If I were incapacitated and my wife had melted my wedding ring to make one for herself, I'd have felt very severely betrayed. I would expect the vast majority of spouses would.
Had my wife stored my ring in a safe deposit box and left me in the care facility with a cheap $25 one so as to avoid the risk of having the real one stolen, I would not have seen that as an affront; after all, the purpose of putting the ring in a vault would be to protect it for when I got better. Destroying a spouse's wedding ring, however, is an act with a very clear symbolic meaning. Anyone who fails to understand that is, at best, an absolute clod.
Didn't he melt them down and have jewelry made for him AND his honey? I thought it was posted here on FR, but I've got so many threads saved, I can't find it right now.
Cindie
"Destroying a spouse's wedding ring, however, is an act with a very clear symbolic meaning. Anyone who fails to understand that is, at best, an absolute clod."
This is true, but I would submit that he felt her already dead based on what he had been told by the doctors and litigated in court.
Obviously a lot of people don't agree with that, but a great deal of his actions make more sense when seen from that viewpoint......right or wrong.