What do you do with jewellery like engagement/wedding rings, necklaces etc, after a separation.
I don't think I want them anymore but I don't know how to go about selling them or anything.
Jewellery after separation
Jewellery after separation
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Are there children? Could they be kept and restyled for them?
I took my jewellery from my ex to a local jeweler and had it turned into a pendant and earrings for our daughters 21st. I was really pleased with it, I didn't want to pass on the exact pieces as they were rings and I thought that would be a bad omen plus she would never have worn them. She loves them and wears them all the time and they have sentimental value to her so it's something she will keep forever. I looked into selling them when we first broke up but wouldn't have got what they were valued at.
If there are children, please consider keeping the jewellery for them.
My mother discarded any physical reminders of her marriage to my father, photos, jewellery, keepsakes, furniture they purchased together - you name it!
This stuff may no longer carry meaning to you but it may for your children. They can do what they like with it that way too, be it selling them, repurposing them or just keeping them for history's sake.
If there are no children and you have no sentimental attachment to the jewellery at all and don't really need the money, maybe consider donating it? Otherwise, sell it and do something awesome for yourself!
My mum kept her wedding and atternity ring. My brother got them for his future partner
My ex husband demanded them all back, especially the rings
I kept my rings for my kids.
My ex had given me 2 engagement rings (the original engagement ring and then a new one brought as a set with the wedding band) and a wedding band.
Now the kids are older I have given my daughter (she calls my ex dad), his daughter and our daughter a ring each. It was sort of a lucky dip so there was no arguments over them.
I would melt them down and create something new.