Pre-Marriage Counseling -- Table of One

I've mentioned before that we were signed up to take pre-marriage counseling, and as great as that sounds in theory, the reality was to save $60 off the marriage license. Not only did I get us signed up after many days of phone calls and emails to find someone near us that still did this specific counseling for the state, but it was because he constantly asked if I'd found someone yet.

Seemed it was a high priority for him. In fact, with the balance owed on the rings, he'd even commented that we may get me some small plain band if we got married before the rings were paid off, making it sound like it would be soon after the 4 weeks of counseling. In fact, when looking at the rings and in several conversations, he's talked about getting me back on the good insurance again (military, because it covers everything, whereas my disability Medicare is horrible so I never get treated.) Again, making it sound like the marriage would be soon even though a date wasn't set.

Remember two nights ago and the dinner thing? Yeah, we've barely spoken since. I'm not sure what HIS problem is since he was the ass to ME, but it's apparent he's being pissy about something -- probably pissed that I was pissed or something equally insignificant. (Yes, I think I had just reasons to be upset and he didn't care enough to figure it out. No, I don't think he has a single reason to be upset.)

Tonight, my oldest wanted to go out to eat and he actually agreed, and at dinner, we talked back and forth about his work -- much more than the last two days combined. I thought okay, we'll just leave this to miscommunication of me getting upset and him being an ass from being so overworked. But as soon as we returned home, the silence returned.

So... he got online. I asked if he was going to look up the location of the church we're supposed to go to tomorrow. He said no. I asked, "Do you want me to look it up or just cancel it?"

He said, "Cancel it."

Well alright then. But I'm not canceling it. I'll go alone and get personal counseling instead.

*shrugs*

As he always says, "It's all about priorities", and he definitely let me know what's a priority to him now.

The Almost Ring -- Photo

Lora requested I post a picture of my rings. I went yesterday to plop another $500 down toward the lay-away and upgraded my original 3/4 carat to a full carat (so together, it's 1.25 carats combined.) The only photo I have is of the 3/4, so imagine this but with a much bigger solitaire, with an H classification and certification and all.

The yellow gold solitaire was purposefully placed inside the white gold ring guard. I love two-toned things -- all my watches are like that as well, but also when we put the diamond into the yellow gold guard, it didn't pop as much as with the white gold. So yes, this combination was intentional -- plus I love how it gives it a ME vibe and not an "everyone has one like it" thing going on.

Also, please note this is NOT MY HAND, nor is it The Man's. It's the lady who works at the jewelry store. Now, for me, if I worked in a job where people are obviously staring at my hands while I hold precious gems, I would not have such unkept, unpolished nails. That threw me for a loop, big time. And it also creates some distraction from client photos and the added turmoil for the disclaimer of those are soooo not my hands.... but I digress.

So there they are -- the rings.