"But I didn't," Meredith protests. "I didn't. We're still here, we're still together. I never said it was over. I — I took it off, yes. I took the ring off. It was a mistake, I already said that. But I was angry and stupid and you said I couldn't. You as good as said it didn't mean anything. And it does, it means too much to wear when you're talking like that." It was stupid pride, too, wanting to prove him wrong.