I've just realized I'm going to have to sell some stuff to make up the rest of the money for the wedding so it's bye bye iPad and some of my x boyfriend jewelry :( Is anyone else having to sell things to afford to get married? x

Awhh InDreamland, that's good then! My mum and dad are helping as much as they can but money is always tight! x

The beauty of this site is that so many brides on here are managing to plan and arrange their weddings on a tight budget which means you can pick up lotsa tips and not have to spend much and still have an amazing special day xx

The ladies on here have certainly stopped me spending more than I have done so far. A few things they suggested was too expensive so I got other quotes which worked out far cheaper.
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Clothes, old laptops, phones and cameras, some old jewellery, OH records which he doesn't use anymore.

However we aren't looking at it as selling stuff to afford the weddin, we are looking at it as making room for our new life together.

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That's a nice way of looking at it ButtonandBoo! I never thought of it like that :)

Thought about selling the kids but not how long I'd have to wait b4 they were returned haha

Barbara!

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we're not selling but we're holding back on things we wanted

we've got rid of a few little bits, but its only stuff that we werent using (old phones, cds, dvds etc).. hoping we wont have to sell anything else as everything left is stuff we like! xx

Ages ago my mum gave me first engagement ring (from her marriage to my dad, she paid for it so didn't 'give it back' to him), she suggested that I use that and the wedding band that went with it to help offset the cos of our wedding rings. Trouble is, jewellers I've been to so far will only weigh it in, even though the diamond must be worth something in itself...
So in the mean time I'll be selling other things too x

I have considered selling two rings that I got from my ex. One is an 18ct gold with 5 diamonds (almost like a half eternity ring) and another 9ct gold with a small saphire and two tiny diamonds either side. My FIL2B is a jewellery salesman (retired but still knows his stuff and people in the trade) who said that I won't get much for it, prob not even £100 for the two so I'm not sure that cash wise it's really worth it as I know how much was paid for them.

I have no attachment at all to these rings anymore even if the 18ct diamond ring was a 21st birthday present from my ex and TBH I think H2B will be really pleased to see them go.

If I could get a decent price for them I'd happily sell as would be nice to have a little more cash.
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Oh poo!
Oh well, I might take them to a good jeweller who can melt them down and make something else out of them for me.
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Thanks MrsRoss2b.
If I can get them made into something else I'll be happy, it's just I will never wear the rings ever again and have no sentimental attachment to them either. Also, H2B I think would rather I was rid of them. He asked me if I had any other jewellery from my ex. I told him that I had a pair of 18ct white gold gucc! earrings but there was no way I was getting rid of them! He understood thank goodness.