After a break-up, would you ask for your gifts back/would you give back the gifts? ( Archived) (51)

If it's antique emerald ring heirloom from his great great grandmother, OK, not for me.. I'd even return it myself right away.

But if it's the baseball cap, the tshirt, the stuffed snake, and his basketball jersey with my birthdate as the number, yup, I'll give them back. I wouldn't want anything to do with a guy like that. lol.

The only 'gift' required to be returned after a break-up is the engagement ring. It is based on a promise of a future marriage and if there is no marriage then it must be returned. Alternatively, it is possible one or the other formerly engaged party may have grounds to sue for 'breach of promise' if funds were expended in association with the marriage agreement, i.e., wedding reception hall rental, gowns, airfare, etc.

yes i ask for my heart back

I've always wondered, what does a man do with an engagement ring that has been returned to him? Does he give it to another woman in the future?

im sure if his the non sentimental type he would give it to someone else, others sell it, throw it away(depends how hurt he is) others give it to family members

Or sell it to buy another for his new fiancee..

i honestly wouldnt blame him, times are though

I agree, I would probably sell it myself on craigslist, lol!

craigslist has such a bad rep i would do it on ebay

I know girl, I was kidding.

I can't believe you pointed out that 50% of people thought that guy was unattractive. That was funny! He actually looks like a female.

poor guy, he learned the hard way

indeed!

The last gift I was given was a very expensive, popular brand of perfume which reeked like a hazardous chemical factory to me.

My best friend was thrilled to bits with it, however.

Yuh, that is becoming an issue here. Most guys sell them back to a jewelery or pawn shop right away to try to get some at least of their money back. Mine came to me under different circumstances so I still have them. I find I now have about a small shoe box of such items and am seriously thinking of hitting the local 'gold and silver bought here' type stores. Momma's Momma got those of her parents and her siblings and Mom inherited those. Similar for Dad, and again. Meanwhile on my wife's side something similar. So she died and I got those too, plus the one I gave her of course, so it has become most of a shoe box full of stuff I will never wear. Maybe 9 men's rings (including my own), also one man's ring engraved inside 1864. Maybe two dozen woman's rings of both types wedding and engagement. Also at least 20 watches, some fairly old but all of good brand. Broaches, cameos and lockets too. Clearly at least one mortgage payment sits in that box in the safe. The question becomes leave it all for whoever inherits my stuff, or redeem it all now? I have been chewing on this for several months now since the day a few months ago when I decided to break boredom and go through all the various bins of previously living relative's stuff and take an inventory and consolidate all the jewelery into just one bin.

I do believe that only teenagers will do these ideas.

An engagement ring yes I would.