Challenge #4

The ring: Did you pick it out? Did he? tell us about his ring too!

 

Alan insisted on picking out my ring, which I thought was so sweet and tender.  The only guidelines I gave him was a) white gold and b) simple.  I love love love my ring.  I probably would have picked out the exact same ring, actually.  The thing I think is the neatest about it is how similar it is to my mother's engagement ring.  Granted hers is yellow gold and a marquise cut, but otherwise it's the same idea. 

Since Alan picked out my ring on his own I picked out his ring on my own.  His guidelines were a) white gold (so it matched my ring) and b) some detail on the ring to make it unique.  I worked really hard to find his ring; I even dragged my Dad to the jewelers with me to get his opinion before I purchased it.  Alan loved his ring.  

Wait, loved?!  Past tense?  

Yes, Alan lost his wedding ring by our three month mark.  I bought him a second ring- significantly cheaper, dragon design on the inside, didn't match at all but I knew he would like it.  

Don't worry, he lost that one, too.  So for most of our marriage Alan has been wearing a $10 stainless steal ring from Shopko that is too big for his finger.  His training ring, I call it.  If he can successfully keep track of this ring for X amount of time then I might be willing to fork out another couple hundred dollars for a white gold ring with some unique detail again.  Hopefully we get to that point, but for now I'm just glad he has a ring.