i don't have experience of losing a partner but wanted to comment as have lost a lot of loved one and am a therapist.
It terms of when to take your rings away and when to let go there is no set time every person will be different. You will know when it is right as you won't have the conflict or feel the need to gain validation. Don't put pressure ok yourself to rush this process. Also maybe consider a different perspective, your perhaps thinking along the lines that if your remove your rings your ending that commitment and finalising the end as the rings still mean commitment to marriage. Maybe consider looking at them a symbol of the love you shared and the memories. As this something you never have to let go off. Sending you lots of hugs and healing x
