Hi Valerie, It's because he was refusing to give me money to feed our children. We owned a business together, and I became a stay-at-home mother. He had control of all of our money. When I told him I was divorcing him he refused to feed our children, or get their school supplies. My friends and family had to bring us food. In retaliation to me leaving, he spitefully hocked the ring and would only give me that dollar amount to buy the food for our children. It was a terrible thing to do to our kids. One of our children said to me, "Mom I know dad is mad at you but what about us? We live here too and we need to eat." That is what he said as friends and family had to bring us food for weeks.