this is a test
my husband is trying to divorce me – at least that’s the message i get from the fact that this is the 3rd time he’s tried to lose his wedding ring.
we were in datong, china, in this tiny little hellhole of a hotel room when it first happened. very suddenly, he realised it was no longer on his finger, and we searched, panicked, high and low to no avail. finally i remembered him digging deep in his rucksack and suggested it might have fallen off in there. luckily he found it at the bottom of the pack, and we breathed a sigh of relief.
turns out his fingers seem to have lost weight (though the rest of him has stayed the same!) when i first bought the ring, we’d had to have it re-sized smaller, and now it seemed like it needed to go smaller yet again. his amazing shrinking fingers were trying to shed the ring like a snake shedding a skin.
i suggested to j that he wrap a plaster around the back of it to keep it snug, but he didn’t like that suggestion. i suggested he just wear it on his right hand (with bigger fingers) until we got home to get it properly adjusted. he didn’t want to do that either. instead he went shopping and bought a cheap smaller “guard ring” to wear on top of it and keep it from slipping off.
that worked well – until the day he was in a public bathroom and they both fell off and the guard ring landed in the toilet. he didn’t bother retrieving the guard ring (surprisingly) and once again i suggested he wear it on his right hand until we got home, which he agreed to grudgingly.
since being home, however, he’s not yet gotten around to getting it adjusted – which wouldn’t bother me except that he still insists on trying to wear it on his left hand. several times i have noticed the ring back on his left hand, and moved it to his right ring finger, scolding him that he’d lose it if he didn’t get it re-sized first.
so this morning, as i was grabbing my bag from the coat rack on the way out the door, what did I see winking at me from the corner of the floor? his ring.
so i’m conducting a little experiment. he never reads my blog, even though he always *claims* he does, so if he actually reads this here his fears will be allayed knowing i have the ring safe and sound. but if he doesn’t read it here (and i am presuming he won’t) i’m curious to see how long it takes him to ‘fess up to losing it, yet again. anyone care to take a guess?
our anniversary is coming up soon – guess what i’ll be getting done for him as a gift?
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Comment by Amity
3.01.2007 @ 12:47 pm
ooh, tricky! that would annoy me too.
my guess is that it will take one week before he admits that he’s lost it. by that time he’ll have turned every corner of the house upside down and will be in full panic mode (i presume). unless he’s done it to test *you* and see what you would do with it…hmmm.
Comment by Jen
3.01.2007 @ 14:06 pm
unless he’s done it to test *you* and see what you would do with it…
ooooh, never considered *that!*
Comment by vanessa
3.01.2007 @ 20:14 pm
LUUUCCCY, you’ve got some Splaining to do!!
At least he won’t try ot eat it.
I hope the tester isn’t being tested and ya’ll smile about it at the end of the day!
Comment by vanessa
3.01.2007 @ 20:15 pm
oh wait- you who did not watch TV as a kid- did you even GET that ref?
hrm. My funny’s are lost on you I think. too bad.
Comment by Jen
3.01.2007 @ 20:20 pm
no – i grew up in a television vacuum, this is true, but i did see “i love lucy!”
Comment by Frodo
4.01.2007 @ 20:32 pm
I knew it was around the house somewhere after going over in my head and after I couldnt find it I suspected a ‘test’
Guess I was right see how long it takes this comment to get read…
Jonno.
P.S. I did a test too – havent had a cigarette in 3 days and some little blogger hasnt even noticed
Comment by Jen
4.01.2007 @ 21:09 pm
i did so notice! i was emailing with kim about it for days, but felt like i couldn’t say anything to you because everytime i try to be supportive you see it as added pressure!!
i didn’t want to jinx you
Comment by Vol Abroad
4.01.2007 @ 22:55 pm
my husband lost his wedding ring about two years into our marriage. we finally got a replacement about three years ago, it’s a much cheaper silver one that he really likes and it’s a little too small so stuck on his finger.
good for you on the no-smoking thing, btw
Comment by Jen
4.01.2007 @ 23:00 pm
ahhh, maybe it’s a two year thing!!