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Re:Diamonds Are Bullshit by cafard on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @07:31AM (#5406602)
An anecdotal data point: a friend used to work with a man who had married right out of high school, as had most of his classmates. At that point, probably 15 or 20 years out, this marriage was one of the few still intact. The man's observation was that in this group, the length of marriage was inversely proportional to the cost of the wedding.
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Re:Diamonds Are Bullshit by davidroberts on Thursday March 21, 2013 @11:11AM (#5415549)
Another anecdotal data point: When I married, I was working as a low-level reporter for near minimum wage. We married at a city courthouse and had a reception in the living room with my housemates who happened to be home at the time. I didn't buy a rock of any sort, though I gave her a plain gold wedding band I got from an estate sale. She gave me one she bought for $70 at a jewelry store.

That happened thirty years ago and we are still happily married with three kids, two of them in college right now and one in high school.

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