A few simple letters…
A couple months ago BJ misplaced (LOST) his promise ring. A few weeks after, we replaced the ring with the same kind, but haven’t had the time to go and get the engravings back on it. During those months we were always planning on going to get it done, but it never happened. I was stupid enough to think that as long as any lettering is on there, it’s fine… as long as it’s there!
Well, this past wednesday, BJ and I went to the Parks Mall at Arlington to do some shopping for his Canada clothes. While we were there we stopped at a ring engraving place and showed the clerk our rings and how we wanted it done… he said ok.
We come back about an hour later to find out that he hasn’t even started engraving the ring after he told us it will only take 30 to 40 minutes!!! The scripts that were on my ring didn’t match the ones he offered. Why tell me “ok” and make me come back an hour later to find out that it’s not even something he offered??? I guess the guy was smart enough NOT to had engraved it. I took the ring from him and asked for a script book… more like demanded. I went through every single letter of ever single font style to see if I could find one that matches the ring. Nothing.
I never knew my heart could hurt so much and my emotions change so quickly over a few simple letters. The same letters that I thought to myself a couple months ago, wouldn’t matter as long as it’s there. It was at that moment that I realized I still wanted the ring to be exactly the way it was when I first put it onto BJ’s finger. I still want it to symbolize the same smile and love that we have. I didn’t want BJ to see me tear up over a freakin ring so I stood frozen, leaning up against the glass, and just waited for my tears to dry up.
What made matters worst for me was when I looked up at the guy and asked if he had anything else, I noticed the clerk was playing around with BJ’s ring around his own finger. That freakin pissed me off!
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May 7th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Aww, it’s ok Tracy, I understand. I know what you mean by wanting it the exact same way. In a way, that ring is the physical manifestation of your bond with him, and you want it to remain unchanged so that way your emotions, engraved in your heart, can be represented by the letters engraved in the ring.
No worries, it will all be reverted in good time, but I’d probably be a little upset if I saw the guy playing with the ring too lol
Love ya,
~Adrian
May 7th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
I hope that you and you man can pull past all of this when he gets back. I can tell that you two love each other. Don’t let him leaving for a few days ruin…. did I read 1 year of love and happiness.
Love,
Jim
May 7th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
thanks for the comment Jim and Adrian. I’m glad you guys are following up closely with my blogs.
Jim, i’m not mad at BJ or anything for the ring, It was just something I wanted done a long time ago and since he was gonna be in canada this week I kinda wanted him to wear me with it, in a sense.
May 7th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Oh honey that’s just awful. I’m sorry to hear it’s been such an ordeal. I’m still reeling from that punk playing with YOUR/BJ’s ring on his own finger!!! OMG!!! Was this person ANY kind of professional?! I can’t imagine that they were, and further more, I would certainly NOT want anyone LIKE THAT touching or working on something that meant so much to me. I hope that you have since taken that special memento of your love and affection to an actual professional that will treat it with the care and respect it deserves. I am truly sorry to hear of such an atrocity. I am disgusted by this persons lack of decency for another person’s feelings and property. Most distasteful.
Charlie
May 7th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Though I admit that his professionalism was lacking, I am not trying to attack the clerk. However, I would like to note, that in his line of duty he should know that all property being given to him, to be engraved for that matter, is the utmost important value of another person that he/she will have the privilege to carry and in theory, warm heartedly, be the engraver of that love for the couple.
The real point of my post was to point out how wrong I was when I thought that anything like “a few simple letters�, could replace something that means so much to me… the day I gave BJ his promise ring.