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source: https://www.businessinsider.com/the-luxury-jewelry-resale-market-is-booming-during-the-pandemic-2020-9?r=US&IR=T

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drastic changes (economy, health & psychology) occur in almost all countries because of this "PANDEMIC", and of course those who are unable to deal with it will think short.  for those who are married you must believe that this difficulty will end and the economy will recover, don't because of your emotions for a moment you have to divorce and forget about the people who have fought with you and you really love..

My wife and I continue to communicate and we trust each other that this will end, I hope all my friends here are not divorced from their partners during this "PANDEMIC" period. 🍻

I am more of the opinion that precious gem re-sell value is worse than anything including diamonds. So I dont like buying it for future selling but rather only as a gift even then a very small one if I do. Now I understand the sentiment behind the "matrimony" and all, but honestly I would rather gift Gold over Gems.

In this context, let me remind you all that few more sectors have had massive sales which include the birth control methods - people are at home having nothing to do, sets eyes on their wife and boom ;D

You cant deny the fact that a lot of baby showers are happening in the next few months in several countries of the world. Added to it the low-cost wedding ceremonies due to the pandemic are an impetus to the lower economic strata to get married.  ;)

If that problem occurs in your country, I would instead see the phenomenon of increasing pregnant women and many marriages that are only done at home or at church with the closest family due to the pandemic and reduced wedding costs.  But it is undeniable that divorce also occurs but the phenomenon of selling wedding rings is not significantly visible.

Here in the Philippines I don't see those sales of engagement/wedding rings pretty often, though the problem regarding uncontrolled pregnancies have risen given that this country held the longest lockdowns on earth, with little to almost no effect on the containment or even control of the virus. For those who are tying the knot during the pandemic, I feel as if this is just the situation forcing them to get wed early on in the fear that they might not get that ceremony if this thing worsens. Also, people selling or foregoing wedding rings/engagement rings seem like people are trying to get some money in the bank due to the overall economic conditions being hard on them. It's an interesting trend nonetheless, and goes to show how dynamic the economy really is especially when situations like this one that we are in arises.

During the pandemic the bonding has got more tight than the past. Same time couples could've known better about each other, because majority of the time will be spend on office and on other things. Now things are entirely opposite, full time both were together, so one will get to know about the real face (character) of each other. There are few divorce,but in my view couples have learned to share their responsibility and daily routine.

I don't get what those married couples are thinking to come up divorcing in the end. This time of pandemic is a real deal, they should have been had much more time with each other, their bonds will get stronger because of that. They probably isn't very compatible, but that does not matter anymore if you already had kids and are married. Just take the responsibility as a partner, and do not ever leave them from such trash reason.

So what happened to the price? Means that it stayed on it's price since the supply went higher same as the demand? Am I right? I'm confused, but it makes sense that supply will be much higher since there is low demand because we are in times of pandemic where marriage is less.

Finally some good news. I only hope that such unions will not fall apart in a couple of years simply because "we did not get along". I am very sad to see what the institution of marriage has become and I literally cry as I watch it being destroyed more and more.
I want to believe that this increase in sales is due to the fact that people really realized that one in this life is very difficult and much easier if there is a person nearby who loves you and supports you at all costs.

Luxury goods like jewelry, watches, paintings and other artpieces, are usually the first to be sold when people fall into financial problems. Then they sell all their "toys" like drones, spare computers, gaming consoles, then it's time to change the car for a cheaper model and so on, so forth.
Fortunately I haven't been forced to do any cuts this year. Maybe the pandemic isn't as bad as they're painting it, or maybe I'm immune? ::)

In my country the situation is different. We've got more number of new mothers,many have got pregnant during the lockdown. News source state that there is more than seven million unwanted pregnancy during the lockdown. By the same time more couples who have been without baby for long years too have got pregnant, as they were able to take proper diet and have physical contact. This way I find this to be good in the lockdown than the increased ring sales.

Source :  Times of India  (https://m.timesofindia.com/life-style/parenting/pregnancy/covid-19-baby-boom-india-expected-to-have-the-highest-number-of-births-this-year/amp_articleshow/75602754.cms)

Maybe for people that intend getting married has increased and this causes the rise in the demand of the wedding rings. It will be good thing to note that during the lockdown, activities that involve gathering of large number of people are not allowed globally.Which means weddings are not generally taking place. But at this time that the lockdown is being eased in many countries, social gathering are taking place and it is not surprising that the sales of wedding rings will increased but I am sure the annual revenue for this year might not be up to the one of last year due to the effect of the covid19.

What's that? An exchange for all those who died because of pandemic...Well we can say that covid 19 is not just a curse but also a blessing. Curse because it makes peoples live worst and many people died but Blessing for those who will be having a new born baby specially those already count many years but only this time of pandemic they receive such wonderful blessing. It also means that the population of every country will increase again and the economic status of every family is need to lift.

In my country, the divorce rate has increased sharply, especially in urban areas. Increased tensions in the household during a pandemic, caused by factors of changing dynamics during the pandemic, increased household chores that make couples become stressed.

Initially, before the pandemic, the intensity of communication or meetings between members was small, so the potential for conflict was also smaller. But a pandemic that requires staying at home has increased intensity and increased potential for violence.

The pandemic has an effect on the economic conditions of the people. It is this economic factor that causes the wife or husband to not get or decrease in income, which encourages restrictions on meeting family needs so that it can trigger arguments or violence against either wife or children.

The topic title is quite interesting, don't know if this is off-topic. I am not sure how this company survey about increasing sales of engagement rings, as far as I can see in my country,  marriage and engagements have been reduced during the pandemic. It's because the government had restrictions regarding gathering many people as one place. So there are problems with the wedding ceremony and that's the reason why marriage and engagement are reduced from my country.

in the household, the economy is the most fatal thing...
my husband and I understand each other's condition, my husband is currently looking for a job because he was stopped from the hotel where he used to work. fortunately, me, my sister and my husband are taking advantage of this time to sell masks online. Communication between partners is important and both parties must remember the promise of life and death during the pronunciation of the wedding vows.

Truly, also have seen a known person who ended up selling his car because of no job at current time sand another reason was that it was used on only on weekends or when it was needed. But certainly the situation is bad and anything that is not required on immediate basis and can be avoided people are selling it to manage their daily life than be it expensive watches, art piece etc.

It is true that everyone is struggling during this period and the relationships will struggle when you are struggling financially.
 Hope everyone will push through these times and if people are holding jewels and if it is necessary to sell them to take care of your family even if it is a wedding ring there is nothing wrong in it as material things can be purchased later. I am trying to sell one of my property and because of the economic crisis that is holding everyone it is taking a long time finding a buyer.

Personally i would say if someone is divorcing or destroying your peace of mind you when you are struggling it is better to let them go rather than holding onto them.

Wow, that's one hell of an increase from year to year.  And I know correlation doesn't mean causation, but I'd be pretty confident in saying that the quarantine, lockdown, and all the other changes people have had to make during the coronavirus outbreak have played a big part in that increase.

Not that I'm a big believer in the strength of marriage in general, mind you.  Most people I know are fairly miserable in their marriage and I've known quite a few couples who've divorced over the years.  My guess is that the COVID-19 thing put spouses into way too much contact with one another, plus they've probably had their kids around all the time--and a situation like that can be extremely stressful.

No, it's pretty bad but perhaps you're the type of person who doesn't usually live beyond his means--and a lot of people do, with credit card debt, high mortgage payments, kids, etc. 

As I expected, now the number of pregnant women is increasing, as part of this we expect more baby deliveries in the next few months and I see this as a very bad situation. Hospitals these days are needed for covid patients and other severe diseases, doctors are indeed needed also. Instead of paying attention to those who are sick, they will be called for an emergency of delivering a baby. Just keep ya' heads up!

But lot of people see this as an opportunity to have their marriage at the lockdown since they don't have much expenses like parties,ceremonies and all other things they can save huge amount overall.I can see the pregnant women increased more in this year as a result of lockdown. :D

I was going to add this myself, we are probably going to see a spike in the upcoming months when it comes to babies being born, because even if the pandemic is having the effect of increasing the divorces we can say that for the most part those are people that would have divorced anyway and they decided to go ahead due to the fact that two people that did not liked each other now had to live under the same roof almost 24/7, however the pandemic is also having the opposite effect and it is making those couples that loved each other to become even closer as they support each other during these difficult times.

I don't think this actually means that there are so many more divorces. That's like saying grocery sales are up so people must be eating that much more. But maybe that's because restaurants are closed. Or people can't (or don't want to) go see a lawyer so they use an online template site.

What's interesting about diamonds is that their status as "precious gems" is wholly concocted by the De Beers company and completely arbitrary.  Diamonds are not particularly rare and should not be particularly valuable, but they are considered so because of one of the most successful advertising campaigns in history where De Beers planted the seed in the public consciousness that all engagement rings should have a diamond in them, and that the diamonds should be expensive as a measure of love and commitment to the marriage.  De Beers controls 75-80% of the supply of diamonds worldwide, so they keep the supply scarce enough to be able to control the price, even though there is more than enough supply to send the prices through the floor.  Diamonds are a scam, but the public has bought into it, so they're "valuable."

We should not say that the new life is a replacement for the life lost, but yes this is a symbol of what the resilience of humans beings mean as a species. Everything that may attempt to reduce the population will be countered by a method to normalize the population again and humans prevail.

So lets not forget the lives lost and respect them by keeping hope and giving birth to more ;D

The OBGY and Paeds departments are going to have a massive added load apart from the general load that they face in normal conditions. Lets just hope that the newborn and their mothers get the proper care they deserve.

After all many people have lost job and are cutting it close to being bankrupt, for them it is a time of despair. So this case does not apply to everyone. :(

i dont think the Divorce is the answer for those who are buying diamonds and gold,what i am thinking that those who are
buying for engagement and wedding rings are those rich people that find time to marry or set their marriage because of lock down,they realize
how they need each other so they need to get married the sooner.
and why will be there is a divorce when we need each other now in this fight.for us,our family and for the country.

I want to laugh big when reading your topic, this is the first time I see a topic talking about divorce & marriage.

Ha.ha.ha.ha.

OP, that's the challenge of life, faith, hard work and responsibility if someone is married, there are many roads to Rome, that's a saying, There is no need to take the road of divorce.

pandemic, from one side, destroys the entire world economy, but don't give up on earning a living for your family, you can do business online for now, if the pandemic still hits every region.

Many people today do business online, restaurants, supermarkets, drinks, food, pizza and many others.
It's the best business currently to boost the economy during the pandemic.

I am not that aware about the increase of price of wedding rings. What I have heard is the increase of women that gets pregnant in a young or right age due to quarantine. Here on my country, even actresses gets pregnant which they called "quarantine baby". Well maybe one reason why wedding rings price increases is because of the unexpected pregnancy and the parents wants then to get married for the sake of the child. I am not sure about it but for the consevative parents, they will require the couple to get married even though it is just a civil wedding.

In a pandemic condition, the economy is indeed difficult, so to make ends meet, more sacrifices are needed. Besides sacrificing property (wedding ring = asset), many are not strong and choose to separate. it is a shame because it is precisely in these difficult conditions that their loyalty is being tested. on the contrary, there are many parties who actually take advantage of this situation to get married with the aim of saving costs

Getting divorced because you're in a bad financial state is a bad idea and a dumb way of handling the situation.

As a couple you have much greater chance of saving money or getting a good loan, while a divorce will only mean additional expenses and money lost trying to split everything and sell unsplitable properties.

Indeed, applying for divorce is so expensive that's why a couple must  have a strong bond with each other. They must overcome all the trials on their life specially in hard time like this pandemic. Getting married is better than divorce this time of pandemic ,so others take advantage of marriage because less expenses and hassle for wedding preparation.

I had same doubt dude.Now many people below poverty line, had stuggling to get food and economy of many country get into negative.But some people doing this wedding drama,I think they thought the world end soon ;D ;D
People should think about the growth of their life .

You got my body all laughing. I think birth giving should be what covid-19 effect should be having than having issues in marriage and divorce is the height of it. Ring buying should really be for new weds lik

I thought sales of condoms are higher now than rings. ;D
Then, next to that are baby items since they will be preparing for that.
Finally, pregnancy test kits.

How many new parents will name their babies near corona virus abbreviation?
Maybe Cody to remind them they made it during the pandemic.
Just don't name them Nineteen or they will be like the androids. (DBZ)

Do you think there is any people who got so much in financial problem that they had to sell their wedding rings? That wasn't a point that was talked, mainly people who realized they spent so much time together that they either want to divorce or get married and I understand that part, which is probably the biggest part, those two covers wedding ring deals 99% probably.

However I do wonder if this pandemic situation caused a lot of people to be in so much financial distress that they may have sold their rings to live another month or two, after all if you did had money when you got married, you probably bought wedding rings totaling 2 month salary or so, and when you end up selling them it probably reached to 2 months of surviving as well and that may have helped in with this as well.

lol that is the obvious situation that we are having right now. ive seen a lot of posts that this person and that person is about x months pregnant, expecting their baby this x month. but the sales of wedding rings? i havent read about. only when the OP posted this topic and where he got this article.
 i guess this is not true when you are talking about global issue brought about by pandemic. maybe that study is not really a conclusive one. we cant tell that yet.

I really did not see this coming at all, it really does sound like a weird number. I would assume it would actually go down, thinking that since it is summer so the most wedding season normally but we had pandemic so people had hard time, which means people should have not gotten married because of pandemic during the season they get married most, which means it should have gone down compared to previous years.

I haven't thought about people who got stuck together and got bored of each other and constantly fought and eventually decided to divorce each other, that also makes a lot of sense, that part of the discussion was not something I thought about. I have been with my wife for all this time and it actually really helped us instead, I really missed her and it helped me spend more time with her.

I also see that many couples got married this year of 2020 because they have strengthened their family ties during community quarantine lockdown. They have made a good healthy relationship and not thinking of any regrets to get married. So it might be true that buying wedding rings are increasing in the middle of the pandemic of COVID-19 because this pandemic has helped us to make a strong bond and to develop healthy communication with our family

Lets be honest here, when a newly wed buys a ring its more the aesthetic purpose and just a symbol of their marriage. Now it might a carry lot of emotional sentiment so its not bad thing to do. But if you are one who understand the economy like most people who have been through the 20years of married life, you know that the re-sell value of that stone is useless, in case of dire needs.

Gold on the other hand would still have a re-sell value, precious gems are not that that in terms of re-sell, not just diamond but any of them. If someone would ask for opinion regarding the same, I would tell them buy a stone-less jewellery probably made of gold.

But honestly the baby shower is coming soon and I hope you all are ready to be woken up in the morning by the newborns cries in the neighborhood. ;D

It does, the topic fits perfectly in the board, it has economy written all over it because it talks about how the increase of sells of wedding rings bring revenue to the company which obviously pays tax to the government. I believe this survey was made using just the US states/community because it seems to be different in other countries from both want I have observed from others comment and what is happening in my region too.

Nigerians love very loud and big weddings and since that can be the case as a result of the orders from the government in a reduction of individuals that can be seen in a gathering be it church, barials or weddings, I believe many would either call off their wedding or postpone to a more convenient time when everything seems to be working again.

The western world are already known for their low key style of celebration with just their close friends and family members so to them it just a norm.

I'm just surprised to see such news. Because, during the crisis we are facing to, many people are suffering economic problems and considering the money they need to start a new life with their partner, if they have really economic issues like many other people in the world they can't be ready for a weeding. At least, my own country many young people are ready for a weeding but due to the pandemic they will hold on and delay their weeding ceremony.

though this has to do with silver and gold productions vs cryptos but you relate this with covid or pandemic .

peoples relationship are stronger because they spend more time with thier other half but this does mean this leads to marriage if they arent yet but others lead to divorce and breakup  due to loose of faith . how can they continue together if no job or financial to support thier family .

But with previous metal prices near their all time highs we would expect less demand not more. I don't think marriages  are correlated with metal prices. Sure the ring is important for any wedding proposal but who would not propose just because they can't afford the perfect ring? In my opinion the rise in marriages is due to the change in lifestyle we saw in the last 6 months. Thanks to corona the world became much more boring again. Going out was not an option anymore, same for meeting many friends. Most of the contact wad reduced to meeting the family.

There is a lot of couples nowadays are already been for a long time and some of them are really want to be in the wedding but due to this pandemic outbreak, they cannot make it to the church because they are avoiding having a gathering and some of them want to make it into a small event so they want to push having a wedding. Right now most of the are having trouble regarding their relationships because due to this pandemic some of them cannot meet up also it affects their mental health too because they don't have a comfortable time with their love ones. This one test your patience until when.

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Some of them want to sell those rings because they really need to have money but still they valued this kind of symbolism of their love story.

yeah this is all over the news and articles spreading even in social media that the increase in young pregnancy are rampant all over the globe specially those who are in 3rd world.
but i have not heard about this wedding rings or something .
for the conservative countries yeah this is indeed,but in modern countries this is a Joke,No one can force someone to marry a person without His willingness .

I really appreciate those couples who still handle their relationships because base on my experience too with my friends some of them are already broked up and the reason is they cannot handle any more, too hard to communicate and more still it depends on the person how they handle the situation on their lives.


Also there are some of them willing to continue the wedding even only few people will attend and see their walk to the church, its not all about how many people will see you its all about you and your partner.     

This pandemic have tested how tough relationships are whether you were just a normal dating couple,  a couple in a relationship or a married couple already for a short or long time already. There are cases that this pandemic have tighten relationships because people tend to bond more compared to normal days that they not tend to see each other due to busy stuffs related to work. But on the other hand, there are cases that because of boredom and stress, women and children abuse have become more prevalent for they tend to stay more and observe every actions of their partner.

For those couple who have already good relationship and wanted to even tighten their bond, maybe they are the ones making up the big number related to the increase on the sales of the wedding rings in the market. Here in my country, I did not see that coming for people are starving and just wanted simple and decent wedding even without a ring so the concern to buy wedding rings are not observable here. Good to know that on other places maybe couples are tightening their bond with engagement or wedding rings already.

According to my friend who works at the wedding organizer, couples take the advantages of social distancing to hold a wedding celebration as it's significantly cheaper. Basically they get married now to save money since they can't invite many people to join the party lol.

Since many people decided to get married, you will expect demand to increase, but at the same time, many couples also need to sell their rings to survive. Oh well, this life is so complicated.

It's not complicated, people make it like that! I didn't waste money on wedding rings, simply I am not into all that, neither my wife is... we found some cheap ones for $5 per piece, we didn't even wear them for long! I had it couple times when her parents come, but that was just in the beginning! What I wish to say people can choose how to spend their money! I am not against rings and weddings, I just don't see anything special in that, I value some other things a lot more, and I think there are better ways to show love and devotion!

My good friend is traveling in the last months... cheap travel trips! It's a bit risky, who knows what can happen if some countries decide to close borders, but he doesn't care. Pandemic affected many businesses generally, they had to lower the prices, or they would stay without all customers, and of course we will always have individuals who will take advantage of the situation!

I am not sure how spending more time with the person you married results with divorce, that is a bad marriage to start with in the first place.

I mean think about it, you love someone and you get married and you want to spend rest of your life with them and just because you got to spend some time with them for few months at home alone you decide to divorce them because you can't put up with them anymore, how the hell does it make any sense that if you can't deal with them for few months at home but you loved them so much that you wanted to get married, obviously these are all marriages that shouldn't have happened in the first place. If you are married with someone you truly love and should want to be married, you should also want to spend as much time with them as possible.

Selling wedding rings during this pandemic may not mean that the couple has made a divorce already. It may be an agreement between those partners just to survive from this pandemic and make money. In my country, i observed that inspite of this situation, many have entered into marriages and tie their knots but i don't see often couples breaking their promises and got divorced.

I noticed among my friends and acquaintances that despite the general crisis and pandemic, many decided to give birth to a second (and some even a third) child, and also several people decided to buy a home on a mortgage. It would seem that such decisions during a crisis are not entirely advisable, but life goes on and many people decide to take risks.

Right, this pandemic has a positive and negative impact on every couple, because the record of pregnancy, marriage, and even divorce has increased during this pandemic, it turns out that it happened in different countries too. This incident at least still provides evidence that a crisis like this still provides a positive side even though indeed, there are already too many negative sides which I think with the existence of a happy couple that makes the spirit to stay alive again increases in this chaos.

Not all countries have increased the number of divorces, because some of the articles that I read on the internet and even in some
countries the birth rate has also increased. My country is one where the percentage of divorce is increasing, because many wives
are unable to accept the fact that their husbands have lost their jobs. And not being able to live with financial problems, this sounds
selfish. But not all wives are mentally strong, therefore communication is needed and the husband must be able to convince his wife
that everything will be fine.

We don’t have divorces here so I think people have no choice but to stay in love and only marry the person they think is fine and can live with you forever. Anyway, I don’t see any increase on wedding rings because most of the wedding in my place has been rescheduled and very few wants to get marry during this pandemic. Wedding is very traditional in my country, we invited a lot or people for the wedding and since it is still not allowed, people have to reschedule it, and it my case we rescheduled it.

A lot made themselves decide that after this pandemic ends, they have to get married with their fiance' and there's nothing that will stop them. But I do agree with the idea that it's also about the possible 'two birds with one stone' matter.

Getting married and getting an investment through the ring.

Here in my country having a huge event is prohibited though wedding ceremony is still allowed but with limited guest just to follow the social distancing. And divorce is not yet legal so even the married couple are not in good terms still their marriage is intact. Anyway, I can't see the news here in my country the increase sales of wedding ring so a lot of things happened during this pandemic. So this pandemic has a huge impact to economy situation and even the relationship of couple.

People here in our place nowadays are talking about marriage since the expense of weddings are now so cheap unless you wanted a big celebration which might end up being in jail because of the pandemic protocols. Usually, rings are inherited from their parents but they are buying it and based on some of the newlyweds, even though the price of weddings in churches is cheap, the rings are quite expensive since most of them are being sent from a city to our province.

Many still get married during the pandemic, but it is different from what we are used to on big occasions, and many guest. Weddings are still allowed in churches but it is simple and guests are limited. It's just sad because what is happening now many couples break up their relationship and lead to divorce. Often fighting over money, selling their foundations as well as their wedding ring. This time the strength of a couple's love can be tested. I hope all couples try to understand each other and just work together for the sake of their own family.

I think even though the sales of wedding rings increased many marriages were postponed during the lockdown during the epidemic everyone tried to maintain social distance by thinking about the virus. You are right that many people are selling their wedding rings because of divorce also gold market like crypto has increased the price a lot even with the high price of gold rising in the lockdown as everything is off many have sold other ornaments including their rings.

Wedding rings are not important its just a formality. I am married but I didn't buy a ring for my wife.
The reason is I belong to a very poor family and I believe in a simple wedding function I discuss with my wife and she agreed to accept me without the ring.

This BOOM doesn't work if you stayed closed home with kids and you and wife are just exhausted from kid's entertainment plus education. Everything you both desire is just fall into the bed and to nobody bother you  :D
About wedding rings: well, for those ones who spend tons of money for that it should be an opportunity for some extra money in the case of resale.
I do not understand this "fashion" to buy exactly gold and diamonds to show the love. To me and with ring is just a symbol for the ceremony, since that we both do not wear it.

You got lucky mate; meanwhile mine forced me to buy her a decent ring, even though I didn't have much money back then. She said it shows that you are serious and a symbol of what she worth. lmao ;D

Anyways, I don't know why women (in general) are so obsessed with gold. As long as their mindset is still the same, gold will always be #1 mainstream's hedge/investment tools.

Right, that's what I said basically.

In my city, the number of marriages has increased by 150%, this is because during this pandemic couples who want to get married can save on wedding costs.

The divorce rate seems to be uneven in every city in my country, there are also many cities where the divorce rate has gone up by 300% due to economic problems during the pandemic.

Reading through all the posts, am I missing something as I don't understand why some are pointing at those sales as a lockdown being a definitive factor for the increase in the monthly seeling once over without comparing how the lockdown has affected those numbers on a longer year to year period.


Yes, compared to the two prior months, but how were the two prior months compared to April and March 2019, and how were those compared to May and June 2019?  Because if even in 2019 there was a month to month increase and April and May were below 2019 level then it means the situation is only getting back to normal and not increasing at alarming rates.



Again, comparing a small time frame, although in this case they did it to 2019. But what about the prior months?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/your-money/divorce-coronavirus-courts.html

So, isn't this rise just caused by people who simply couldn't divorce in the months before?
Guess we'll have to wait until the end of the year to see if it's really a serious change.

Mate, any couple that is divorcing at this time, trust me, they are not the right partners for themselves. Times like this should even be a time that couples will be able to bond strongly with each others. So, it’s quite funny that some people have chosen to be divorcing their partners instead of even getting deeper with their relationships and making their bonds tighter.

I believe the increase in purchase of rings are coming from people who are ready to go further with their relationships, and that’s really good. I have seen a lot of crazy things happens between couples during this pandemic lockdown.

I got hooked the same  ;D We got a plain yellow gold for me, and yellow gold with small diamonds around for her. We even have an engraving on rings. No one forced me to buy such rings, it was "pure my own decision".

I dont know the traditions in every part of the world, but in my country we exchange rings in the church and then make a huge wedding party for all relatives and friends. In the topic it is mentioned that ring sales are increasing, meaning there are going a lot of crowded weddings. Is this even allowed during pandemic? Only recently it was allowed in my country to gather 20-25 persons in one area.

Life is harder when this pandemic occurs and most of the people are having a hard time looking for something where they can earn money with.

Maybe this topic is really what is happening nowadays, some married couples really need to surrender their wedding rings for them to have a budget to feed for their family. Some are due to some agreement, and some are due to family problems. Just imagine that, if you don't have anything where you can feed your family with, just think of something that will become profitable for you.

Remember that sooner or later, we all get through this hardships. It depends on the married couple, if they both agreed with selling of their wedding rings for the sake of their sustainability and necessities.

That is very interesting, the pandemic is changing what was common sense before, right now for safety reasons large wedding cannot be held and even if they could, will people assist knowing that there will be hundreds of people there and each one represented a potential risk? So it makes sense that some people are taking advantage of this and organizing small weddings, this way people that could otherwise be offended by not receiving an invitation to the wedding under the current circumstances understand why they were not invited.

agreeing that in our country, the situation and mentality of this couple on average are still not enough, especially for the first time they are facing a crisis like this. Besides mental, financial is also the main key to a harmonious relationship, because everyone needs money.
I have seen a lot of news about divorce violence against children, even torture to death.
the main cause must be economic problems.
because many couples are desperate to marry without thinking carefully whether they are ready mentally and financially.

People have difference frame of reference some may just look into themselves and asks whether they'd survive as couple in the end.  Couple with kids should consider be bonding more for they are not the only involve anymore.

Couples with no kids may have the possibilities of just separeting ways. Having no money, no food to eat and lockdown can cause them to think terribly selfish. Love don't grow when there is nothing to offer to each other.

There are really places in the world on where some people do reside are actually having that simple decisions when it comes to divorce yet neither its been make as a legal thing but here on my place or country divorce isnt really much appreciated nor would be granted.Simply on some personal reasons or just simply its too
expensive to do so? I dont see the point on why people are really too serious or going that far into their relationship just because of this pandemic?
Yeah, when it comes to finances then its highly affected but true love wont really matter that much because not all the times we will experience good thing,
this is where your promises to each other will be tested out in talks about "for poorer, and for richer"

In a COVID-19 pandemic situation like now it is a test of loyalty for married couples, because they are tested whether they can
support each other in . Fortunately my partner and I can have a mutual understanding, so we can maintain our marriage in a bad
situation like today. I am quite saddened by the increasing divorce rate in pandemic situations, but if there is a divorce due to this
pandemic proves they are not the right partner, having failed this test.

thats genius . if there is a covid test , there is also a love test under this covid  but covid isnt the only reason to be blame when couples have miss understanding because there can be other reasons as well and the main known reason is being jelous , that happens when they saw thier partner talking to other people without investigating it first .

problems on regards to financial arent also new because couples especially if they have thier kids already have been facing this often but luckily love still keeps them alive .

Lol that is stupidity,to be together just because of the Kids?even if you have lost love already and not care for your partner anymore?
never consider that mate because the one will suffer is the children,because even if we are not telling them,yet they can feel that.
agreed on that,because of their solo status they can survive,but i don't consider this if i am involved,because 2 is better than one in times like we need
to stay strong together.

You're right, couples who divorce in this epidemic are partners who failed...
Being willing to face the obstacles of living together is an oath during the marriage, I am confused at the couple who are unable to survive the current conditions. why should they get married if they are finally separated by covid-19.  :D

Theres no need for you to get confused because decisions in life can really be changed on a several situation.They might really made that marriage oath but one of them will not able to keep that promise when he/she
on the hardship situation.This proves out which your partner do really marry you no matter what the situation in the world would happen or just simply forget those words and tend to find another one that make him/her
pulled out on such hard situation that experiencing currently.This might not really be a big issue since quarrels about financial aspect is normal on a family but there should be some consideration due to the fact that
we are facing a pandemic where its understandable that everything would be heavily affected neither you do lost your job or do close your own business which would in result to loss of money and cant able to sustain
your family but theres should be more understanding on that part since every problem does have its own solution.

One of the best example that money cant really destroy a family that has a strong bond.In spite of lacking of money or any other problems they do find out solutions and
doesnt consider on having a divorce is the solution.To think that they arent the only ones who do experience problem since this is a global one.
Well, people does have different mindsets which would course into their possible action and we cant really stop it whatsoever.

Kid's mind can easily be corrupted when they learned their father left them and have someon else for a wife, they tend to rebel some make bad choices in life and end up drug dead because they joined the wrong crowd. This is proven to be true. So its up to you or to anyone who reads this that its not just you and your wife that should decide whether you split or not. It would be selfish to ignore and dont count them as a vote otherwise its not a family.

By then you can sell or pawn your rings for meth.

Yeah, my friend had a wedding as well and his was only a decent garden like setup with some standing table type of stuff (no idea what they are called but you stand up around a table and not the regular table where you sit around it) and only 40 people or so and they just vowed their marriage and had 20 minute dance and left and even during dance bride and groom was in the middle and everyone else made a huuuuge circle around them to be far away from each other. That was it, it was super cheap.

People who had trouble marrying each other because of all the costs could rush towards marriage right now because if their wedding is not as great as some others they could at least say that they got married in the pandemic period so they couldn't have the big wedding even if they wanted.

Everything is changing very fast and that includes human relationships too. Times like this are especially challenging for many couples. Values are changing and people start to appreciate different things. In good and bad, that is what marriage is all about and if they can't handle the bad, it's better to go apart.
And if they have some expensive wedding rings to sell, why not, at least they'll have some use of them.

I bet more of these cases are because of unexpected pregnancies between couples that are not yet ready for marriage but since the girl got pregnant, their parents decided for them to marry, but if that's really the case, please don't push your children to do that. Let them marry each other even with a baby or don't have a baby, because they know the best time to get married, and getting them married because we believe to build a strong bond is not entirely true.

The other reason might be is because couples realized that we should grab the moment to do the right thing. In this pandemic, everything about life is unpredictable. We never know when we will get sick so why not marry your love of your life.

Maybe the reason why there is a certain increase on the sales of the wedding rings as well as engagement rings for both do really have the same valuable purpose is because such things are more likely serves as an assurance during this pandemic of a promise for now that there is still an existing health threat that wedding occasion are still not allowed, or if allowed only limited visitors are allowed to join the ceremony. During this pandemic, bonds are being strengthen and of course tested on what extent their relationship will be going which maybe concludes to many that they are decided to marry one another making an increase on the demand and sales of engagement and wedding rings. Whether there is a ring or none, what matters the most is the emotional bond for rings are just objects or tools of decent proposal of promise to be together on sickness and health.

It is expected maybe at this times that the sales for wedding rings will duly increase because right at this pandemic wedding ceremonies are postponed and prohibited into places where cases are high so no mass gathering is allowed to be done. Wedding rings might be their assurance this time that right after this pandemic they will get to marry one another and it serve as a tool of valuable promise within the ring which makes it maybe a reason why it become in demand to the extent that its sales experience an increase.


This could be a possible reason as well for the increase of wedding ring sales which is also agreeable.

It is true that the impact of divorce is very high during a pandemic, but if only, every couple is able to adapt to change and overcome difficulties together, in the future there will be a stronger marriage bond than before, and I believe that if the relationship is based on sincere love it will always be possible. got through this all well.

Lockdown has caused some things increased in some countries,due to the lockdown. Wholesale find it difficult to go to market to buy some goods and add to the one in the store,  that  is why the wholesale  prefer  to increase the little one remain in the store to a higher price.

Even my customer I send money to supply me wedding rings, told me that wedding rings price has increased due to the pandemic but if I want to purchase in high price he will supply me but I don't know how my own customer ,would understand that pandemic has increase things in the market.

If we are completely honest marrying for cheap has always been an option, there is not really any need to throw a huge party because of it, however people want to celebrate a moment that is critical on their lives and they want a huge deal of people celebrating with them, which is why weddings have grown in size during the last decades, but for those that liked the idea of a small wedding this is the perfect time to pull it off as no one is going to be offended if they are not invited due to the current circumstances we are going through.

In one thread people are complaining about lack of money and here, seems people find a place of gold ring in their budget. A lot of things have happened in a pandemic, mostly product sellers and retailers have seen a huge profit. Btw in my country everything happened opposite, loved ones weren't meeting each other and most of the couples are ex now. Btw it will be interesting to see whether the population will increase in some months (six or more) or it will be the same.
Btw if we remember The Great Depression, pandemics and economic collapses boost this process instead of slowing it down.

Gold rings can be quite cheap price-wise. Just because it's gold, doesn't mean it has to be exorbitant. Even if you wanted to "splurge" for the purpose of getting married, I think most people would find that sacrificing some personal expenses for the purpose of making a symbolic gesture to your significant other as a worthy one.

As I said before the pandemic had an effect on couples all over the world, both positive and negative, just as the number of people marrying is going up the number of divorces went up as well, the pandemic made existing relationships stronger or it helped people to figure out they were with the wrong person and destroyed the relationship, and as for population growth I think most likely we are going to see a spike around December and January which is roughly 9 months after the lockdowns began in many countries.

Just when I saw number 9 I’ve solved this “wedding ring puzzle”. The lockdown period started on February/March/April. Lots of couples spent lot of time at home. Now the chicks are pregnant and insist on getting married. That is why number of sales increased. Mistery solved.

That's true, more number of pregnancies have happened during the lockdown. By the same time period lot of divorce have taken place. When couples spend lot of time together, will be caring for each other. The same when goes beyond certain limit, the same caring gets to be a disturbance. It is the time one needs to understand and go low, but every couple won't do it. This is how there is increase of wedding rings sales and increase of divorce rates :(

Really true, actually the solution to this case is when the couple is more patient and understands each other, supports each other, and lowers each other's egos.  Covid-19 provides many valuable lessons for everyone.  The increasing number of people selling wedding rings is clear evidence that Covid-19 has a bad impact not only on physical health but even mental health for many people.

Also the fact that married couples might not be divorcing but they are selling their saved gold and diamonds and other previous assets to survive for the time being, I actually believe that there is nothing wrong if you sell your gold etc because you save assets so that you can sell them in the dire times and make your livings. Although gold and rings are good way of saving but actually the re-sale value of these ornaments are actually very low and if people are smart they can rather make fixed deposits in banks or buy bitcoins or invest in things that at least yield equal value when you try to sell them if not give interest at least.

it's not a big problem if sales are increasing because that means every sale is saving a family or a life as someone can survive now with that money.

Again covid-19 spoiled all the statistics  :D
Somehow reading you post I felt that your post sound a bit negative. Like it is bad that the worlds polulation is increasing and number of marriges/divorces. Yes, divorces are bad, more emotionally. But that is life and not everyone is ideal.

That's actually strange because the sales of more rings should mean that the price should go down since everyone wants to clear the items they hold right now even the jewellers are trying to sell the gold and rings for cheap because in such tough times no one wants to stock items with them.

I understand the sales of rings but I am not really sure how the cost of rings is going up and I am not sure if it is actually going up or it is happening round you only ;D.

I was never a fan of these show offs like wedding rings and all rather a simple court marriage is the best option as saving money for future is more important than showing off now and regretting later.

About the pregnancy. I find it real. I've just watched the news that pregnancy become more during the lockdowns. People don't have anything to do and couples who have been locked down together, you know what it means.

Where do we get to see the stats about divorce during covid19?

I dont have stats, but it is clearly seen that nowadays people dont value family and marrige values. People now value individuality than union. Hole that this wedding increase would fix the situatuon.

There is a small chance, that people buy wedding rings just to “hold funds in gold”.  But this would be stupid. Better buy a bar than already created item.

I don't see that coming, buying wedding rings for te sake of investment, though who knows right. Moving back, there are lots of breakups and divorce as covid makes everyone stayed together for much longer time, irritations and annoying attitudes break the familes who lives in the same roof.

Wedding rings would really increase their value since some Millenials would really like to get married before moving in together in some occasions and it is one of the best gift that you can give to your girlfriend or even your boyfriend. Also, most adults are not married and maybe its the best time to get married before someone die within the pandemic (hoping nobody dies). Its just a sudden surge for people born in the 90's to get married right now this year.

LOL, however I cannot deny there is a lot of truth on this, however I do not think that is the only reason, in times of uncertainty people try to find something to keep them afloat. for some people that is religion, some other used drugs and alcohol and others used their couples to gain strength during the pandemic and remain sane in a world that changed overnight, so I think that is also a huge reason why people are now marrying more than in the recent past.

There is nothing called sincere love, everything is financially linked in life and if you are in trouble financially or your partner thinks that they are better off being single then expect a legal divorce notice and especially during the pandemic many partners will be having time to spend together and there will be difference of opinion in many aspects and it will lead to a divorce.

The quantity of wedding diminished in my nation due to Covid-19. The administration brief prohibited all the wedding halls since they don't need their resident to meet up at one spot.
I wonder why still sales of wedding rings increased in your country.
My companion lives in India, and he deals with weddings rings, and guess what, his business enduring high loss due to Coronavirus 10.
He tells a similar circumstance their practically all the halls are all prohibited.

From the quote you have, I think that I'm seeing different on it . If pandemic has made divorce high it means more people too are getting married which is the reason that sales are increasing. These people that are getting married are likely to be young people experiencing first marriage. People that are experiencing first marriage are those that can be very willing to rush into a ring shop for purchase.

Our country has the same situation. There's a huge increase in unwanted and early pregnancies this pandemic. This pandemic has a huge impact in most relationship these days. Some couples had enough time for realizations especially during the quarantine which lead them to a decision making such us getting married to settle down and I think that's the reason why the sales of wedding rings have increased. I wish most relationships would end that way.

Someway the pandemic has done good to the human beings, realising the value of relationship. During the pandemic people suffered big on financial problems, but they learned the value of sacrificing and making life more healthy and enjoyable. Living with what is available is better than living with a lavish lifestyle. This truth is being endorsed by most of the couples after pandemic.

I agree with you, in this stint people can comprehend the worth of their vitality and deeply understood the guarantee of life. They can realize their soul ample than before. So several unmarried get rulings to formulate their life meaningful by fetching partners. That's why sales of wedding rings are increasing. It is a good viewpoint of well being of society.

The number of people who are getting married must increase ring sales, in my country wedding rings have become a tradition, if there is no wedding ring then the wedding will not happen, the custom in my country is that many people sell it. all their jewelry after they were married for 2 years, because many people do not have good finances, and do not want to invest.

Here's some good read about these things which it had been assumed already wayback.
https://plumbclub.com/trend/weddings-ring-in-more-sales-in-2022/

Lots or several factors which do really make this demand even more higher compared on last or past years.
So increasing of prices plus having also into its demand its not actually surprising.

Well, jewelry is also an investment because it can be sold in the future if you really need money, but the ring represents love and commitment, so that is extremely important. However, since the pandemic hit, I saw that many of my friends and colleagues have also decided to get married, and I can't imagine that they are not struggling because they are still to get into a wedding. In spite of the fact that many people were struggling when the pandemic struck, many people still decided to get married despite the events taking place in their surroundings. I really want to get married, but I don't have the financial means to do so because weddings are expensive.

It depends on the financial capability of the couple. If you don't have the funds, why not get married in simple ceremony where you and your immediate family are only present? You don't need a big wedding where you will invite all your friends or colleagues to please them. The important thing is if you do really love your partner, you can get married simple and live happy. You should not be pressured about your colleagues because at the end of the day, it is your relationship with your partner that matters.

At the time of crisis where pandemic hit and global crisis due to oil price increase no doubt that many couple will sell their rings just to cope up their immediate needs and I don't find any wrong with it since its doing the right thing. We can get that back once we surpass this challenges and for sure once everyone is out and get their jobs again those numbers will decline.

This time is best to get married because you will not be force to invite many people since they understand the current situation. So for that you can only spend less amount of money for food and reception, also you don't need to be fancy just to get married and you can select simple wedding if you really want to get marry your girl.

We've done it(selling her gold rings etc) once and the feelings at that moment hurts. We couldn't do anything, it was the time when my wife gave birth and we need to pay the bills. The look on my wife's eyes got through me. The moment I've got up and earned decent amounts of money I bought my wife a nice golden ring, but without gems on it. I am working really hard again to afford a new ring with one one on it. Really sucks when hard times hit you and you go for your valuable things. Just gotta be ready when calamities hits us, but if your wife loves you, it doesn't matter what she wears, the important thing is you care for each other, better or worst the situation is.

How will ring price go up when there is reduced number of wedding celebrations according to what you said? This is not clear because the price should be down and not up.


That must hurt badly having to sell your wife's rings to be able to provide food. Hardship can mess a man up and humble him in disgrace. A and woman will leave when the man is down financially, and alot of women do that. You are lucky she still stayed back. I hate to sell my stuff. But when you are pushed to it there is nothing you can do but do it. Hard times are not times anyone will wish for.

The generations now have changed. Before, people get married very late but now many younger people do already have their own family and they decided to get married as soon as possible. That must be the reason why the increase on ring sales have gone through the roof. Not only in your country but I think every country in the world do also uses a wedding ring from their weddings.

This ring act as a symbol that two people have joined together as one, forever, no matter what happens, in sickness and in health. Wedding ring should not be sold for any amounts because it is too sacred. There must be some things that they can do in terms of finances but sometimes people are lazy and underestimate things too quickly. All they want is easy money.

Don't consider the family's economic difficulties as an obstacle and finally decide to divorce, I think that's the art of our life and marriage. indeed money is not everything, but many things have to be solved with money. therefore communicate and fight together for a common future, until when we reach our goal, then we will feel the happiness of life, even though the test will not run out and be finished after we have a lot of money, of course there will be other tests. Therefore, in this case, it cannot be separated from the way we respond to problems, not running away from the problems of married life

This pandemic should actually motivate couples to be well determined in building up a good relationship foundation. I agree that this pandemic has been really challenging but also helping us realize the importance of valuing our loved ones. I got married during this pandemic and decided to have a child because I realized that life is too short to miss the chance of enjoying a life of having a wonderful family. The economic situation might challenge the strength of every family but we should know how to deal with it because the world ain't getting any better.

Marriage is the union of 2 different people, difficulties, joy, jokes, tears in the face together. everyone who wants to continue his/her life into marriage must be prepared to face such a life. So that's why I underestimate those who divorce just because of economic problems.

yes I see lots of crisis moments in the pandemic period I think lots of families break the relation the pandamic situation.I see practical the moment.

Marriage is holy in my nation, even though we have a lot more marriages between people who are under 40 years old, we have a lot less for people who are over 40, which means that anyone who stays married until they are 40, usually ends up being married until they die.

So, this proves that divorces, either about economy or anything else, is usually between people who have been married for not far too long, it is usually between people who have been married recently but wouldn't be that much of a problem in the long run if they can survive. Me and my wife have been through some bad stuff, and I mean like seriously bad and still going through it, and we never even considered divorce as an option, let alone actually doing it.

During the pandemic period, there were a lot of marriages that separated due to infidelity. And there were a few low key marriages that took place during that period.
The institution called marriage failed badly during that period. People were getting pregnant in an unnecessary manner without laying a proper foundation, which ended them up selling off their valuable properties just to make ends meet.

Although, I was sure that the concept of marriage had completely exhausted itself. There have been quite a few examples lately that have really discredited this notion.