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Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper by praptak on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @05:04PM (#21530138)
I have heard that it's good taste for those gifts to be impermanent. Sort of opposite of the diamond.
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Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper by smegger001 on Thursday November 14, 2019 @01:19AM (#21533214)
yes and not actually they are both good for the same reason, IE they don't hold value. This sort of gift is social signalling that you are willing to sacrifice a certain amount of wealth for them. Neither chocolate, flowers or diamonds have good resale value so you are sacrificing for the partners happiness.
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Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper by praptak on Thursday November 14, 2019 @02:21AM (#21533479)
Not holding value is a different thing though. The permanent gift creates an obligation to keep it.
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