ring a lot--middle finger right hand--for years until it was lost in the fire that
burned down our house last year.

I considered it my 'evolution' ring.

[FedUpWithIt All]

30. I took a hammer to mine. It made me feel better.

:hi:

My divorce took two years and a drawn out custody battle.

We are very friendly now and both have equal custody.