Prior to yesterday, I'd forgotten all about the April Fool's Joke that Rex and I played back when we were eighteen. I was leaving for a senior year spring break trip with my girlfriends, and Rex bought me a fake engagement ring from Meijer. While sitting in the airport with my girls, I made the "happy announcement" that Rex and I were engaged. They were shocked and horrified, as another girl in our class really was engaged at the time, and we'd all discussed how the idea of being engaged while still in high school was completely insane. They tried to act happy-ish to not make me mad, but also said things such as, "I mean...are you absolutely sure this is what you want?" They were extremely relieved when they found out it was only a joke.
I thought about this yesterday because it would have been really handy if I still had that fake engagement ring.
My wedding ring is the most beautiful one I've ever seen (I know all y'all have beautiful wedding rings, but mine's my favorite.) I love it, and I would be extremely sad if anything ever happened to it. The center stone in the ring was a little wobbly yesterday, and this made me nervous. It would be very expensive to replace that diamond if it fell out. I took the ring to our jeweler, and he agreed to send the ring out to have the diamond reset (for free, because Rex has a lifetime warranty on that ring. Phewf! Go Rex!). Unfortunately, that means I'm wedding ring-less for the next week and a half.
I feel really weird when I don't wear my wedding ring, and I knew it would be especially weird this weekend because Rex and I are going to a family wedding where lots of out-of-town relatives will be there. His family is really close, and rumors spread fast. I didn't want anyone to see that neither Rex nor I were wearing our wedding rings and start rumors that our marriage is on the rocks. Rex has his ring on his keychain because it gets in his way when working on patients. I'm fine with that, but I do think it would be a little weird for neither of us to be wearing a ring, especially to a large family wedding (where everyone inevitably looks at wedding rings).
I needed a new ring. I had no idea where the fake one from high school was, so I decided to go shopping and get a new one. After all, how often do I have the excuse, "Sorry Rex, I HAD to go buy new jewelry? No way around it." I was instantly excited by this idea. I love rings, even fake ones. What cut did I want? Princess? Emerald? Marquis? Fake white gold or fake yellow gold? Did I want one with side stones or a solitaire? So many choices... I wished I would have had some warning on this. I should have planned ahead. Every girl should have a gorgeous fake wedding ring waiting in the wings for such a time as this. I can't believe I didn't think of that before. Really, this sounds like an I idea I would have come up with prior to yesterday. Alas. I was unprepared.
I went to a few different stores in the mall looking for cheap rings, but nothing was really exciting to me. I found a pretty fake sapphire ring reminiscent of Princess Diana/Duchess Kate's ring, but I decided I couldn't buy that one because then Rex would say, "Why didn't you just wear the sapphire ring I already bought you?" (He's bought me a ring in every gemstone because...well...I think he might actually believe I'm a princess. Shhh...no one tell him I'm not). I only have one diamond ring, though (well, two...but the other one's in the shape of a bow so it's OBVIOUSLY not wedding ring material). I needed a fake diamond. I wanted it to look semi-realistic, too, not like a five-carat monstrosity that could only be afforded by a Kardashian if it was real. Apparently realistic fake wedding rings are not as easy to find as they were back in 2007.
Eventually I settled on one from JC Penny. I don't love it, but it was only $10. I guess it will make me that much happier when I finally get my real ring back.
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