Diamond marketing really did a number on people
Comment on Anon shops for diamonds
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Anon hasn’t figured out that what is important to her is what should be important to him on this one. Trying to rationalize with her that the diamond ring she wants from this (potentially) most important event in her life isn’t worth it is a sure fire way to ruin this for her.
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The fact that it’s only important because of decades of advertisements from big companies makes it an exception for this once surely.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If it’s really that important to her, he might want to reconsider the whole engagement. Compatibility of morals is not unimportant in a relationship.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Shared values are certainly important. However, Anon may quickly learn that his importance on spending money on Fantasy Football, Warhammer, or automotive tuning (or whatever his hobby/vice may be) may also quickly get met by his alternate shared-values compatible wife when he finds one that doesn’t want a diamond engagement ring for being wasteful.
If anon is worried about the resale value of a wedding ring after the purchase, I’m not sure if he quite understands the purpose of a wedding ring.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 1 day ago
None of those are industries build on (modern) slavery and exploitation though.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You haven’t looked very deeply at the American Football industry where Fantasy Football derives its data/basis from then, then I take it.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 day ago
She might be cool with and prefer a lab-grown or vintage diamond, though.