With This Ring, I Thee Shed
Life was dark for Harold Thompson in 2001. Corning laid him off. He got divorced from his second wife.
When former co-worker Mary Burden came in to shop. She had been laid off, too, and they got to talking. At some point, she suggested: “You know, there are rings for high school football, anniversaries, rings to show you’re single or married. But there are no rings for a divorce.”
In 60 seconds, Thompson said, a ring design formed in his head. That night, he went home to draw what would become the Divorced Ring.
Like the Irish Clannagh ring, the right hand ring or the pinky ring, the Divorced Ring is pegged as a matter-of-fact way for people to announce their status in life.
The design is simple: a thick gold band with a break in the center and three bands of white gold on one side. One band for the year you met your ex. One band for the year you married. One band for the year of the divorce.
Thompson and Burden said they started their new Web business, Divorced Jewelry Company, to put a positive spin on the heartbreak of divorce. Their slogan: Building self-esteem one person at a time. The Web site also sells Divorced Jewelry Company hats and shirts.
Photo by StarNewsOnline.com.
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