Vintage Divorce Rings

There was recently an article on "divorce ceremonies" and parties like weddings to celebrate a split. As part of these ceremonies, many couples crush or destroy their rings.

Looks like that trend is not a new one:

(VIA)
Isn't that interesting? I would love to go to lunch and look over at another table and see a woman with a multi-notched ring and think about all her exes.

It is funny how people broadcast their love lives in so many different ways over the ages, from claddagh rings to bindis to rings and veils.