About two years ago W lost her ring (given a year before wedding). Not really lost but "I haven't seen that thing in a long time. Now what did I do with it?" She was always taking it off an leaving it places around the house and I was pissy that she'd misplaced it. I never responded to it.
A few weeks after the bomb W gave one final tear up through the house and car and decided it was gone for good. She submitted an insurance claim.
She used the $ on a out of town trip with BFF but most of it got sucked into car expenses, taxes, and other not so fun stuff. The $ is all gone now. It was a big disappointment to me to see the custom ring I'd bought on my first real-job paychecks and all it symbolized spent on car repair of all things.
In hindsight I shouldn't have been pissy but should have replaced it soon after she lost it.
"My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand." Thich Nhat Hanh
