Menopause Jewelry

[bmccasland]

ummm... I'M that shallow. when the ex-bonehead walked out on the marriage and divorce finalized, I had the wedding ring cut into earrings and promptly bought a right hand diamond ring, which I now fondly call my "divorce" ring (as opposed to my wedding ring). For me it IS a sign that I don't need to have anyone else do it for me.

Of course, I did this in 2004... long before this ad campaign. I wear the ring proudly.

http://www.benbridge.com/store/produ...1#detail_image

I left the wedding ring on the dresser when I walked out. But discovered I still had the diamond solitare necklace in my jewelery box. So I had that diamond matched for a pair of earings - and discovered in the process that I had the apprasial for the necklace, bought before X even knew me! Also discovered I had a very good diamond in a cheap setting. Now I have a lovely pair of earings.

On my LEFT hand I wear an emerald and diamond white gold ring (or paste, dending on who you ask) that is part of the spoils of my parent's divorce. On my right hand - amber ring, or blue topaz (also thanks to my folks).

[KnottedYet]

I took my engagement and wedding rings to be apraised several years after I got divorced. I had paid for them myself (!) and knew what they had been worth, so thought I'd get enough to pay down some debt.... or pay for part of a bike.

ha!

I'd been hanging on to those things, thinking they were an investment or an emergency fund. My right hand ring was safely tucked away for my son to inherit. The women in my ex's families had right hand rings that were old family rings (wedding, engagement, and such) that the matriarch of the family gave them when they got married. Mine was a plain gold wedding band that was about 80 years old. That will be for my son.

Anyway, took my ring in and was told the gold and stones weren't even worth $100. A couple shops told me they weren't even worth the time it would take to dismantle them. Bummer...

Could've used a mood ring right about then!

(BTW: it's not the *idea* of a right hand ring that bothers me. That idea has been around a very long time. It's the way it's being advertised by the jewelry conglomerate that bothers me.)