- thesecondwife
- 2 years ago
I lost a really nice necklace my ex got me but if I still had it, yeah.
I lost a really nice necklace my ex got me but if I still had it, yeah.
I was not asking it people think she should or shouldn’t be wearing it…
I was just curious if other people also wore jewelry given to them by an ex.
I thought it was an interesting topic.
I just never thought about keeping it… having said that I never really loved any of the gifts my exes gave me
I have a ring from someone I was briefly engaged to. He demanded the ring when we broke up, then gave it back to me almost a decade later. I wear it once in a while cause it’s really pretty.
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In my case, I still have jewelry from a long ago ex in my jewelry box, but I don’t wear it. The pieces are gold & semiprecious stones, so definitely too valuable to toss and also more valuable than I’d casually throw into a Goodwill pile. I’ll either eventually get around to selling it, or maybe gift it to future children or my niece down the line. I did give a couple pieces away to a close friend who admired them.
I don’t wear that much jewelry, though if the occasion arises, and jewelry from an ex goes with my outfit, then why not? Plus, like PP mentioned, I’m unlikely to toss a Tiffany’s necklace into a donation pile.
I keep everything and wear it unless it has a special romantic tie: i.e. old engagement ring.
If I got rid of everything, I’d have two pieces of jewelry.
No, I’d feel weird wearing something given to me by an ex. I can tell you my partner would not like it, either. It feels like it’d be disrespectful to him, in a way.
I did keep a pretty diamond and emerald ring a long ago ex had given me, but I only kept it because, diamond and emerald ring. I just kept it in a drawer, I never wore it. I finally sold it last year, and I felt that was the right choice. For me, at least. I get that not everyone attaches sentimental feelings to an object, and that’s cool too.
Obviously gave back the engagement ring my ex bought me (pretty sure he proposed with it to the woman he was cheating on me with) and he also bought me a diamond anniversary band that I gave to my SIL. Depending on the sentimentality of the piece, I don’t see any issue with wearing it after a breakup. I don’t put much stock in “stuff” though and don’t get hung up it. I’m one of those people that will upgrade a wedding set and not even think about the sentimental aspect, so I guess it depends on the person too.
I’ve kept old jewelry that I’ve gotten from exes. Not if the jewelry just reminded me of something sad, and nog my old engagement ring. But other jewelry I’ve recieved? Of courde I’ve kept it! I don’t see no reason to get rid of it just out of principle.