Endangered Species

There are several hundreds of species on the endangered species list. It is important to preserve and protect these species. But often overlooked are the equally rare and endangered species of jewelry. You often can only find them in malls where they are cruelly held captive in glass cages and watched over by security guards. One such piece of rare jewelry is the engagement ring. It is so rare, in fact, that the few women who possess this rarity keep it on their fingers at all times and constantly show it off to their less fortunate friends who do not own one. This showing off is usually done with much excitement, yet is almost mockingly done. A sort of "in your face" to those of us who have not been able to capture one. Unfortunately, the woman cannot capture one of these, for it is up to the man to do this (unless you are Britney Spears, which in case, you go and capture it yourself, but this is highly unusual, and can only be done by celebrities). Perhaps the rarest of all of the jewelry pieces is the wedding band. Also found in malls kept under glass cages surrounded by bright lights, these rare pieces are elusive and hard to come by. Usually once the engagement ring has been caught, the wedding band is next to be caught, but this can sometimes take years and sometimes the engagement ring is lost before the acquisition of the wedding band can take place. Often times this losing of the ring is done by hurling it in the face of the man who caught it for you in the first place (unless you are Britney Spears, in which case she would have to throw it in her own face). Yet often, despite this hurling, the engagement ring is often picked up again by the woman who did such hurling, only to be end up once again, locked behind a glass cage in a mall or downtown in a pawn shop. Such a sad life these beautiful specimens lead. I think men should take the initiative and set these species free! I am sure they would be ever so happy to escape from the lights and guards and to be able to live forever happily on a nice warm finger.