Divorce rings: Depressing jewelry trend
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bouquet divorce ring
Bouquet ring
Photo by: boticca.com
This 18-carat gold-plated ring is molded in the shape of a bridal bouquet...and then stuffed into the skull of a dead bird. Romantic it’s not. "Mourning is not just about dead people," explains Gisele Ganne, the ring's designer. "It is also about dead relationships and decaying marriages." The $1348 divorce ring, for sale at boticca.com, symbolizes of the end of a relationship, only with more gore. - 2/6
brass knuckles divorce ring
Brass knuckles
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Divorce rings can be worn in place of the wedding ring, or on any other finger (in break-ups there are no steadfast rules). But for those with particularly hard splits, there's the three-finger divorce ring. Priced at almost $3,000, Ganne's brass knuckle-inspired version suggests you aren't afraid to make your ex pay. - 3/6
dagger divorce ring
Diamond dagger
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Just because your engagement ring is off, that doesn't mean your diamonds go with it. Alice Kwartler antiques sticks a diamond dagger down the middle of a broken heart so everyone knows you’re not engaged, you’re through. The cost: $3,200 or in divorce terms, about 10 hours worth of legal fees. - 4/6
coffin divorce ring
Coffin ring
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Before you move on with a divorce ring, you have to lay the past to rest. That's the idea behind the wedding ring coffin, a $40 mini-casket for your something old. You can customize the plaque with the dates or your marriage or you can choose from bittersweet sayings like "six feet isn't deep enough." - 5/6
reminder divorce ring
Reminder ring
Photo by: shameonjane.com
This $42 sterling silver "reminder ring" is more about improving your future than harping your past. - 6/6
divorce necklace
Say it with a necklace
Photo by: Zazzle.com
For a more direct approach to telling the world you're newly single, there's Zazzle.com's line of divorce necklaces. They're cheap ($30), straightforward and not too sentimental. Just like a good rebound.
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