I rarely blog about sports…for good reason. But I just heard the most heart-wrenching story about the Miami Dolphins. No, seriously. Apparently at practice yesterday, Miami Dolphins defensive end Kendall Langford lost his $50,000 diamond earring while running around the field.
Oops.
As girls, we’ve all been there: losing one of our favorite little baubles. I lost a nice diamond earring (albeit, not a $50,0000 one) while tubing on a lake in Canada. Someday, a lucky fisherman will find that sucker, take it home and make his old lady real happy.
If I’m ever in the shower and realize that I’ve forgotten to take my earrings out, I calmly stop lathering my hair and step out of the shower to lay my earrings in a happy (safe) place. Losing something down the drain would be the worst!
So the truth is, I feel for Mr. Langford. Mostly because $50,000 is a pretty nice size diamond. But perhaps this unfortunate incident will teach him a valuable lesson that many of us ladies already know: don’t ever take advantage of your diamonds.
And let’s be honest, it’s WAY more difficult to lose a whole bucket of them.
Share your story! Have you lost a piece of jewelry and felt sick about losing it? Share your story in the comments section. The best story will get a free diamond valued at $50,000—just kidding.
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For some strange reason, I can’t get enough of the trashy pregnancy shows that are on television right now. “I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant” and “16 and Pregnant” are two of my absolute favorites. I could watch them for hours. I laugh. I cry. They move me.
Last night I found myself as I do most nights: sitting at home with work to get done, needing some background noise. I turned on the TV and after viewing the guide, noticed I had two viable options for background shows: “Property Virgins” or “I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant.” I chose the latter. There comes a point when watching newlyweds buy starter homes loses its sparkle.
I’ve watched “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant” several times before. But for some reason, last night’s episodes stood out amidst all the others. There were so many supposedly normal women who didn’t know they were pregnant until one fine day they got a stomach ache, bent down and a baby popped out. Give me a break. You carried a seven-pound child in your stomach for nine months and didn’t suspect a thing? I can tell when I eat French fries twice in one week: my jeans don’t fit. A baby, however, would be an entirely different story.
But maybe these women secretly did know they were preggers. Maybe they were just in denial. Maybe, they just didn’t want to admit to themselves or anyone else what they actually knew all along, that they had a baby on board. This prompted me to think about all the things I “didn’t know.”
“I didn’t know that was an expensive purchase.”
“I didn’t know this martini had vodka in it.”
“I didn’t know I had to pay my credit cards back.”
“I didn’t know I was being a huge bitch.”
“I didn’t know $1400 was considered pricey for a handbag.”
And don’t even get me started on “16 and Pregnant.” My all time favorite quote from that show was a pregnant girls’ friend saying to her, “Well, there’s really no way you could have prevented this.” Oh really? You couldn’t have prevented getting preggers at age 16? Fail.
Really, these two shows just set out to prove what a beautiful thing naivety is. When in doubt, just say you didn’t know.
