My husband has lost some weight which he's been trying to do so his wedding ring was getting a little looser. I warned him about taking it off when he worked in our yard. I told him until we could get it re-sized it was better to leave inside the house.
Well about four months ago he was working outside and didn't follow my advice and he lost the ring. He searched for it and as luck would have it the ring suddenly appeared in the grass. Grateful that he found it, he promised that he would be more careful in the future. Another month went by and he forgot and went out to do some work in the garden and lost it again. Once again, luck was on our side, and the ring miraculously was found after both of us searched for a day.
As you can imagine our luck ran out. Three weeks ago without thinking he went under our house to check the pipes under our bathroom. He said he immediately noticed that he still had the ring on but thought he would just finish what he was doing which was only going to take about 15 minutes and then come back into the house and put the ring in a jewelry chest. Those 15 minutes were all it took for the ring to fall off his finger
He searched for over a week under our house and all around the area. I think he spent at least five hours each day searching everywhere he had been. It was just gone. He said he thought that maybe an animal had carried it off. I told him that idea was ludicrous.
He said he just dreaded telling me that he lost the ring again because he felt terrible. I knew how bad he felt so I just told him that it was okay. He said let's go to the jeweler so I can get another ring. So off we go to purchase an new wedding band.
Well the cost of gold has increased substantially since we purchased the first ring. Now he has a brand new $900.00 wedding band. It's a beautiful band and it's wider and has a lot more gold than his first ring. He was really pleased with it and I like how it looks on his finger. It's also been sized to fit his finger. He's at the weight he wants to be now so I don't think the ring will loosen up again.
We both felt bad about having to spend that amount of money but we just chalked it up to something we had to do and both resolved to be extra careful with our rings. Obviously him more than me. After realizing how much a new ring set him back he will definitely be more careful in the future. Both he and I are pretty darn careful with how we spend our money.
You'd think that was the end of our story, but there's more, today he's outside working and the new ring is safely tucked in it's box. I'm in the kitchen and I hear him knocking on the window and there he stands with the lost ring in his hand. He said he looked down near the back gate and there was the ring. He swears he looked at that area over and over in the week he throughly searched the yard. He said that ring was not there at all. He's now determined that a small animal found the ring somewhere and just dropped it there. I told him you can believe whatever you want but that new ring better never get lost.
He said I really like the new ring better would you be upset if I just continue to wear it. I told him I have no problem with that. I'm just happy we found his original ring and even if it sits in the jewelry box at least we still have it.
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