With This Ring I Thee Wed

The Legend of the Wedding Band

In a fair and far off country many centuries ago, a kind young King was married to a princess he loved so.Together they lived happily until one day their nation's worst enemy would force the King to travel far away.One night before he left, as he walked throughout the palace grounds, He tossed into a moonlit pool some pebbles that he had found.
As the lovely ripples widened from where the little pebbles fell; The King stood thinking quietly of the wife he loved so well.
And remembering the next day the surface he had seen, He had a gold ring made to fit the finger of the Queen.

"There is no Ending or Beginning to the circle on this band," The King said to his wife, as he slipped it on her hand.
"And that's why I have chosen this golden ring To be a pledge to you that my love will last through all Eternity."And so, since then, a gold ring has been the symbol Of beauty, devotion, and the endlessness of Love.May all the Love and Happiness you two have found together, Like the circle of the wedding band, go on and on forever."

I couldn't find my wedding band yestereday's morning just before I leave my house for work. I was so worried that I almost turn my drawer upside down, inside out. My mind kept thinking : "Where, where, how, how? I need to go to work but my ring is gone, how, Dear is going to be very upset if I lost the ring!!". The only hope is to check with my maid if she has found it cos sometimes I will remove and just leave it on top the washing machine when I wash my hands or face. Her answer is "No". I was like "Shit, that's my wedding ring, you know, it's been with me for 11years and 3months, and now I have lost it??!!" Suddenly, I remembered, could I have placed it in my jeans skirt yesterday? Quickly I retrieve my soaked skirt, and found my ring in the pocket. Phew…was so happy. I must have put it in the pocket yesterday when I was removing the bird shit on my car, I didn't want it to get stained but instead I nearly misplaced it. How ironical. I am getting very forgetful, I can practically forget things that happen 5 mins ago; the process of me putting the ring in my pocket, totally erased !

I have always asked Dear to buy another sets of wedding bands since it's 10 years old but he has always insist that that cannot be changed cos they are the Originals and my finger did not grow fatter, the more there's no reason to change. Moreover they are custom made, full Platinum and cost us quite a bit when we first bought them. Dear got his ring enlarged 5 years ago when it became very tight, the sales person told me that it cannot be enlarged anymore, so stay put Dear, don't put on anymore weight.

Both the rings ever went missing 10 years ago. We went to Wellington New Zealand for holidays and were staying with my mom's friend then, both the rings went missing one day. We told my mom and her friends about it and the next day the rings were placed nicely on the writing desk. Her teenage son actually ' took' them. We were quite shocked , but didn't want to make a big fuss out of it since they were found and also didn’t want to embarrassed my mom's friend.

I remember on our ROM day after exchanging the vow: "In token & pledge of our constant faith & abiding love, with this ring, I marry you.", Dear actually wore his ring on my finger and me not realizing anything, still happily wore it, when came to my turn to wear the ring for him, I tried to squeezed mine to his finger. He must have felt pain or thought he had put on weight overnight !

"May all the Love and Happiness We have found together, Like the circle of the wedding band, go on and on forever."