Slightly Annoying

I received the following picture text from Andy as I was at the nail salon paying for the services I received.

You can imagine how UNHAPPY I was to receive that picture.  I initially thought it had to be a joke.  Who would break their wedding band?  Plus, how could that have happened?  Seriously, I was not thrilled with this joke.  Good think the nail salon is a short 3 minutes from the house so I could get home quickly and find out what was going on. 

I got home to find out it was not a joke.  The day before Andy's ring went flying onto the tile floor and when he picked it up there was a chip in it.  He figured he would take it to the jeweler to fix it when he had time.  Apparently the next day it just "shattered."  Weird!  I didn't know Tungston rings could do that.  We bought this particular metal because it is supposed to be very strong.  He was afraid of my reaction so while I was at the nail salon with Laura he drove down to the jeweler, all the way in Chandler, to have it fixed.  Good thing it is under warranty and they had to order him a new ring.  He drove all the way back home by the time I got home from the nail salon.  I am happy that he was proactive and got right on it instead of acting like it was no big deal even though I am sure he was proactive because he was afraid of me getting mad.  With that said I am still not thrilled that this happened.  Now his ring is not the same ring I place on his finger on that hot day in Mexico.  It's not the same ring I personally had engraved.  The new ring will have the same engraved message inside the band.  Ugh, it's just not the same.

The jeweler told him that Tungston is very strong and does not scratch at all, but if dropped on tile it can shatter very easily.  Great!  Would have liked to know that when purchasing the ring, especially since the durability was the whole reason why we selected this type of metal.

I have come to terms with the ring issue and I am over it, even though it's not the same ring.  It will be two weeks before Andy's new ring comes in and so he is walking around saying "I am single and ready to mingle" all while flashing his naked finger.  Not funny!