'Bawitdaba' would have been a terrible choice

Post by David A. Arnott.

My three wedding rings

I bought my first wedding band in the summer of 2011. My then-fiancee and I went to a mall jewelry store and together picked out a titanium ring with tiny striations around the outside that looked like rainwater streaking down a windowpane. The inner loop of the ring was polished to a shiny smoothness, and the striations gave the outside a blunt, matted, look.