Was out shopping yesterday at an outlet village. Bought lots of chocolate in one shop (for Christmas presents and both 90% and 99% dark for me and darling husband). The went into next shop for fancy toiletries, a treat for me. Left shop and was taking the receipts out of the bag and got a huge shock when I saw my ring was missing. My heart literally stopped. Ran back into toiletries shop and up to the counter I had been too. Got funny looks from the huge queue and just managed to shout out “I’ve lost my ring” before I burst out crying. Lady who had served me came straight over told everyone in the shop to stop moving and very carefully lifted everything from the counter to look for it. Then asked had I put my hand in my bag, had it fallen off into it. What did it look like, did it have a stone. Through tears I said it has been my mother’s engagement ring with diamonds and a sapphire, then the women beside me started to cry too and everyone in the shop started to look on the floor. Anyway, I put my handbag and shopping bags on the cleared counter and three of us started to go through them very carefully and there it was sitting in the bottom of the chocolate bag. Such a relief and more tears. I’ve lost weight but didn’t realise my fingers had slimmed that much and I wasn’t risking putting it back on. They sealed it in a little gift box for me and I went straight back to the car and locked it in the glove box. I’m terrified now to wear it.
It’s amazing how emotional a ring can make you, even telling my daughter last night I cried again at the thought of loosing it and she did too. It was my mother’s engagement ring but she had the diamond taken out and put in a new setting about 40 years ago. I had always loved the setting and was given the ring with a piece of glass in it. Then my husband “stole” the ring and had a sapphire put in it for my 30th birthday. Mam is in her 70s now living in a care home with dementia. Both myself and daughter only went to see her last week, while she didn’t remember my daughter she did remember her ring and put it on to show the staff. That’s what made it so emotional I think. Anyway, it’s locked up now and hopefully another bit of weight lost soon will mean it moves to another finger.
Almost a disaster
Tipperary
(Tracy)
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ctviggen
(Bob M)
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I’ve been worried about that too, many while swimming. I can easily pull my wedding ring off now, and I’d hate to lose it while swimming.
It’s good to know you got yours back.