Resizing

This happens to be Charlie's ring, sitting on my desk. He is not wearing it for the first time in three years. It's too big! and he's afraid it's going to get lost. I want to take it to our jeweler and have it resized, but thinking it's best to put that off until he's holding at his goal weight.

Sizing this ring will be no easy task, you see. It's quite the complicated ring. Each time I think about us sitting in the jeweler's office, a big grin comes to my lips.

As we sat with our jeweler, Ken, to talk wedding bands, he suggested we take care of me first as surely I'd take longer. I giggled and suggested that perhaps Charlie be first. He had a special request, and it wasn't just an inscription. And out came the sketch.

He carefully explained he wanted a wide platinum band, with three perfectly spaced infinity symbols, inlaid in gold. They should be spaced so that if viewing the ring from above an equilateral triangle would form when drawing a line which would connect the symbols. Oh how I wish I still had that sketch.

If you know Charlie, I am sure you can imagine how exact he was in his description, and how serious he was throughout the entire discussion with the jeweler. And if you know me, you know my face was beet red as I tried to stifle my giggles.

Ken let me know he's had more unusual requests. If you know Ken, he's a hell of a salesman, and wasn't going to make my dear Charles feel the least bit silly for his designs symbolizing his infinite love and commitment, even though he had to have been thinking my future husband was just the tad bit out there. You think strange, but I think endearing. It's pure Charlie for ya.

To make sure he understood correctly, he retrieved the man who actually forges the metal from the workshop to go over Charlie's diagram and instructions. He got it right: platinum, with three gold infinity symbols, spaced to create a triangle of perfect proportions. So I figure sizing it and maintaining such a harmonious design won't be easy, so we're holding off.

In the mean time, I'm searching for just the right twisty tie for him to wear, and I think it may do the job in expressing how infinite his love truly is that he'd wear it to show the strength of our love and commitment.