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      Mindless worker-bees. People who can’t self-reflect. People who drown in money and their 23k is like your 0.01€. People with no intrinsic value whatsoever so they think a price-tag on a ring will impress their mate enough to say yes. Like a peacock, no pun intended. Or people so blinded by media and ads that they just do “what everyone does”. Or a combination of all those reasons and more…

      Wifey and me drown in money but I still proposed with a ring out of aluminum foil because nothing else was there at the moment 😁 She still has it, many many many moons later. We don’t even have rings worth more than 10 moneyz.

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        I bought moisinite for mine, he proposed with a family heirloom ring that I’m too scared I’ll lose, I’m keeping it safe to pass down to my kids. Moisinite is the second hardest gem after diamond, looks like a diamond and it’s made synthetically, all of that adds up to cheap and pretty.

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          Oh yes, heard of that. And on top of it: has no blood on it like diamonds…

          Looks really cool, i wouldn’t dare to wear that heirloom. Just at home maybe 😁

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            I have ADHD and I’ve lost so many rings, I’d get traumatized losing the family ring lol.

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              Yeah me too. And boy have I lost things in my life 😁 But those I treasure dearly, I keep safe at home. Safe from me 🤷🏻

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      Men with disposable income and a wife brought up on the declining but very much prevailing idea of a traditional Western wedding. So, a good chunk of the Western population.

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      Some people think that’s the way it has to be. My wife and I got a ring that we both love for about a tenth of what some of our friends and family paid. Not to mention the people that refuse to get lab grown diamonds because they want “the real thing”

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    9 days ago

    If my partner spent $2,300 on a fucking rock i’d be pissed. Something inexpensive and sentimental would be way more romantic anyway.

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    Is that fanaticism or just desperate greed to capitalize on something while doing very little to earn it? In either case, fuck trump.