u/AmbivalentNewt

What to do with an ex-Engagement ring?

Unfortunately my fiancé and I decided to break off our engagement. Nothing particularly bad happened and there are no hard feelings, we just lived a long-distance relationship for two years and somewhere along the way fell out of love. I tried to give the ring back but he refused and insisted I keep it (he had designed it for me and made it using the gold and diamonds of his grandmother‘s ring).

Now a year and a half later I have a ring I’m clearly never going to use but also do not want to sell — it was from a wonderfully joyful if bittersweet time of my life. My best plan at the moment is to hope I have children and give it to one of them to use or remake. But giving a hypothetical child an engagement ring that didn’t work out also feels a little weird!

Any suggestions?

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u/AmbivalentNewt — 4 days ago

Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations for avoiding this? Or recommendations for women's shoes that are actually hard-wearing? I just want to wear pretty shoes that don't fall apart after a few wears.

e.g. these recent Carmina heels I've worn maybe 7 times, and already one of the rubber heels tips has fallen off! But even when heels don't fall off, they wear out very quickly. I'm just wearing them in the city and office, not going hiking.

https://preview.redd.it/edkh4167hbzg1.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=fd57f5262fe6af56c0f1408896158b701dd8c011

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u/AmbivalentNewt — 5 months ago