Is this true? Someone please explain!

[Insanity_rules]

Shes probally into anyone with enough coin and cunt struck enough to spend it all on her, I'm sure she was laying down the fact so she didn't have her time wasted by someone who wasn't flush with cash, or prepared to spend up big on her.

So you aint sayin shes a gold digger, but she aint messin with no broke? Dude if I were you I'd lay down the law and train her early! She'd have to be not only good in bed but enormously kinky for you to put up with that!

[cold comfort]

It's an old DeBeers marketing ploy to try and get desperate men to transfer money from their wallets into those of diamond merchants and thence DeBeers (historically the monopoly supplier of gem-quality diamonds). Along the lines of "Diamonds are forever".

See: http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/diamond/

Epstein did a good article in the Atlantic magazine in 1982 that is available online that discusses the various marketing ploys that DeBeers used to convince people that diamonds actually had value outside industry.

FM

Fortunately my wife (who has a commerce and marketing degree) shares my intense dislike of the De Beers control and artificial overvaluing of the diamond market. She is not averse to the odd bit of well timed hand made jewelery for all that-just the rip-off diamond con.

[kwaka_crasher]

Fortunately my wife (who has a commerce and marketing degree) shares my intense dislike of the De Beers control and artificial overvaluing of the diamond market. She is not averse to the odd bit of well timed hand made jewelery for all that-just the rip-off diamond con.

My problem with this angle is nobody NEEDS to buy fucking diamonds.

[Slyer]

You NEED diamonds to cut and sharpen certain objects.

[kwaka_crasher]

They have industrial 'diamonds' for that which are mostly synthetic.

[Slyer]

Same thing

[kwaka_crasher]

Same thing

Not at all. The technology is available to all, not just those who have mining rights.

[golfmade]

Never got my wife an engagement ring, she didn't want or see the need for one. As for the wedding rings we got them custom made by a local Idaho jeweler.

[aprilia_RS250]

HERE IS A DECENT ONE!!!!

[Slyer]

Has nobody told her to never use an adjustable spanner?! What was she planning to do with it anyway?

[scumdog]

So what is this 'engagement ring' thing that is being mentioned here???

[gilly]

We were broke when we married, so I got a fridge instead of an engagement ring.
26 years later.
Still got the fridge (it holds the beer), still got the husband (he drinks the beer),
Never got the diamond - but - got a beautiful sparkly pearl white Honda Shadow.
Who needs a stupid ring?

[peasea]

We were broke when we married, so I got a fridge instead of an engagement ring.
26 years later.
Still got the fridge (it holds the beer), still got the husband (he drinks the beer),
Never got the diamond - but - got a beautiful sparkly pearl white Honda Shadow.
Who needs a stupid ring?

No wonder you're married.

Oh hang on, you said Honda, shoulda said "it's a wonder you're married."

[SMOKEU]

Sweet, that means I don't have to spend any money on a ring because I don't have a job. Awesome!

[cc rider]

Sweet, that means I don't have to spend any money on a ring because I don't have a job. Awesome!

and when I count to 3, you can wake up... 1... 2... 3

Was 21 years with a jeweller & silver/goldsmith... got nada, but learnt to buy rocks & produce my own stuff

I would think a ring would just get in the way when changing the drive chain, unless it's an O-ring