Why Engagement Rings Are a Scam

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I had a crazy ex that said her engagement diamond would have to be 1.5ct or she wouldn't be happy. Luckily
I ran away from that mess.

My current gf would be happy with string tied around her finger. Same for Christmas/bday presents.
 
nobbie48 said:
A woman my wife worked for found out that her ring cost less than someone else's so she made her boyfriend return it and get a more expensive one. Kind of sets the pattern for the marriage.
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if that doesn't make you dump the *****, whatever happens after is your fault
 
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Kri$han said:
When I got engaged a few years ago, I had to get my wife A diamond ring; it made her happy, and she gets to show it off to people (I get to show her off to people, so I guess it balances out) and it doesn't lose much value, should times get really hard.

sigh.
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If times get really hard the street value would be the weight of the gold melted down plus the rock. As AGAVE points out the rock would buy a couple of loaves of bread. Depending on the price of gold it might fetch another few hundred.

The price of finished jewelry is almost entirely mark-up and the artists labour. No intrinsic value in hard times.

I buy my wife flowers. No intrinsic value but it makes her happy. Same deal.

Value is funny. If a grain of sand gets into an oyster the oyster turns it into a valuable pearl.

If beaches were made of pearls and a pearl got into an oyster and was made into a grain of sand that grain of sand would be worth a bundle.
 
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Anyone ever try to sell back a diamond? If you think it holds its value, you're on crack :) especially if you bought from a big store... you got ripped ;)
 
Value is ascribed to things in the most perplexing ways usually originating by one person then trending into stupidity until the masses decide enough is enough. To wit, I know a guy who's looking at an original early '70s Trans Am well north of $100K because a) he used to have one and B) the chassis paint overspray has been replicated to factory original. I think he's a little late and a dollar short. Go team.
 
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mmmnaked said:
Anyone ever try to sell back a diamond? If you think it holds its value, you're on crack :) especially if you bought from a big store... you got ripped ;)
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A friend of mine tried (he was turned down on proposal) He was going to get 5 cents on the dollar or something ridiculous like that. He ended up keeping the diamond and sold back the gold.

He ended up reusing the diamond when proposing to another girl.
 
Chaos said:
A friend of mine tried (he was turned down on proposal) He was going to get 5 cents on the dollar or something ridiculous like that. He ended up keeping the diamond and sold back the gold.

He ended up reusing the diamond when proposing to another girl.
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Who proposes without being 100 percent sure the answer will be yes? I guess your friend
 
ZX600 said:
Who proposes without being 100 percent sure the answer will be yes? I guess your friend
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I know guys who love a girl but the girl is iffy about them so they use a proposal to lock it down. Poor saps dont realize hat even if she says yes, she most likely will leave sooner or later and take your rin with her. Oh and your house and car and children.
 
ashkan said:
I know guys who love a girl but the girl is iffy about them so they use a proposal to lock it down. Poor saps dont realize hat even if she says yes, she most likely will leave sooner or later and take your rin with her. Oh and your house and car and children.
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Rule #1 never give up your rin.
 
ZX600 said:
Who proposes without being 100 percent sure the answer will be yes? I guess your friend
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There was a video floating around where the guy proposes at a sports event in front of a zillion people. She screams "NO" and runs away. Hopefully one of the cheerleaders took pity on him.
 
ZX600 said:
I hope you guys don't buy christmas presents, or take your GF's/wifes out for Valentines, or buy a turkey for thanksgiving or presents on anyones birthday... etc etc etc.. Everything is a scam BUT.... it is up to you and your significant other to chose the things that will be meaningful to the two of you regardless of the commercial machine behind it.

My wife and I do not celebrate any of the above, for christmas she goes to church with her parents and we do not give each other presents, neither for our birthdays, she has never asked for anything of me and same the other way so I choose to give her a really nice engagement ring becasue it is meaningful to us and something that will be passed down to our kids as a memory once we are gone.
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You'll celebrate Xmas next year. It's for the kids.

It's amazing how many guys have wives who run the ship. Bunch of pansy *** nancies.
 
dricked said:
You'll celebrate Xmas next year. It's for the kids.

It's amazing how many guys have wives who run the ship. Bunch of pansy *** nancies.
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Yea for the kid I'll even dress up for Halloween lol
 
Why do people insist on perpetuating hoaxes like Christmas, Halloween and Easter on young minds? If I had kids I wouldn't run scams on them but maybe if I had kids I'd sing a different tune. Better follow retarded social conventions otherwise might screw them up? Gettem started on sex and drugs early.
 
inreb said:
Why do people insist on perpetuating hoaxes like Christmas, Halloween and Easter on young minds? If I had kids I wouldn't run scams on them but maybe if I had kids I'd sing a different tune. Better follow retarded social conventions otherwise might screw them up? Gettem started on sex and drugs early.
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Lol oh the things we say we won't do when we have our own kids before we have kids.

Tidbit of info...kids are the one thing that make you eat all your words and laugh about your stupidity.
 
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I bought my wife a nice engagement ring because it would make her happy, and seeing her happy makes me happy. We do Christmas presents , because presents are awesome. I cook special meals for valentines and events . We did everything from the Easter bunny hoax to toothfairy and Jesus with the kids, because its fun and they were KIDS.

I'm such a failure at this modern toughguy marriage thing. In my self pity for all these years I'll find comfort in keeping half of all my stuff.
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