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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Which brings up an interesting question. What do married women do with their engagement rings when the marriage is over? Sell it on Ebay? Sell it to Coltrane for a good price? Keep it as treasured family heirloom albeit with bad karma? Wear it on the right hand? Feed it to the cat? melt it down with wedding ring and dance naked around pyre? Give it back? What's the etiquette?
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I know three divorced women who had their stones re-set as pendants. None of their new husbands seem to mind that they all display the old rock. One of the women now has a pendant stone which is larger and of better quality than her new engagement ring. I told her husband that he should have gone the non-diamond route, but he chose to ignore my advice.
I have no idea what my ex did with her engagement ring or wedding band. I threw my old wedding band in the trash one day while doing some cleaning.
Regarding getting the right type of ring, the real key is getting the right stone shape. I couldn't have cared less if my wife had wanted a different setting, but for some reason trading in the stone would have annoyed me.
On a related note, I have one friend whose wife (now ex-wife) bought a huge cubic zirconium ring which she insisted on wearing instead of her engagement ring, which is kind of rude IMHO.
