Nothing says love like buying a thousand dollar hunk of carbon that some African was paid pennies to dig out of the ground.
Originally posted by: n yusef
Nothing says love like buying a thousand dollar hunk of carbon that some African was paid pennies to dig out of the ground.
Originally posted by: n yusef
Nothing says love like buying a thousand dollar hunk of carbon that some African was paid pennies to dig out of the ground.
Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Originally posted by: anxi80
twisty-tie from a bag of bread
I have a friend that did that.
If you give her any ring and she says "No" then she is a gold digging bitch and you shouldn't bother in the first place.
Some of what the ring symbolizes is not as trivial as you are making it out to be. You are making a big sacrifice parting with a hefty chunk of change and that is what is important. The ring itself is not important, but the act of showing your commitment is. You can do this any way you want, but don't think just because someone chooses to be traditional that she is a gold digging bitch. If a guy is too selfish to part with some of his money or make a big sacrifice for her in some other way, then she has a right to turn him down. It's not about the amount of money or the rock, but those just happen to be convenient ways to make the sacrifice tangible. If you can find a better way, then by all means go do it. My only regret is that I wish I would have bought a man made diamond instead of a 'real' one.
The Victorians exchanged "regards" rings set with birthstones. But it wasn't until the late 19th century, after the discovery of mines in South Africa drove the price of diamonds down, that Americans regularly began to give (or receive) diamond engagement rings. (Before that, some betrothed women got thimbles instead of rings.) Even then, the real blingfest didn't get going until the 1930s...
Originally posted by: n yusef
Nothing says love like buying a thousand dollar hunk of carbon that some African was paid pennies to dig out of the ground.
Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Originally posted by: anxi80
twisty-tie from a bag of bread
I have a friend that did that.
If you give her any ring and she says "No" then she is a gold digging bitch and you shouldn't bother in the first place.
Some of what the ring symbolizes is not as trivial as you are making it out to be. You are making a big sacrifice parting with a hefty chunk of change and that is what is important. The ring itself is not important, but the act of showing your commitment is. You can do this any way you want, but don't think just because someone chooses to be traditional that she is a gold digging bitch. If a guy is too selfish to part with some of his money or make a big sacrifice for her in some other way, then she has a right to turn him down. It's not about the amount of money or the rock, but those just happen to be convenient ways to make the sacrifice tangible. If you can find a better way, then by all means go do it. My only regret is that I wish I would have bought a man made diamond instead of a 'real' one.
Originally posted by: lather164
My wife and I were engaged for all of 1 day before we were married in Vegas so rings were an afterthought at the time. After a few months we went shopping and decided on what each of us wanted to wear and her main criteria was that she had no interest in having a diamond. She choose a white sapphire which to the untrained eye would be very similar to a diamond. That's what she wanted and picked herself as she had the option of anything she wanted, some people just aren't concerned with the size or cost of their wedding rings.
And with compound interest, that $3k invested into a good mutual fund in your Roth IRA will be enough to buy her a Ferrari when you two retire.Originally posted by: JDub02
moissanite.
i'll fess up to having bought moissanite for my wife. she loves it and has received a ton of compliments.
just don't do it without her knowing. i was all set to buy her a diamond, but we talked about it and she wanted the moissanite. i saved about $3k over a diamond of the same size.
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: RoloMather
Lets say diamonds are out of the question.
So what's a good alternative?
You're Savoyboy aren't you?
Originally posted by: RoloMather
Lets say diamonds are out of the question.
So what's a good alternative?
Originally posted by: jonks
Originally posted by: RoloMather
Lets say diamonds are out of the question.
So what's a good alternative?
How about an african baby you saved by not buying a diamond?
Originally posted by: OCguy
Actually when the dollar takes a shit because Obama wont stop printing money, the diamond may still have some value to it.
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Originally posted by: anxi80
twisty-tie from a bag of bread
I have a friend that did that.
If you give her any ring and she says "No" then she is a gold digging bitch and you shouldn't bother in the first place.
Some of what the ring symbolizes is not as trivial as you are making it out to be. You are making a big sacrifice parting with a hefty chunk of change and that is what is important. The ring itself is not important, but the act of showing your commitment is. You can do this any way you want, but don't think just because someone chooses to be traditional that she is a gold digging bitch. If a guy is too selfish to part with some of his money or make a big sacrifice for her in some other way, then she has a right to turn him down. It's not about the amount of money or the rock, but those just happen to be convenient ways to make the sacrifice tangible. If you can find a better way, then by all means go do it. My only regret is that I wish I would have bought a man made diamond instead of a 'real' one.
This is absolutely, completely ridiculous. Any woman that says "no" because the ring isn't expensive enough may not be a gold-digging bitch, but she's definitely a bitch, and I'd be glad the relationship was over.
Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
My g/f absolutely refuses diamonds, or even anything that looks like a diamond. It's not a $$ thing with her, she doesn't like the greed and human tragedy that diamonds represent.