At 31 she separated from her husband of seven years after she came out as gay.
"My ex-husband was a huge part of my formative years as a young adult," she says.
Her ring has seven small oval diamonds and a wave design which she says illustrate life's inevitable highs and lows.
She had to go back to working in sales after the divorce to boost her income and the new ring helps remind her how she managed to rebuild from the ground up.
On Reddit threads where people are discussing what they have done with their wedding and engagement rings some say they continue to wear theirs, sometimes to ward off unwanted advances.
Others shared they just chucked theirs, in the bin, the sea, or out of a car window.
"Now I'm having amazing sex with new lovers on the bed that was paid for by the ring," she posted. »