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zhuzhu

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Many people believe that it’s bad luck to give or wear an engagement/wedding ring that was involved in a failed relationship. A lot of new engagement rings, are prob previously given and worn without us knowing. So what do we do? Isn''t it more environmentally responsible to "recycle" diamonds, gems, and metal alike?
 
I don''t mind recycled diamonds but I would want my own setting. Not because I am superstitious, just like new stuff too!
 
Date: 3/15/2010 7:21:35 PM
Author:zhuzhu
Many people believe that it’s bad luck to give or wear an engagement/wedding ring that was involved in a failed relationship. A lot of new engagement rings, are prob previously given and worn without us knowing. So what do we do? Isn''t it more environmentally responsible to ''recycle'' diamonds, gems, and metal alike?
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i didn''t know you can melt a diamond.
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I imagine that any way whether by trading in, selling on Craigslist, eBay etc, selling back to a jeweler they would get recycled anyways. I don't know if too many people throw away their diamonds from a previous relationship.

I personally think it's bad juju to KNOWINGLY have an engagement or wedding ring/diamond from a failed relationship as your wedding jewelry. Marriage is hard as it is, it doesn't need any bad vibes helping it along. It's one of the few bad luck omens I actually consider.
 
I don''t think it''s bad luck.

My parents are divorced and my mom gave me the diamond from her engagement ring (from their marriage) to wear in a necklace on my wedding day. I wore it, and then re-set it into a simple pendant with a halo and I now wear it every single day around my neck. I don''t think it''s bad luck at all. It''s extremely special and sentimental to me.

Would I wear it as a ring? Probably not. But I''m not sure I can explain why - I think it''s because I wanted something my husband picked out just for me. But it has nothing to do with bad luck.
 
Not bad luck. I don''t see how an inanimate object can be a vessel of karma
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Date: 3/15/2010 8:14:00 PM
Author: yssie
Not bad luck. I don''t see how an inanimate object can be a vessel of karma
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ditto.
 
There''s no such thing as bad luck, IMO.
 
I was actually pretty superstitious about this for some reason. I originally wanted an antique engagement ring, but then I got worried about having a diamond from a failed relationship (I called it a divorce diamond) and decided against it.

I''m not particularly superstitious, either, but I just couldn''t get over it.
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It wouldn''t bother me to wear a diamond from a failed relationship as a necklace or RHR, though.
 
Date: 3/15/2010 8:23:53 PM
Author: thing2of2
I was actually pretty superstitious about this for some reason. I originally wanted an antique engagement ring, but then I got worried about having a diamond from a failed relationship (I called it a divorce diamond) and decided against it.

I''m not particularly superstitious, either, but I just couldn''t get over it.
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It wouldn''t bother me to wear a diamond from a failed relationship as a necklace or RHR, though.
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THIS

I wouldn''t mind wearing a diamond or gem again as long as it''s not on the ring finger of my left hand.
 
It wouldn''t bother me at all. So if anyone has any bad luck diamond they want to get rid of I''ll be here.
 
Well, kind of silly, but I''m superstitious. I think if I *knew* it was a divorce diamond, I would steer away. Obviously, my stone could be a divorce diamond, but I don''t know about it, so I''ve done my best to avoid the karma! I wouldn''t want a called-off wedding dress either for the same reason....
 
the only divorce diamond that I don''t like is a diamond that has been divorced from my finger!
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Date: 3/15/2010 8:27:38 PM
Author: lulu
It wouldn''t bother me at all. So if anyone has any bad luck diamond they want to get rid of I''ll be here.
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this! :) I''ll be happy to give you my mailing address to send them over
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Not bad luck. And, two of my most recent purchases are both "estate."
 
Oh, I would not feel comfortable wearing a ring from a previous relationship. I do not consider myself horribly superstitious but...still.
 
I''ve been told my wedding ring is around 100 years old, so I am sure it has been on more than one finger before mine. Seven blissfully married years so far so good. So I say no, I don''t believe in bad luck.
 
You cannot be certain a new diamond was not previously owned unless you mined it yourself.
Even if you trusted your vendor, they have to trust their source, and that source has to trust their source, etc .
 
Erm, loads of us are wearing ''recycled'' diamonds...


Where do you think all the upgrades go??
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Not at all. There are bad vibes associated with newly-mined diamonds, too. I''d rather buy used knowing the previous owners split up than buy new wondering if I have a conflict diamond.
 
It can only affect you if you let it.

My sister''s engagement ring is from a failed engagement of one of my colleagues.

My BIL was on limited funds and needed to sell his motorcycle, my colleague needed to sell his engagement ring from a past relationship, and the next thing you know, I''m fascilitating a trade. Someday, I know she''d like to reset the diamonds, but ya know, she wanted to be engaged more than she cared where it came from. I fully support that.
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Nope, don''t believe in bad luck.
 
I collect antique engagement and wedding rings
and I tend to thin more about the circumstances
under which they were given in the first place.
To me they have positive vibes.
 
It''s not a magic talisman, it''s JEWELRY. So no, no worries about bad mojo.
 
I''m all about "previously loved" rings!

At some point it meant a great deal to someone (the man that loved enough to gift it, or the intended that wore it) despite the end result if the relationship ended badly.
 
Not sure if I should answer now that im in the trade but I have said this for years when I wasn't.
I don't worry about it at all. The first diamond I proposed with was from a pawnshop.
 
Date: 3/15/2010 8:14:00 PM
Author: yssie
Not bad luck. I don''t see how an inanimate object can be a vessel of karma
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This is how I feel also.
 
I don''t think it would bother me. On the other hand, I like knowing that my ring came from a relationship that literally lasted until death (FI''s grandmother''s).
 
Date: 3/15/2010 8:23:53 PM
Author: thing2of2
I was actually pretty superstitious about this for some reason. I originally wanted an antique engagement ring, but then I got worried about having a diamond from a failed relationship (I called it a divorce diamond) and decided against it.

I''m not particularly superstitious, either, but I just couldn''t get over it.
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It wouldn''t bother me to wear a diamond from a failed relationship as a necklace or RHR, though.
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Antique rings could just as easily have been from a relationship that was an enduring love story. That''s how I prefer to think of it.
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It has never once even crossed my mind that either of my rings became available as a result of a divorce.
 
MishB and MissMina,

Have you posted photos of your rings? I would love to see them!! Hint, hint.
 
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