I Was Asked To Return My Diamond Ring After We Broke Up

I thought our breakup was painful enough, but then something even more shocking happened: he asked me to return the diamond ring he had given me.

“I spent a lot on that ring,” he said. “You need to give it back.”

I was silent. Not because I didn’t want to return the ring, but because I suddenly started questioning everything – was our relationship just about material things?

“Spent a lot, huh?”

When he gave me that ring, he told me it symbolised our love, something priceless. But now, after everything ended, the ring had turned into a price tag.

I understand that he’s hurt, maybe feeling like he’s lost his money. But can love really be measured by the price of a ring? Should the feelings and time I had invested in this relationship also be returned?

Honestly, I never asked for all the gifts he gave me or calculated how much time or attention I poured into this relationship. I just loved him in the way I understood love. But for him, it seems that love also comes with a value that needs to be calculated.

I returned the ring, not because I felt I had to, but because I didn’t want to hold onto something that now only symbolised a relationship that had ended. If that’s what he wanted, then let the ring go back to him.

However, one thing he couldn’t take back was the love I had given. I loved him sincerely, not because of gifts or material things, but because I believed in our relationship. But now, I realise that if someone truly loves, they wouldn’t ask for something back just because the relationship didn’t go as expected.

I learned that true love can’t be bought or claimed back. When a relationship ends, what should remain isn’t a bill or a tally, but the lesson of what truly matters in a relationship.

This article is part of TSS Confessions, a weekly column where we delve into personal finance topics that are unscripted and genuine real accounts from people.