Ring Has Come Full Circle

(After losing some weight my wedding ring has gotten rather loose, and one day it slips off and I can’t find it. I’m really upset about it. We’re searching frantically, and we’re putting together a lost and found notice. We’ve started discussing a replacement, which I would like with an opal instead of a diamond. Then, as I’m in the shower…)

Husband: “You found your ring.”

Me: “No, of course not.”

Husband: “So, that’s not it on the floor next to your pajamas?”

Me: “Oh, my God. Is that really it?! It must have slipped off when I got ready for a shower that day and got covered in clothes.”

(I’m so relieved I’m laughing and crying at the same time, and then I stop.)

Me: “So, this means no opal?”

Husband: “No.”