Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Do you like my ring?
I hear that question quite often from my girl as she extends her arm and sprawls her the fingers of her left hand tilting it side to side to catch the light. "Of course I do honey," I reply, giving the twinkling gems a glance.
I proposed to her on February 23rd, 2005; that's more than seven months ago and still she'll gaze at the ring for long periods of time as though mesmerized. I take that as a sign that I did a good job choosing the ring. I must give Missy credit though, she did drop a hint about her taste.
When we first started dating, back at ISU, she was taking a jewelry class. They had a speaker come in and lecture about precious stones. The speaker stated that the diamond is one of the most abundant gems on the planet. She came back from that class vowing that her wedding ring will not have a diamond center stone. She's not a common woman and it wouldn't be fitting to give her a ring with a common center stone.
So, in December of 2004 when I set out to hunt down a wedding ring befitting of such a unique woman, I kept in mind her decision. But, knowing how women may want to be unique, but not necessarily separated from tradition, I wanted to include diamonds in the design of the ring.
At the jewelry store I showed the salesman a drawing of what I had in mind. He studied it and within 10 minutes came back to me with a ring quite similar to what I envisioned, however the stones were all wrong. He assured me that stones are interchangeable. So I scheduled another visit when the stones would match my liking, and when I saw the finished product I knew that it was the one for Missy.
I purchased the ring in mid December, but I wanted to wait until February to propose, not because of cold feet but rather to make a certain date even more special between us.
At first she didn't believe it was real. Then she thought it was regal. Then she fell in love with it. All those emotions transpired within a minute. That night she stayed up all night gazing at the ring and asking me questions. I fell asleep around 2:00 AM, but when I awoke for work the next morning, there she was sitting up in bed watching the early morning sun dance about the sapphires and diamonds. I think she was hypnotized.
"Have you ever seen anything so beautiful?" she asked me. I decided to take the corniness opportunity and told her I've been seeing a greater beauty every day since we started dating. She smiled, kissed me, and went back to gazing at the ring.
I proposed to her on February 23rd, 2005; that's more than seven months ago and still she'll gaze at the ring for long periods of time as though mesmerized. I take that as a sign that I did a good job choosing the ring. I must give Missy credit though, she did drop a hint about her taste.
When we first started dating, back at ISU, she was taking a jewelry class. They had a speaker come in and lecture about precious stones. The speaker stated that the diamond is one of the most abundant gems on the planet. She came back from that class vowing that her wedding ring will not have a diamond center stone. She's not a common woman and it wouldn't be fitting to give her a ring with a common center stone.
So, in December of 2004 when I set out to hunt down a wedding ring befitting of such a unique woman, I kept in mind her decision. But, knowing how women may want to be unique, but not necessarily separated from tradition, I wanted to include diamonds in the design of the ring.
At the jewelry store I showed the salesman a drawing of what I had in mind. He studied it and within 10 minutes came back to me with a ring quite similar to what I envisioned, however the stones were all wrong. He assured me that stones are interchangeable. So I scheduled another visit when the stones would match my liking, and when I saw the finished product I knew that it was the one for Missy.
I purchased the ring in mid December, but I wanted to wait until February to propose, not because of cold feet but rather to make a certain date even more special between us.
At first she didn't believe it was real. Then she thought it was regal. Then she fell in love with it. All those emotions transpired within a minute. That night she stayed up all night gazing at the ring and asking me questions. I fell asleep around 2:00 AM, but when I awoke for work the next morning, there she was sitting up in bed watching the early morning sun dance about the sapphires and diamonds. I think she was hypnotized.
"Have you ever seen anything so beautiful?" she asked me. I decided to take the corniness opportunity and told her I've been seeing a greater beauty every day since we started dating. She smiled, kissed me, and went back to gazing at the ring.
# posted by T.S. Idiot @ 9:11 AM 
