Diamonds Are Bullshit

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by dsr12 • 13 years ago

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dccoolgai• 13 years ago

OK buddy - you be the first one to not give your fiancee a diamond...wait till she goes to work or talks to her friends who expect to see it...then come back and let the rest of us know how it went... not to be snarky, because I remember coming to the exact same conclusion you did before I got engaged...but not getting the rock is easier said than done...wasting a bunch of money on something you have no logical need for...let's just call that "training"...if you ever get married, you'll know what I mean.

lowboy• 13 years ago

Maybe you married the wrong person.

alwaysinshade• 13 years ago

wait till she goes to work or talks to her friends who expect to see it

You can always game the system. My wife purchased a lab-made champagne diamond (colouring is from nitrogen IIRC). It was a pretty damn big rock, had only VVS inclusions and was cheap. Slap that thing in a gold band and your wife-to-be has a real diamond - your average jeweler won't have the tools to spot that it's artificial unless it's tagged. Thing was, my wife was a chem student at the time and thought it was cool. I was a young bloke with something to prove so I purchased the real-deal and spent the next three years paying it off.

Moral: marry nerds. And perhaps swallow your pride.

chrislipa• 13 years ago

My wife and I did not exchange rings. However, we can't claim to be the first; through most of human history in most places in the world, rings have not been exchanged. It's the time we're living through now that's the oddity.

mathgladiator• 13 years ago

you be the first one to not give your fiancee a diamond

did it, and it was awesome. My personal feelings is that if get into the habit of spending money on illogical things, then it is going to continue onward and forever. My wife is on the same page, so...

precisioncoder• 13 years ago

Bought my wife a silver ring with a golden knot of eternity in the place a diamond would be as her engagement ring. It was made by a local artist and one of a kind. It was affordable and she loved getting something unique. I recently made her a silver ring by hand at a workshop and she calls it her "second wedding ring" and wears it constantly. Most women prefer something unique, or hand made since it shows more care then spending a lot of money.

dubfan• 13 years ago

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5403988

eruditely• 13 years ago

Oh please, we get it already. We know about diamonds, their scarcity and price. I'm still getting my wife a nice diamond ring, and hell I might get one too, and no we did not marry the "wrong people" because we gave in a little to culture.

Any other breaking news? NSA Spying? What about that facebook!

Diamonds Are Bullshit

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