Mood Rings

    Everyone I  know owned a mood ring in the seventies. That was the big fad back then.  I remember when they came out and I  couldn’t wait until I bought one. 

 For those of you who have no idea what a mood ring was, don’t worry. They are making a comeback and may be in a Walmart near you.  You will find them beside the pet rocks.

 I think I was with my bff Ramaine when I bought my first mood ring.  The color on the ring would change depending upon your mood. Hence, the name, Mood ring. This is not hard to figure out.

But, they pissed me off. And I will tell you why. My mood ring was broken. It was just always blue. So, I went out and bought another one. It stayed blue, too. Now, I did read the little instruction book that came with the ring and watched for it to change each time my mom asked me to do something that I got yelled at for because I was basically inept, but it never changed.

 So, I began experimenting and had my friends put the  ring on, and damnit if it didn’t change immediately. Lovely shades of green and yellow and brown and black. Yay! It wasn’t broken after all. But, as soon as I put the ring on, it would always turn to blue, like on the picture beside this paragraph. I mean, come on.

According to someone else, “Mood rings contained a heat-sensitive liquid crystal encased in quartz. As the body temperature of the owner changed, the crystals changed colors. The colors were said to correspond to the wearer’s mood at the time (hence, the “mood ring”).”

Golden Yellow: Tense. You need a beer

Blue: You are happy. Relaxed. I guess I shouldn’t have complained that mine was always blue. I was a happy, normal complainer.
Purple: Moody. Your emotions are erratic. Purple means crazy. If my mom wore a mood ring, it would have been purplish purple.
 Black: Down. Depressed. You are overburdened and confused. Confused as to why you are overburdened when all you are doing is wondering why you are confused. I know, this makes a circle..lol

Reddish brown: Insecure. I don’t remember this being an option on my mood rings. Maybe the insecure people didn’t wear mood rings for fear of it not being pretty enough.

Green: Easily amused. Mine should have been green all the time. I could laugh at a rock.

Orange-daring. Like wearing a halloween costume to church on Christmas Day daring. 

Red-stressed. Red is usually considered the sexual color.  I don’t think that should be an option. Guys would notice if a girl had a red mood ring and then ask if she wanted to go under the bleachers. Because they know she would. Just sayin.

Next up, mood nose rings. You know you want one.

I also wore poison rings..but that is for another day.