if I break off an engagement,who gets the ring?

Regardless of who breaks it off, if an engagement ends the ring should always be returned to the person who gave it. It's petty and spiteful to try and keep it once the engagement has been broken off. It's a token of a promise to marry; if you are not to marry it should be returned to you.

According to Wikipedia, in the U.K., engagement rings are generally considered to be unconditional gifts and therefore the property of your soon-to-be-ex fiancee. It is apparently possible to contest that, but I think you need to ask yourself what you'd get out of it. You'd have to pay court fees, by the time you get the whole mess sorted out you might not be able to return it, you wouldn't get much if you tried to resell it, and you certainly can't reuse it. If I were you, I'd consider it a small price to pay for not having to go through a divorce and just walk away.

Legally, traditionally, or morally? Legally it depends upon where you live. You'd have to check local laws. In the US, different states have different laws that define engagement rings differently. So it would be dependent upon where you live.

Traditionally, whomever breaks off the relationship, the other person gets the ring. If she breaks it off, she should return the ring. If you tell her to get lost, she does so with the ring.

Morally, I believe that a woman shouldn't want anything to do with the ring once the engagement is off.

the old tradition was that if the man broke off the engagement the woman kept the ring If she broke it off then he gets the ring back Now these often sorts of things wind up i court so hold on to that receipt

Definitely should be the person who bought it. Even if the boyfriend broke off the engagement, it's pretty tacky on the girl's part to keep the ring. Revenge never ends well...

She returns the ring.

IF it were my daughter I would tell her to return the ring to the ex fiancé

The person who bought the ring should be the one who gets to keep it. You still have proof you bought it?

most state laws says it goes back to the man, makes no difference who broke it off

If the man breaks off the engagement, she get the ring, unless it's a family ring.

If the women breaks off the engagement, she gives back the ring. If he got caught cheating, she keeps the ring.

The law could be on you side.

You could ask for the ring back if you want. she what happens