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RE: Wedding Rings - 5/12/2008 10:06:08 AM
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John_O
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You're a jeweler?
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RE: Wedding Rings - 5/12/2008 10:47:44 AM
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You're a jeweler?
Who's a jeweler? They'd be my new best friend! 
One of my friends IRL is a retired (sort of) jeweler. He specializes in antique watches now (Boomertime.com) as well as having a slithly twisted sense of humor.
It's always good to know someone who can get you serious discounts.
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RE: Wedding Rings - 5/12/2008 1:17:44 PM
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I think I still have the 2 wedding bands I'd had before I got the wrap. With the price of gold what it is, it might behoove me to sell those. I'd forgotten about them but they're in my jewelry box somewhere.
So I see I'm not the only one who forgot about their rings.
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RE: Wedding Rings - 5/12/2008 8:43:13 PM
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I've been divorced for almost four years, still have my ring just 'cause I was the one who picked it out and paid for it.
We had two sons so no girls to give it to but I have considered keeping it and letting one of them use it for an engagement or wedding ring when he finds a nice girl.
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RE: Wedding Rings - 5/12/2008 9:23:31 PM
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I've been divorced for almost four years, still have my ring just 'cause I was the one who picked it out and paid for it.
We had two sons so no girls to give it to but I have considered keeping it and letting one of them use it for an engagement or wedding ring when he finds a nice girl.
That's a really nice thought, biod.
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RE: Wedding Rings - 5/12/2008 10:54:13 PM
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At least it didn't cost an arm and a leg!
No that would be the price of a gallon of gas.
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RE: Wedding Rings - 5/15/2008 1:51:53 PM
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Thank you for your replies, folks. Now I have a new question.
How do you feel about your SO, fiance, or spouse, keeping their old rings / jewelry from past relationships, esp. marriage?
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RE: Wedding Rings - 5/15/2008 4:02:29 PM
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Interestingly enough, this thread caused me to wonder what had happened to Troy's wedding ring from his first marriage. Prior to our wedding, we had talked about pawning it or selling it on ebay, but as I was reading this thread, I realized I hadn't seen it, and he hadn't said anything about what he had done with it. So, being the naturally curious person that I am, I asked him. Apparently he found it while he was packing before the wedding, and he decided that the only good place for it was the trash, so he threw it away. It would have bothered me if he had wanted to keep it, but mostly because she cheated on him, and I would find it strange if he wanted any reminders of her around. If he had been widowed, I would have been completely ok with him keeping his old ring, since that's a completely different animal.
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RE: Wedding Rings - 5/15/2008 10:43:10 PM
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This October, it will be 6 years since I divorced my ex-wife. We were divorced three days before what would have been our third anniversary. When I picked up my car and anything else she was willing to part with (or was actually mine), she said that she found my ring that I had left before going to Basic Training. I knew that it was hers. We had stainless steel bands with quotes from Song of Solomon. Hers was, "I am my Beloved's." And, mind said "My Beloved is Mine." I still have them, on a piece of chain hanging on one of my shelves. I keep it as a reminder of what can happen when, even if you deeply wish for something good, you strive to do things on your terms. After I am married, I will probably put them away and not worry about them until we have kids and then let them have the option of using them. Or, I might give them away to a couple who are getting married and are struggling financially. I'm not sure right now.
One thing that April (my ex-) gave me that I actually use fairly often is a stainless steel pen that she gave me on our first wedding anniversary. It's a well made pen (the kind that you would get at a jewlery or specialty gift shop) with our wedding date on it. It looks nice, works great, and is something I'll probably always keep. That's about all of what April and I had that I've kept.
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RE: Wedding Rings - 5/15/2008 10:50:33 PM
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This October, it will be 6 years since I divorced my ex-wife. We were divorced three days before what would have been our third anniversary. When I picked up my car and anything else she was willing to part with (or was actually mine), she said that she found my ring that I had left before going to Basic Training. I knew that it was hers. We had stainless steel bands with quotes from Song of Solomon. Hers was, "I am my Beloved's." And, mind said "My Beloved is Mine." I still have them, on a piece of chain hanging on one of my shelves. I keep it as a reminder of what can happen when, even if you deeply wish for something good, you strive to do things on your terms. After I am married, I will probably put them away and not worry about them until we have kids and then let them have the option of using them. Or, I might give them away to a couple who are getting married and are struggling financially. I'm not sure right now.
One thing that April (my ex-) gave me that I actually use fairly often is a stainless steel pen that she gave me on our first wedding anniversary. It's a well made pen (the kind that you would get at a jewlery or specialty gift shop) with our wedding date on it. It looks nice, works great, and is something I'll probably always keep. That's about all of what April and I had that I've kept.
In Christ,
RC
I thought in another thread you said that you were married recently. I think I misunderstood something. Sorry  When you come across the post, just disregard. 
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RE: Wedding Rings - 5/16/2008 7:56:24 AM
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He kept all the rings and he also kept other jewelry that were special between the two of them. He didn't keep them out in the open; but rather in a box in a special drawer.
It didn't really bother me; he showed them to me early on in our dating relationship and told me where he kept them.
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It would have bothered me if he had wanted to keep it, but mostly because she cheated on him, and I would find it strange if he wanted any reminders of her around.
Clearly, each of us are different as to if an old wedding ring in a drawer would bother us or not. Rationally, I realize that if I were to be married, my husband would have acquired and kept things other women gifted him with. However, I think I would be bothered if I knew he was keeping some very personal or personalized items. For example, I wouldn't mind if he kept the watch. But if it was engraved with a personal remark from his ex, that would bother me.
It seems I need to make a trip to the local jeweler to sell some jewelry.
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RE: Wedding Rings - 5/16/2008 8:26:45 AM
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John_O
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Thank you for your replies, folks. Now I have a new question.
How do you feel about your SO, fiance, or spouse, keeping their old rings / jewelry from past relationships, esp. marriage?
Missed this.
If they were widowed. No problem at all.
If they were divorced I would only be dating them at all if they were the wronged person in the divorce. In which case I'd think it would be highly unlikely that they would have any deep emotional attachment to the ring so it would probably be no problem. If fact they would probably have already pawned it or gifted it by now. (But if they didn't still no problem. Some jewlery is very pretty. Just because it came from a no good cheating loser doesn't decrease it's prettiness)
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