Jeen Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I am divorced from more than six years and still have my wedding ring. It has a special place on my dressing table. I don’t wear it any more, but when ever I’m away from home for more than a day I will take it with me on a chain around my neck. Can any one relate to this, or what happed to your wedding ring? Link to comment
Mishmash Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I keep mine in a safe place where no one will find it. The city dump. Okay, it was a moment of anger, but no regrets. Link to comment
Portage Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I haven't the foggiest, the truth. Link to comment
PulsarSpin Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 After being on my finger over 16 years, I threw in the Meteor Crater in Arizona! HA! Link to comment
Crazyaboutdogs Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I am divorced from more than six years and still have my wedding ring. It has a special place on my dressing table. I don’t wear it any more, but when ever I’m away from home for more than a day I will take it with me on a chain around my neck. Can any one relate to this, or what happed to your wedding ring? Do you miss your ex? Do you miss what the ring symbolizes? The fact that this ring has so much specialness attached to it that it holds a special place on your dressing table and that you need it with you when you go away sounds to me like you have not completely moved on from your relationship with your ex. Link to comment
Jeen Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 Do you miss your ex? Do you miss what the ring symbolizes? The fact that this ring has so much specialness attached to it that it holds a special place on your dressing table and that you need it with you when you go away sounds to me like you have not completely moved on from your relationship with your ex. Sometimes when I'm lonely I do miss him. He was very special and I did destroy it. Link to comment
Supa_gurl Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I am still married and still wear mine, except when I forget to put it back on after a shower or going to the gym (it is a little big now, I have lost a little weight) ... OFF TOPIC I know: But my husband hasn't worn his in over 2 years. It kinda hurts, his got too small but I think he should have at least offered to get it resized, instead of just leaving it in the medicine cabinet. Link to comment
sharsachan Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 my mom sold hers to a pawn shop after my parents divorced. i don't know what my dad did with his though Link to comment
Loki71 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Still married but don't wear it. I can't stand to have things on me. I don't wear watches or anything. It bothers me and makes me uncomfortable. Link to comment
shes2smart Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 It wasn't a wedding ring, but a ring given to my by my alcoholic ex...really the only material thing he ever gave me. It's somewhere in the desert outside of Las Vegas....wherever it landed after I made a solo trip out there, found the most desolate looking place I could and hurled it, screaming at the top of my lungs. It was very therapeutic. Link to comment
John Bendix Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 My X took mine with her (and everything else she could carry) when she left. Link to comment
very lonely Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 in a box in the closet....along with the rest of the s**t that reminds me of her that i haven't shredded or otherwise thrown out. still feel it on my finger though..... it's only been thirty days since the D was final. Link to comment
thejigsup Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I pawned it. 19 years ago. Since then, I refuse to wear a ring I did not buy myself (I generally know what I want and men can't seem to figure it out, even when I tell them). Link to comment
Hope_Springs_Eternal Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 mine is in a safe place for my son and my engagement ring is there too for my daughter Link to comment
grayfrenzy Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 I am trying to post something similar as an independent thread. Anyone having trouble starting a new thread? I click thelink and it doesn't do anything. Link to comment
KG Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 8 months after she died I moved it to my right hand....she's still with me, but different. Link to comment
Karmageddon Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I told him I wanted to give it back to him. And after much grandstanding and posturing about how he gave it to me & its mine forever blah blah blah BS BS.....he took it back. So, I know he has it somewhere or he has sold it or whatever. whooo knows & I don't care. I was a beautiful ring though. Link to comment
John Bendix Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 KG, One of my closest friends did the same thing after his wife died. In fact I had another friend whose wife walked out all of a sudden. The day his divorce was finalized, he went up to a hill in the country, buried his ring as though his wife had died. He said it was his way of gaining closure. Link to comment
BeStrongBeHappy Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Mine's somewhere in a jewelry box (i think). i thought about throwng it into a deep river somewhere as a freeing gesture, but then i realized i didn't care enough to go to the trouble! I liked that idea to put the ring to good use... maybe someone would find it in a million years when excavating and wonder what the significance of that object might be... after a while in my case it symbolized nothing! Link to comment
jengh Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 honestly, im not sure where the engagement ring is. I kept it in my purse so when I'd go to a bar I wouldn't get hit on (kind of odd that it was, at one time, a REAL engagement ring)... It's either in the backseat of my car or on my bookshelf. I need to sell it. Sell it and book a plane ticket to see the boy. Link to comment
CallingAllAngels Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 My wedding ring sits in my jewelry box. I look at it from time to time and it makes me very sad. I could not part with it. Link to comment
msfoolish Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I had mine made into another ring, had a stone set into it and gave it to my daughter. Thought it would be nice for her to have it. (well i dont want it anyway!!! LOL) Link to comment
Stambler Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 When my recent ex was packing to move out, she came downstairs with her rings and the certificates. She asked what I wanted to do... "Do you want to split the money when I sell these?" I just said "No, they are yours, do what you want with them. I immediately went upstairs, without hesitation, and flushed mine down the toilet. Funny, I still have my wedding band from my first marriage, and probably always will... it sits in a wooden box on my dresser along with a diamond ring she bought for me. Link to comment
benga Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 My X took mine with her and I have no idea what she has done with the ring I gave her.. I never took my ring off... not until the last 1 month of being together... Link to comment
whodathunk Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Right after we separated I threw it in the garbage... but then fished it out the next morning. Haven't quite been able to get rid of it since. I like the idea of doing something useful with it. A friend of mine put her wedding ring on an eyehook and nailed it to a sapling in her backyard. Over the next few years while she healed, the tree grew around the ring. She says there is something comforting about knowing exactly where it is without ever having to look at it again. Link to comment
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