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- Bio0
i say it is complete bullshit.
buy what you can afford.
the one i bought for my ex was about 600 and it was really fuckin pretty.
no huge rocks, but it was very classy with 4 bagettes and a nice rock in the middle.
women who EXPECT more gripe me. it is SO not about how much money you spend. i will NEVER date a "spender" again. cuz a chick who thinks you should blow all your money on her doesnt know how to save money and in turn will ruin you.
and besides, back then... 600 was more than i made in a month.
ok, im done with my bitter rant.
- brooke0
That's lovely, Mono.
- shellie0
big rock was not a typo. i was just wondering what you designers are getting for your other half.
my guys is a video game designer so hes kinda like us....
i dont know. i do want somethign nice and thoughtful thats all.
- jevad0
congrats! : )
I had it cutom made by my mom's jeweller - I guess it came out at £2,200, thats about $3,500....
it's a platinum band and it spells out 'always' in deep cut diamonds around it in morse code! (she loves spy stuff)
- shellie0
and sweatshops make half the clothes i wear. my not buying a diamond wont change the world.
should i get my coat? i'll probably get reemed for that comment. oh well.
- frozen0
don't be fooled by the rocks that i got.
does the 2 month's pay rule still apply? anyways, i got my wife a round half carat in a bezel set, custom molded in platinum. $3000 and worth every penny. Charge it man! It'll last a lifetime and you want your girl to be proud when anyone asks to see it. Unless neither of you care, then screw it.
- shellie0
wow jevad! thats awesome!
see that was the info im looking for. that soudns sweet.
my sister has a jeweler i want to use. and our family get a fire fighters discount because im a fire fighters kid. so, anything i get will apraise for twice as much anywhere else. outstanding!
i heard making custom rings is the way to go. going to stores are a rip off and usually you get very flawed diamonds. or am i wrong?
- shellie0
3 grand seems to be the average for your first one.
hmm. i need to do some more research. anyone read any books?
- Bio0
ya know what, she outta be proud to be with me instead of envying some chick with a big rock and rich husband who fucks the maid.
am a bitter? only when it comes to chicks who focus on money and "having shiney things".
and no, i aint sayin anyone here is that. just speaking from my experience with women who like "to have nice things".
man, this topic and religion... dont get me started. =)
- taragee0
if i had one - i would freaking kill my bf if he spent that kind of $ on a ring - seems like such a waste
- 4cY0
" a ring is in my near future. "
how do you know shellie? we haven't discussed that part yet...i'm just not ready yet.
- Gorbie0
I'm taking my girlf to the dentist to have 'em set in her front teef.
- JazX0
haa haa
- Nirvous0
2 carat around 2.5 months salary
- shellie0
hah. 4cy
- Mimio0
$5,500 on a .85 karat rock, of my hard earned cash. I couldn't justify spending more.
- prajna0
I spent about 2 weeks salary on it, but I wasn't thinking so much about the SIZE and price as the style, quality, etc.
I never really understood the fascination with diamonds either. My wife loves jewelry, but luckily for me she's as happy with silver as precious gems.
- monokrom0
"and sweatshops make half the clothes i wear. my not buying a diamond wont change the world."
The violence, suffering, and depravity involved in getting a sparkly rock into some metal to put on a finger are generally (not always, I would imagine, but usually) several orders of magnitude higher than what's involved in producing an article of clothing in a sweatshop.
One is awful, the other is mind-numbingly horrible.
So ... reamed? No. I am a bit disappointed when someone can't see through the consumerist fog and gets roped or ropes someone else into supporting evil, however.
Why is it that you can see the idiocy in some soccer mom tooling around in a Hummer (comment of yours in another thread) but not the idiocy in festooning onesself with a blood-soaked rock?
- Abby_Someone0
http://www.fagsloveme.com/ is available!
- carianoff0
I so damn late for this but... $1500
and at that time that was like 3/4 what i made a month.