I have discovered that I am not good at blogging on a weekly basis. My husband demands the house be clean and dinner be made too often!! Feeding them once a week should be just fine. I don’t understand why he complains!
Anyway, I am in the throes of starting to plan a wedding. Oh, and I have 7 weeks to do it. And the bride has decided she wants to do it on the beach in California…we live in Arizona.
But I am getting ahead of myself. Let’s discuss the ring and how it came to be. Close to 3 years ago my oldest daughter was dating a guy in the Air Force. They had a fairly quick romance that lead to them wanting to get married. With the possibility of an engagement looming my daughter and I went to several jewelry stores looking at rings to get an idea of what she liked. We found the “one” at the very first store and she did not waiver from it the rest of the time.
When the time came the next week for him to go get the ring I went with him. I showed him what she liked and he agreed to it. He applied for the loan and didn’t quite get approved for the whole amount. I felt so bad for him so I said I would co-sign. I didn’t think twice about it. I didn’t ask my husband. I didn’t say we should talk about it. I didn’t use my head. I didn’t realize the trouble I would get in!!!!
He asked her to marry him that night…she said yes. We began planning the wedding. It would be a beach wedding in California. We looked at dresses, we picked out colors, we had cake toppers saved on the computer…we were pretty much done with the plans within a week. BTW, I never did tell my husband about the ring situation. Did he really need to know??
Guess what happened next?? Yep, my daughter and said Air Force guy got in a fight and broke off their engagement. No wedding…no planning…no ring. Wait, guess who has to pay for the ring now?? MMMMEEEEEEE!!!!! And guess what came in the mail the very next day?? The bill! And guess who it was addressed to?? MMMMMEEEEE!!!!! So, guess who found out? And guess who was not happy? Yep, my husband.
I did my best to spin it in every direction I could. But, in the end I couldn’t get myself out of the mess I made. I dug a $5,000 hole and I had to face the facts. I turned on the water works and cried like a baby. That helped a little. I played every card I knew I could play. I owed him big time and he cashed in on it a lot for a long time. Guilty does not even begin to describe how horrible I felt. Lesson learned on that one!!
Funny thing is…I put that ring on Craigslist 10 times over the last 3 years and tried to sell it. Although I have had offers and lookers I never sold it. And here we are in the throes of planning a wedding of said daughter and said Air Force guy. They will be married in 7 weeks. He bought the ring back. I even gave him a little discount! They found their way back to each other and realized life together is where they belong.
So, in the end my husband yelled at me for nothing. I think HE owes me a few apologies! I am mad at him now!!! I am not going to cook dinner tonight…I am going to make him take me out. Jerk!! :)
