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Hey there, ladies! Are you one of the many divorced women out there wondering about the cost of your divorce ring and how long your marriage lasted? You’re not alone! Many women are curious about these details, whether they’re looking to move on, seeking closure, or simply intrigued by the statistics. In this article, we’ll delve into the cost of divorce rings, the average duration of marriages, and everything in between. So sit back, grab a cup of coffee, and let’s break it all down.
Cost of Divorce Rings
Many women often wonder about the cost of their divorce rings – after all, they were once a symbol of love and commitment. The truth is, the cost can vary significantly depending on various factors such as the size of the diamond, the type of metal, and the overall design. As a general rule of thumb, the average cost of a divorce ring falls between $5,000 to $7,000. However, some rings can cost upwards of $20,000 or more.
Examples of divorce ring costs:
– Basic solitaire diamond ring: $5,000
– Vintage diamond ring: $7,000
– Custom-designed ring: $15,000-$20,000
It’s important to note that these are just examples, and the cost of divorce rings can differ from case to case. If you’re curious about the exact cost of your ring, it’s best to consult with a jeweler for an appraisal.
Duration of Marriages
When it comes to the duration of marriages, statistics show that the average length of a marriage ending in divorce is around 8 years. However, this number can vary depending on several factors such as age, education, and socioeconomic status. For example, couples who marry at a younger age are more likely to divorce within the first few years of marriage.
Here are some average marriage durations based on different demographics:
– Age 20-24: 3-5 years
– Age 25-29: 6-8 years
– Age 30 and above: 10+ years
It’s essential to remember that these are average durations and may not necessarily reflect your personal experience. Every marriage is unique and can vary widely in length.
Moving Forward
Now that we’ve covered the cost of divorce rings and the duration of marriages, it’s important to remember that these statistics do not define your worth or the validity of your past relationship. Divorce can be a challenging and emotional experience, but it’s also an opportunity for growth, self-discovery, and new beginnings.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the process, consider seeking support from a therapist, joining a support group, or connecting with other divorced women who can offer guidance and understanding. Remember, you are not alone in this journey, and there is a community of women who have walked a similar path and are ready to support you.
In conclusion, the cost of divorce rings and the duration of marriages can be intriguing topics for divorced women. By understanding the average cost of divorce rings and the duration of marriages, you can gain insight into your own experience and potentially find closure. Remember to focus on self-care, seek support when needed, and embrace the opportunity for new beginnings.
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* First marriage, ended in divorce: engagement and wedding band for me, approximately $200 (had some of my own jewelry melted down for partner’s ring); unasked for “upgrade” wedding set multiple years later, approximately $15,000. Total length of relationship: approximately 11 years. Total years married: approximately 8 years.
* Second marriage, happily and successfully continuing: engagement and wedding band for me + wedding band for partner, approximately $1500. Total length of relationship: 18.5 yrs and counting. Total years married: 17.5 years and counting.
I don’t remember how much the rings cost. So much has happened since then. We bought them all together. Marriage lasted 18 years. Should have ended much sooner.
10k. Less than 2 years.
Marriage #1: cheapo rings, formal wedding ceremony. Lasted 5 years
Marriage #2: semi-cheapo rings, semi-formal ceremony. Lasted 3 years
Marriage #3: cheapo rings with cheapo ceremony in Vegas. Lasted 3 years
$1,5K each person
3 years together
About 8 months married
First marriage-$1200 for my set. Together total of 3 years😂 married 1.5 years. Had 2 kids with him.
Second marriage-$200 from Walmart. Married after knowing each other 4 months. Married total of 8 years but only bc divorce took nearly 3 after he went to prison. Idiot.
Round three-idk yet😂
Combined his ring and my set were about $1,000. I paid for them because he didn’t have any money. He wanted a different ring later so I bought him that as well. We were married a little over 4 years and together for 6 total. He cheated on me.
First marriage
Together for 5 years, married for 5 months
Cost of ring: $16.99 Plain black band from Amazon
Cost of divorce: $250.00
Second (soon to be) marriage
Together for 3 years
Engagement Ring: custom ring $3,100
Wedding bands: free, previously owned by now deceased grandparents
$40 total for two tungsten rings. Relationship was 9 years, marriage 6.
I asked him to marry me, no ring. I was surprised with my great-great-grandmother’s ring at the wedding. Don’t know what it is worth. I wear it on my right hand now.
My ring $200 / his band $80. We were married 15 years but they were pretty miserable.
5k and 4.5 years
First marriage, expensive ring and lasted one year followed by single for 14 years.
Second marriage, inexpensive ring, lasting 30+ years and still going strong.
My ring was about $300. Married 7 years, not unhappily. We divorced amicably because we were not compatible.
Current marriage: we bought matching bands when we got engaged, I think $800 total? Married 1 year in March, very happy. 🙂
I don’t think there’s a direct correlation between ring cost and marital success. But maybe I’m just thinking about my own experience.
My ring was under 500 marriage lasted 21 years , happily divorced – priceless
I just had a band. It was about $275. His ring was about $250. The divorce was finalized after 8 years, but the marriage was *over* long before then.
Rings, clothes, and food cost under $1000. We were married 30 years.
$100 and 4 years.
I don’t know the cost but it was one carat in the center and surrounded by smaller diamonds. My wedding band fit into the main ring and had a bunch of smaller diamonds as well and then on our first anniversary he got me another band to balance the other side of the ring. It was gorgeous and I loved it.
We were together for 12 years.
$1500ish for the rings, lasted 3 years to the day. He cheated.
Less than $100 each. Maybe even less than $50. Relationship lasted 10 years, marriage lasted 5.
1st Marriage was very 1st boyfriend out of high school. Rings purchased where from Service Merchandise so maybe a couple of hundred. Married just a little over a year as he had addiction issues. That was a huge mistake.
Waited almost 10 years before the 2nd marriage. Our 1st set of rings was probably around $1,500. We upgraded my diamond a few years ago and that one was $3,500. We’ll be married 24 years next May. So there is success the second time round.
Engagement ring was a hand me down. No significance behind it, just a spare ring. His was also a hand me down, I believe a band from a failed marriage. I bought my own wedding band for $600. 12 years together, married shy of 4, divorced for 11!
$2500…a year and a half
I gave the wedding set to my neice
Probably under $500 for my set and his, we were young and broke. Married seven years, together eleven total. Serial cheater and secret drug addict. Controlled my whole life. 10/10 would not do again lol.
Around $700 never even made it down the aisle, but we were together for 6.5 years (engaged for the last 6 months of that)
Married in 2000. Rings were roughly $900 total. Plain bands and half-karat diamond solitaire engagement ring. He didn’t have the credit to get the rings, so I had to. Divorced 2020. Each kept our respective rings. I have no idea what he did with his. I will eventually sell mine.
1st marriage – lasted 5yrs. Rings mishmash – my mom’s diamond, his mom’s band and a $100 band from some box jeweler in the mall. I have no idea how much any of it was. If I had to guess maybe $1k cause of the diamond. We were babies 20/21
2nd marriage (upcoming in May) my engagement ring $400 – his ring is going to be kind of pricey I’m thinking $1k (custom design in white gold)
First marriage: $1200 combined engagement and wedding rings, married 2 years
Second marriage: 28k for wedding and engagement rings, happily married 7 years now, together 10.
5k. 5 years
$900 for my bridal set. 14 years of marriage. Still besties after the divorce.
About 45k and less than 10 years
First marriage: I want to say was maybe 2k? Lasted 5 years.
Second marriage: $60. Never been happier.
First marriage: $700 and the marriage lasted 3 years. He had been having an affair for the last year, and it ended abruptly after I found out. I did love that ring though lol.
Current marriage: $10,000 and going strong after 10 years so far.
Honestly, I regret the $10,000. I love my ring, but I kind of got caught up in the razzle dazzle and we could afford it so…it happened. Older and wiser, I would not do that again if I could turn back the clock. I know how to shop smarter these days.
First marriage the ring (one ring that was both engagement and wedding) was about $3K but got badly damaged about 5 years in so upgraded and the next was an engagement and wedding ring set worth about $20K. Marriage lasted 22 years.
To me the ring is important – not the size or the material but what it represents. You need to love it as you see it every day and it reminds me of my partner.
He proposed 72 hours after meeting me for the first time. He did not have a ring then, but took me to *six* jewelers and let me [try on the nicest rings at Tiffany’s](https://imgur.com/a/xaXl4sX)
I was the provider throughout our entire marriage and he abandoned me the day he earned his first dollar. When I refused to sign annulment papers we didn’t qualify for, he threatened to kill me.
I never ever got a ring 🙁 and our marriage lasted from October ‘22 to April ‘23
$4000. Dated 4 years. Married for 8 and counting!
Married 38 yrs lost him to cancer. First rings maybe $100 each for our bands and $1200 for my diamond.
Many years later I was gifted a new $40,000 Tiffany upgrade. I still wear one set or the other every day. I don’t see ever taking my wedding rings off.
First marriage, $10k for a set. We lasted 7 years.
Second marriage $200 and we’re on year 6.
It’s not about the price of the wedding or the ring or the dress…but I do love my first ring. The design is so original and it just felt so good on my hand. It’s such a shame for it to sit in a box.
I don’t know how much he paid for it, but my engagement ring later appraised for $10,000, so I expect it was closer to $15,000 – $20,000 retail.
Before we got engaged, I showed him a ring I loved. It was $1,800 retail. (In today’s dollars, that’s about $3,300.) I truly loved it. But he sneered at the ring and his exact quote was: “Oh, honey, I’d never get you a ring like that.” (Not sure it’s pertinent but his income at the time was about $110,000, which is about $190,000 in today’s dollars.)
A female manager I had at the time warned me that the engagement ring would be less about me and more about his image, etc. When he proposed and presented the ring, I thought it was beautiful, of course — it was a 1.25 carat FIF emerald cut center stone with side rounds and tapered baguettes, in a white gold setting — but I also thought, “Well, there’s the new deck for the house.” I can be exceedingly pragmatic.
Later, he would make comments like, “Let’s go show off the ring,” which seemed to corroborate what my female manager had predicted.
He asked for a divorce right before our second anniversary. (We’d been together 4.5 years total by that point, but our relationship had been rocky from the start. We should have never lasted past the 3-month mark, and i think we did because we were a bit older and wanted kids — which we never had — so i think we each thought we were the other’s last chance.) He went and got a lawyer, and he and his lawyer drew up the separation agreement, deciding what he’d settle on me and how the property would be split and all that. He even documented that I’d get 5 place settings of our wedding China and he’d get five. Stuff like that. He was very meticulous, divvying up the number of towels each of us would get and who got which house plant…but he failed to document anything about the ring.
About 6 months after we separated, I came home to find a letter from his lawyer saying they wanted the ring back, and if they didn’t get it, they’d stop doing something that was in the agreement — the agreement which, again, THEY drew up.
I got out my highlighter and noted certain clauses in the agreement, took the ring to a retailer and sold it, then used the money to hire a lawyer. I presented him with the agreement, drew his attention to the salient paragraphs, and was told my ex had no contractual expectation to the ring. My lawyer and my ex’s lawyer spent a few months in epistolary warfare, and then finally my ex’s lawyer sent one last scathing, petulant letter and the signed divorce papers.
I had bought my own wedding ring (and his) for about $1500 combined. I still have mine and occasionally wear it on my right hand. It’s a simple white gold band with small channel-set diamonds.
He gave me some hand me down piece of crap with a speck of diamond, so I just bought my own ($12,000). Marriage lasted about 6 months but I kept my pretty ring that I designed and paid for!