Freak Out

So just now...like less than five minutes ago a minor freak out occurred.  I was admiring my ring, and as I was looking at it I thought I noticed the stone move.  I held it to my ear and gently shook...is that a small rattle?  Can't be.  I begin studying it more, running my finger over each side.  I think it's moving.  Okay, Jeff, it's not supposed to do that.  So I can't wear it until we have it looked at and likely fixed.  Tomorrow we're going to check on the church, and meet with two photographers, and I can't wear my ring.  I've had it on pretty much at all times since Jeff put it on my hand.  It wasn't that long ago, not even two weeks, and I already can't stand for it to be gone.  I don't want anything to happen to it, for one it's not just a trinket from a gum machine; it would cost a bit more than a quarter to replace, but even more the promise it means.  I'm actually sad I can't wear it tomorrow.  I recall watching a video in one of my advertising classes call something like 'Advertising and the End of the World'.  Basically this guy was saying that advertising has effected everything we do, think, want, and require (or more think we require).  One of his big examples was the diamond engagement ring.  He gave the history of how that became the symbol of engagement, and now every woman has to have one, and every man thinks his woman should have one.  I believe it was something like the diamond was having low sales, and through ads the hip thing was to propose with a diamond.  How 'a diamond is forever' has had such an impact on the culture of engagement.  He said it wasn't a necessary thing.  Honestly he's right.  No one needs a diamond on their hand, but it's more than a gift it's a symbol of so much more.  Sure that symbol, the desire and thought of it, may have been created by some ad agency years ago, but it truly represents a promise, love, and a hope of a joyous marriage to last a lifetime.  Right now I don't care if I or the entire world has been deluded by a marketing ploy---I want to wear my pretty ring that Jeff gave me!