There are actually laws on books concerning this. In many states, if the ring was given on a birthday, on a major gift-giving holiday, etc... then NO, you do not have to give the ring back - it was a gift.
If the ring was given as a promise of marriage that never happened on a non-gift-giving day, then yes you have to give the ring back.
Do You Have To Return The Ring If The Engagement Ends?
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2011/02/23 02:07:38
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Do You Have To Return The Ring If The Engagement Ends?
what do you think
if an Engagement ends who does the Engagment ring belong to?
was it a Gift?
A promise of marriage
Should it be kept by the wearer or given back?
Top Opinion
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Archer ~ The Limit Break of... 2011/02/23 15:16:26
Anyways, this poll reminds me of some bad memories I don't wanna think of right now.
If the woman breaks it off, give it back to the man who gave it.
If the man gives the ring and ends it, the woman can keep.
If the woman's brother gives a kidney to the male-fiance (soon to be-in-law of other), and the male-fiance breaks it off--no one could do anything when they took him to court Yrs ago ntnl case of some folks.
I personally wouldn't want it.
I sure as heck wouldn't want to receive the ring from a bf who had given it to another woman who turned him down! eeeekkkkk!
So if it were an engagement ring, I def say give it back. Let that person return it, etc. I don't get why people have to be so stingy. A person and their feelings should be more important than an item.
If the woman (I'm using a heterosexual marriage, because it's most common) decided they don't want to marry, she must give the ring back. It's basically like paying a kid in advanced to mow your lawn. If they don't mow it, do they keep the money? No. the same principal is applied here.
If the ring was given as a promise of marriage that never happened on a non-gift-giving day, then yes you have to give the ring back.
Personally, if I was a woman, I would give it back either way. Who needs the bad memories?
If the man breaks off the engagement, he should allow the woman to keep the ring if she chooses. If the woman ends the engagement, she should be a lady and give it back.
... but we all know how few decent human beings there are in the world.
I gave my ring back to my ex-fiance. Though he was the one who cheated on me, I was the one who ended the engagement so I gave it back. I think many women would do the same... you don't?
I think some women try to be coy about this issue, get men to propose, and then try to keep the ring, so they can sell it for their drug habits or whatever.
Of course, if the guy breaks off the marriage, then he gives up ownership of the ring, because he gave the ring as a promise, and he did not live up to that promise.
To break that acceptance of the purposal the ring should be returned.