Did you keep it? Do you still wear it? Is it in a jewelry box? Did you sell it? Did you give it back? What’s customary when you divorce? Who gets the rings? Do you each give back the ring you bought the other?
I did the George Washington thing: it’s at the bottom of the Potomac River where some future Gollum may find it.
I still have it kicking around in a drawer somewhere.
I don’t think rings are returned in a divorce; each party may do whatever their little heart desires with it.
I’m not divorced, but the engagement ring from my ex is currently in a jewellery store, being sold by comission for about $300.
Every breakup/divorce I’ve heard of, the wearer of the ring keeps the ring they were wearing, to do whatever they wish with it. I’ve heard of a couple of people trying to get “their” ring back (the one they gave to another), but it’s generally considered pretty rude to do that where I come from. After all, the ring was a gift, not a loan - you don’t plan to marry someone so you can take the ring back - naturally, you expect it to be worth the investment, but that’s the risk you take.
I kept it, but I will never wear it again. It’s tossed in some box on my dresser, I think. I loved the ring but hated the marriage, so I have mixed feelings about it now. I kind of figure one of my kids may want it someday.
The ring had actually been handed down through the family for a few generations. The first son had it to give to his wife, and then I was supposed to give it to our first son.
I gave it back to his mother. For a few years after that I was angry enough to wish I’d just sold it at a pawn shop, but now I’m glad I gave it back.
I had to have the rings cut off, so it is no longer wearable. Right after our dissolution hearing the two of us went to eat brunch, and then I went straight to a jeweler to have it removed. Tha’t when I really started bawling. We both cried during the hearing, but the act of actually having the rings cut off was so final, and so emotional, that I fell to bits. Scared the jeweler, who thought he has cut me! So the rings are stored in a strongbox, and someday when I have money I may have the main stone made into a necklace or something, but my son thinks he’s getting it to use when he marries. My ex has never asked about it. I hadn’t removed the ring in fourteen years, and it left a permanent scar on my finger
My mother kept hers as a ring in a safe deposit box for 15 years or so after her divorce, then had the solitare placed in a necklace setting. It’s beautiful, and I hope one day to wear that necklace, although I have my own wedding ring.
After a broken engagement, I’ve kept the rings, but only because I haven’t gotten around to selling them.
I had my wedding band from my first marriage melted down and made into a charm that is on my daughter’s charm bracelet.
I held onto mine for a couple years before I traded them late one night for some less-than-legal substances. They were pretty ugly anyway, and the stone was pathetically small. Haven’t regretted it one bit.
I kept them all, her rings and mine. They are currently sitting in some drawer at the house. I have no plans for them as of yet.
This came up a couple years ago; as I recall, there are Doper ex-rings at the bottom of the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Gulf of Mexico (mine), and a couple other major bodies of water.
During an argument we had several months before the divorce, my husband asked for my ring back. I gave it up gladly.
It’s odd that the divorce came as such a shock to him.
Re: broken engagement, the ring goes back to the giver if the recipient breaks off the engagement. This is etiquette, but I remember a court battle over a very pricy engagement ring a few years back. The groom was awarded the ring because the bride-to-be broke it off.
SWMBO had the rock from her engagement ring reset in a totally different band. She still wears it on her left hand; it is apparently become a +10 Ring Of Protection, as it seems to ward off most predatory males. 
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I realised later that there are some instances in which the ring would be given back to the giver, but I, admittedly, posted and ran. Well, walked, had to make a trip to the drugstore. 
In my case, my fiance broke it off, by running off with another woman. Also, he told me to keep it. So I sold it. Might as well profit. 
My ex’s ex wore her ring for years after the divorce…“until she no longer loved him.” Oh, the drama. Fercrissakes.
…inserted nasally…
Damn this is a depressing thread.
Don’t have a clue where mine is.