What does one do with their wedding band after a bitter divorce? My ring is non-traditional (carved silver by a local artist) and I love it esthetically. I want to be able to wear it on my right hand. However, it also carries memories of an abusive relationship and a painful custody battle.
How can I look at it without stirring up trauma? Or could I do something else with it? Great question! You said you want to wear it on your right hand, rendering it no longer your wedding band. I believe the act of moving it to that hand could remove all the power it now holds on you. It may be simple.
However, if you still look at it and see/feel all the negative, then you need to take it off. Maybe you just need to set it aside for a period of time until it no longer maintains its symbolism. I also thought you could put it on a chain and wear it around your neck, but you’d still feel the feels every time you look in the mirror.
Another idea would be to dip it in gold, if affordable, thereby changing the colour (from silver to yellow or pink gold). That might be enough to alter your thoughts whenever you look at it. Readers: any jewellers out there have ideas for this woman? Please send and I’ll post.
My brother-in-law has convinced my sister-in-law they need to move back to their country of birth. Their parents brought them to Canada as children for safety and security and gave them nice lives. They found each other through their community (I’m an “outsider”), fell in love, and.