So this morning she comes into the kitchen and says "I have to tell you something". "I think I lost my wedding ring". She still had the engagement ring on her finger.
She goes on to say that she took it off when applying her lotion and put it in her pocket with the engagement ring, but now the wedding ring has gone AWOL.
She seemed to think my reaction was going to be something along the lines of "Oh it'll be ok it's only money" or "I'm sure it'll turn up". Instead I demanded that she retrace her steps and we started looking all over the house for it, but there wasn't very much time before she had to get out the door for work.
The mere fact that she lost it only makes me a little mad, but the fact that she lost it in the dumbest possible way, taking it off to wash her hands makes me really mad. That was the number one thing the ring guy told her not to do with it. It's also how one of my previous coworkers lost her engagement ring worth tens of thousands of dollars. Also the fact that she seemed more worried about being late to pick up her team made me even more mad.
Anyway, she was running out of time and said she needed to go, she wanted a hug. I calmly told her I was too mad for a hug right now, "Just go", I said. She left looking sheepish. Then I started going through the laundry hamper one item at a time, thinking she might have left her pants in or on it and the ring might have fallen out. After removing every last item in the hamper I found the ring at the very bottom. Yay.
My first thought was to text her that I found it. But then I thought, maybe let her stew on the situation until she gets home. I think she's going to feel pretty bad about it. Maybe then she'll learn not to take her rings off. But I don't want to give up the moral high ground. So what should I do, tell her now or make her wait?
She goes on to say that she took it off when applying her lotion and put it in her pocket with the engagement ring, but now the wedding ring has gone AWOL.
She seemed to think my reaction was going to be something along the lines of "Oh it'll be ok it's only money" or "I'm sure it'll turn up". Instead I demanded that she retrace her steps and we started looking all over the house for it, but there wasn't very much time before she had to get out the door for work.
The mere fact that she lost it only makes me a little mad, but the fact that she lost it in the dumbest possible way, taking it off to wash her hands makes me really mad. That was the number one thing the ring guy told her not to do with it. It's also how one of my previous coworkers lost her engagement ring worth tens of thousands of dollars. Also the fact that she seemed more worried about being late to pick up her team made me even more mad.
Anyway, she was running out of time and said she needed to go, she wanted a hug. I calmly told her I was too mad for a hug right now, "Just go", I said. She left looking sheepish. Then I started going through the laundry hamper one item at a time, thinking she might have left her pants in or on it and the ring might have fallen out. After removing every last item in the hamper I found the ring at the very bottom. Yay.
My first thought was to text her that I found it. But then I thought, maybe let her stew on the situation until she gets home. I think she's going to feel pretty bad about it. Maybe then she'll learn not to take her rings off. But I don't want to give up the moral high ground. So what should I do, tell her now or make her wait?
