Ball and Chain
I never thought a wedding ring could be such a bind.
I mean, ladies, you must know how I feel...sometimes, you just want to get rid of that sucker, just take it off for a while, feel free.
Like when you want to clean it. Or go swimming.
Maybe do the gardening without losing a great big sparkly diamond in your potted petunias.
Or just because it is so darned tight you are worried that your finger is eventually going to rot and drop off.
Well, it's all happening for me at the moment! They say things come in threes...this was my triple whammy yesterday:
1. I got into the 11 stone bracket.
2. MY SIZE 14 (US 10) TROUSERS FELL DOWN (errr...the button came off but we will brush that aside).
3. I got my engagement ring off.
Yes, I was sitting on the couch, and fiddling with the ring (as you do), and I noticed it felt a lot looser than normal. So I thought, I'll just give it a try, what have I got to lose? I twisted it and twisted it, and then, holding my breath (because that would help), I eased it oh-so-excruciatingly-slowly over the knuckle, and wow! It was off. For the first time in nearly two years.
I can't believe how good it felt. Just to be able to wiggle that poor, swollen finger in the cool air. To understand this, you have to realise that there have been times, since I got so overweight my ring was stuck on my hand, that I genuinely thought it was cutting off my circulation. Especially if I ate a lot of salt, my finger would get all swollen and red. I am claustrophobic, and somehow this all played into that. Sometimes I would lie in bed in a blind panic, ring finger tingling, just desperate to get it off me RIGHT NOW.
I would fantasise about calling in some firemen to my bedside....so they could cut it off.
Then I would get upset. Because I love that ring, and I treasure it. I couldn't bear to get it cut off - in fact, that was a major motivator for my weight loss. I just couldn't face it.
And I was so disgusted that I had managed to do this to myself. I had been married less than three years, and I had already 'let myself go'. Not that I ever really had a hold of myself to begin with - I was just blessed with a higher metabolism and a naturally active lifestyle.
So taking that ring off was a huge NSV for me.
Of course, I just turned around and put it right back on again, about thirty seconds later.
But that's not the point, is it?
Lots of love and God Bless, Rach xxx 