SacredCow
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Mon Feb-23-09 12:06 PM
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Divorced DUers: What did you do with your wedding band? |
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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.
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Mon Feb-23-09 12:08 PM
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1. Gold prices are pretty high, but stay away from the mail-it-in rip off companies. |
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Mon Feb-23-09 12:27 PM
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2. Oh, yeah- I'd never consider putting gold in the mail.... |
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Edited on Mon Feb-23-09 12:28 PM by SacredCow
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...
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Mon Feb-23-09 12:30 PM
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3. Yes, melt it down and create something new out of it! |
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That's what I'm thinking, at least. :hi:
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Mon Feb-23-09 12:32 PM
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5. I just don't know what, though.... |
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I don't wear jewelry that often, truth be told...
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Mon Feb-23-09 12:31 PM
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4. Yeah, most wedding sets cost WAY more than the value of the gold. |
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Mon Feb-23-09 12:33 PM
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6. This wasn't anything remotely fancy.... |
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Mon Feb-23-09 12:35 PM
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7. I got mad and gave it a heave...... |
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before we even filed for divorce. Never found it, never cared.
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Mon Feb-23-09 12:40 PM
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I considered sacrificing mine to the ocean gods, but it didn't happen....
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Mon Feb-23-09 12:42 PM
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10. Great Therapy......... |
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She was screwing around, so she got the symbolic heave ho.
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Mon Feb-23-09 12:35 PM
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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:
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Mon Feb-23-09 12:45 PM
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11. I'm drawing a blank.... |
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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:
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Mon Feb-23-09 01:54 PM
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19. That happened to mine |
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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.
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Mon Feb-23-09 02:25 PM
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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.
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Mon Feb-23-09 12:46 PM
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12. Mine's still sitting in the jewelry drawer |
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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.
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Mon Feb-23-09 12:58 PM
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13. Mine's at the bottom of a drawer |
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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.
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Mon Feb-23-09 01:19 PM
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Mon Feb-23-09 01:03 PM
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14. the half that wasn't lost is in a jewelrybox n/t |
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Mon Feb-23-09 01:04 PM
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15. I sold it to a local gold dealer. Then... |
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I took the $$$ and bought a new garage door opener.
Every time that door opens...
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Mon Feb-23-09 01:33 PM
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18. So sell it, and buy something practical.... |
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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!
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Mon Feb-23-09 01:07 PM
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16. I saved my engagement ring (solitaire) |
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for my daughter. My wedding band wasn't worth much as the original, expensive one was stolen years ago.
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Mon Feb-23-09 02:55 PM
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21. mine was stolen in the burglary.... |
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Note - be sure to insure it!
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Mon Feb-23-09 03:15 PM
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22. Right now, save for my car and my life.... |
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I don't have a thing insured. I'm "between houses" so to speak and renting from a friend.
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Mon Feb-23-09 04:19 PM
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23. He broke into my house and took it after I kicked him out. |
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Spared me the indignity of pawning it for a song, I suppose. :shrug:
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Mon Feb-23-09 04:29 PM
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24. Sold it. Got about 30 cents on the dollar for it. |
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I think I went to a sushi restaurant with the proceeds.
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Mon Feb-23-09 09:23 PM
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25. years later I inherited my grandmothers wedding set and I used the gold from |
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my first wedding ring to make a new ring with her diamonds.
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Mon Feb-23-09 09:36 PM
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26. Threw it into a swamp. But I never wore it anyway. I simply cannot stand to wear jewelry. I tried SO |
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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?)
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Mon Feb-23-09 09:45 PM
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27. Let me know when you figure something out |
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I keep mine in a dusty glass case, just sitting there, doing nothing.
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Mon Feb-23-09 09:48 PM
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28. do you have any children? Save it for them? Hubby gave me a new set |
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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.......
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Mon Feb-23-09 10:08 PM
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29. Took the diamond out and sold the setting for old gold about 30 years ago. |
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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.
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Mon Feb-23-09 10:38 PM
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30. I took a hammer to mine. It made me feel better. |
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:hi:
My divorce took two years and a drawn out custody battle.
We are very friendly now and both have equal custody.
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