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well, i wasn't actually SNOOPING ... on xmas morning i was doing laundry and picked up a pair of my bf's jeans to wash and began emptying the pockets. among the ramdom contents (bottlecaps, change, lighter ((he doensn't smoke??)) i found these 2 rings. the same ones -- one was bigger than the other. they were wide bands that had a thick stripe of silver in the middle bordered on each side by thinner stripes of copper maybe. they could have been wedding bands (def. not engagement style). normally, i would have just asked him what they were, but being that it was xmas morning and we hadn't opened gifts yet, i put everything back in the pants pockets and left them hanging over the arm of the couch and decided to wait and see if there was a suprise coming that had to do with these rings. nothing. i went back to check the pants again later and he had emptied the pockets (unusual for him to do). i also looked through all his drawers and secret hiding places for the rings -- to no avail. so what do i do now? i really want to know what they were. the next day i kind of hinted about it -- i asked him why he has such a collection of lighters when he doesn't smoke and made a point of letting him know that had just found a light blue lighter in that specific pair of pants but i don't think he got it. how long should i wait to ask him about it? (i dont' think that not saying anything is an option) it's killing me to wait - - and the thing is that they could have been some kind of washers or random parts for like plumbing or something.

***UPDATE***

i finally asked him about it last night.  i guess they were rings he had bought and given one to an ex (this was about 8 years ago), and when they broke up she gave it back to him.  he has had them in some box in our attic, not knowing what to do with them b/c he thinks they are too cool to get rid of (i guess they were made on some ship and they are pieces of bronze and stainless hardware that are pressed together, blah blah blah, this is the kind of stuff that he gets excited about...) 

 we have friends who are getting married in march and the guy and my bf were talking about rings and how he wants to make wedding bands for him and his fiance.  my bf mentioned these rings he has and had gotten them down to show to the guy. 

i tried to pout a little and ask him why i didn't know about it and accuse him of being up to something, but gave it up quickly b/c it wasn't worth it.  he said he didn't tell me b/c it was weird, (which it was for him to have these rings), but his story is logical and legitimate.  and now that i think about it,  i guess i probably have seen the rings before b/c the box they were in used to be in our office and i KNOW i have snooped through it on more than one occassion.

-- Edited by e_doli at 12:17, 2006-01-03