Received this necklace set with the idea of separating them and giving them to my daughter and daughter-in-laws as a symbol of how we are each separate and different but it takes each of us pulling together to create family.  The sharing of love, goals and family together will be a beautiful, unique creation as would the pearl strands when they are combined as they were meant to be.  This worked perfect for my basic idea.  I had been looking for something unique like this for a while.  The necklaces were nice for the price.  This met my expectations and I am very happy with my purchases.