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Give her a blood diamond to show my affection? No thanks. I'm not brainwashed to think love is suitably communicated through the purchase of goods and service

Give her a blood diamond to show my affection? No thanks. I'm not brainwashed to think love is suitably communicated through the purchase of goods and services. Excess money not being invested? By golly I better not use it for any form of good; it must obviously go to De Beers! Just tell someone you love them and do nice things for them and be there for them. It's free.

charlesdm 8y ago
It's not, and it doesn't need to be a diamond -- it could be flowers, a nice dinner, a exciting getaway together to some obscure place, etc. But the way you're expressing this is you'd laugh someone away for buying something for you. I'm into mechanical watches. Just because I find them interesting, not for show. I'm not brainwashed, but heck, getting one I really want from someone I love would be close to the ultimate gift. Do I need it? Of course not. Do I expect it? Of course not.
- Antimachides 8y ago
  I was talking about diamonds and extravagence desired purely to display wealth and social status (women are particularly vulnerable to this folly), not dinner dates, flowers, and mechanical watches. Like the two month salary rule for an engagement ring would be a ludicrous thing to expect of a man. Run from that woman.
  - throwawaymath 8y ago
    > I was talking about diamonds and extravagence desired purely to display wealth and social status (women are particularly vulnerable to this folly) Now you're just being casually sexist. If you want to judge people for how they choose to celebrate their mutual affection that's fine. So diamonds aren't your thing, thanks for sharing. But let's not go down the rabbit hole of litigating one gender's susceptibility over another's.
    - Antimachides 8y ago
      >But let's not go down the rabbit hole of litigating one gender's susceptibility over another's. I don't want to go down that rabbit hole just to save my own time. But the genders definitely have their susceptibilities.

charlesdm 8y ago

It's not, and it doesn't need to be a diamond -- it could be flowers, a nice dinner, a exciting getaway together to some obscure place, etc. But the way you're expressing this is you'd laugh someone away for buying something for you. I'm into mechanical watches. Just because I find them interesting, not for show. I'm not brainwashed, but heck, getting one I really want from someone I love would be close to the ultimate gift. Do I need it? Of course not. Do I expect it? Of course not.

Antimachides 8y ago
I was talking about diamonds and extravagence desired purely to display wealth and social status (women are particularly vulnerable to this folly), not dinner dates, flowers, and mechanical watches. Like the two month salary rule for an engagement ring would be a ludicrous thing to expect of a man. Run from that woman.
- throwawaymath 8y ago
  > I was talking about diamonds and extravagence desired purely to display wealth and social status (women are particularly vulnerable to this folly) Now you're just being casually sexist. If you want to judge people for how they choose to celebrate their mutual affection that's fine. So diamonds aren't your thing, thanks for sharing. But let's not go down the rabbit hole of litigating one gender's susceptibility over another's.
  - Antimachides 8y ago
    >But let's not go down the rabbit hole of litigating one gender's susceptibility over another's. I don't want to go down that rabbit hole just to save my own time. But the genders definitely have their susceptibilities.