gold

So this weekend, I wore this Trifari necklace that my Grandma gave me.  It's pretty old, but she's taken good care of it.

Note the yellow gold tone and the large size: the pendant is about 2" square.  These are crucial aspects to what happened next...

"Gold?"  As soon as he sees it, the future-father-in-law's curiosity and Chinese nature appeared.  Could this be?  Is the future daughter-in-law wearing a necklace of appropriately colored Chinese gold??

I laughed.  "No.. I'm poor, too! This is just costume jewelry."

Which earned me a disapproving shake of the head and a muttered "May-can jewelry."