Dear Annie: I am an 81-year-old widower. My deceased wife and I weren’t into the wedding ring thing when we got married. About 10 years ago, I bought a matching set of engraved rings. She wore hers; I didn’t due to nerve reactions.

My wife passed away five years ago. I am about to go into assisted living and am really strapped for cash. I’ve heard about gold prices these days and I’m tempted to sell both unused rings. My daughter has already selected the keepsake piece of jewelry she wants from her mother’s things and it’s not these rings.

Would I be wrong to sell our rings? -- Sentimental but Strapped

Dear Strapped: There’s nothing wrong with selling the rings, and if your wife were still with us, she’d probably tell you the same. The love you two shared ran deeper than two pieces of m

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