Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper
by papln on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @02:24PM
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A diamond is primarily an engagement stone, not a wedding stone. The wedding nets you community property, worth even more than a diamond.
Think of it as earnest money, or buying an option. It's too expensive to buy a diamond and promise marriage just to string your girlfriend along if you aren't intending to follow through in the next year.
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> It's too expensive to buy a diamond and promise marriage just to string your girlfriend along [...]
Q: Is it just me, or does that statement sound like it fell out of the 1950s through some kind of wormhole?
In no particular order:
* If the girl asks the guy to marry her, are we to understand that he should expect to receive a diamond ring from her, to somehow seal the deal?
* Why should it be the guy "promising marriage" to the girl?
* Why should it be based on "guys" marrying "girls" at all?