not that it will make you feel any better but mine took his off immediately and shoved it in a drawer. i feel for you though, I know it hurts to see it off. I wore mine for a week or 2 after he took his off and then thought why bother - he had already filed for D so I took mine off. It's much easier for me now because he moved out a month ago today. I survived the first month without him. yay! still [censored] though to go through this and see so many others hurting. I was so upset at the time when he left but now I feel like he did me a favor, much easier to heal this way. let him go, he knows where you are when he's ready to come back. remind yourself that you will survive, GAL, focus on the kids and you. write a list of new goals for your life, distractions that will take your mind off of this. tell yourself him taking off the ring changes nothing, you were already on this path. i know it's shocking, i try to plan for the worst so it's not so bad when and if that happens. you will find strength you never knew you had, you have it in you. I would cry in the shower so he wouldn't know, you do need to let that out. take care of you.


Me - 42
exH - 56
Married 10.5 years
Together 17
bomb dropped 1/6/14
signed papers 2/4/14
H moved out 2/22/14
D final 4/4/14
Dropped the rope 5/17/14
2 cats, 2 dogs