Married couples are supposed to grow old together. Being someone's soulmate is meant to be a life-long commitment. However, sometimes life throws us curveballs we could have never predicted.
It's heartbreaking to imagine the loss of a spouse, especially when a couple is so young, however, that's exactly what one woman is experiencing, all while feeling the pressure from her inlaws to return the ring her now-deceased husband gave her.
"Daniel and I were married for 1.5 years, together for 7," the original poster (OP) wrote. "I received an engagement ring, wedding ring, and eternity band from him (a wedding anniversary gift for 1 yr married)."
"It still doesn't feel real, but I’m trying to live life the way he'd want me to every day," she explained. "I haven’t had much contact with his family since the funeral 6 months ago. I suppose we were all hurting and need to heal."
"My SIL wants me to return all the rings to them, as they say that Daniel paid for them and because he has died, they belong to the family."
Her SIL claims OP's MIL echoes with these sentiments.
However, she is unwilling to part with the 2 of her rings as they're deeply sentimental and were gifted to her by her late husband.
"I'd be ok with giving them my plain wedding band, but the 2 others are beautiful, expensive (combined 19K), and remind me of the best time of my life," she explained.
"I'm getting squeezed by his family to give them these rings," the grieving widow explained. "I don’t know if they just want them to sell or own, or what."
"Daniel and I didn’t have kids," she wrote, "so I suppose I’m [no] longer family."
"Asking for a widow's wedding rings six months after losing her husband is deeply messed up," one person replied.
"These people are disgusting. They aren't family heirlooms, they're just nice things they want to be able to pawn. Block all of them."
"Where TF are these people getting the idea they have any claim over anything of his, much less something as sentimental as wedding and engagement rings?" they added.
"Absolutely do not give these people anything that Daniel gave to you unless you feel they should have the thing, like the pictures that were taken before you met. Repeat this is as needed until you believe it: I am my husband's family."
Truly, it's such a horrible situation and I can't imagine how much pain she must be experiencing!
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h/t: CafeMom
