Just the other day, I saw a friend that I hadn’t seen in years.  It was such a wonderful reunion, it felt like we just saw each other yesterday.  Anyways, she had been previously married for about 5 years, and recently had gotten divorced.  She came in asking me what she should do with the ring.  I felt like she should have the diamonds reset into something new.  She felt as if it represented a bad relationship and brought back bad memories.  What is the right protocol on this one?

In my opinion a female should never return any gifts whatsoever.  She was married for a very long time and earned the rock on her finger. But if the marriage failed why couldn’t the ring symbolize the good parts of the relationship.  Every relationship that you go through is a learning experience that allows us to also look into ourselves and learn from our mistakes.