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This is one of those American things that just doesn't make sense at all from an European perspective.

• cm2012 7y ago
  I wanted to check because I wasn't sure, but you are very right: http://www.diamondshades.com/files/3614/0966/2121/Consumption_of_Diamond_Jewelry_Key_Consumer_Markets.png http://www.diamondshades.com/files/3614/0966/2121/Consumptio... I did not expect that much difference!
  • henrikschroder 7y ago
    Where I'm from, engagement rings are a matching pair of plain gold bands. You get them together as a couple after someone has proposed. Also, marriage is something most people do in their 30's, not their 20's. (The whole concept of the guy spending a fortune on a piece of jewelry before confirming that the girl actually wants to marry him is sexist bullshit, why does he have to make the effort and take the risk to prove his "commitment", but not her?)
  • ce4 7y ago
    Did your link still work when you posted it? Now it's returning a "This Account has been suspended" message.
    • cm2012 7y ago
      It was working, HN probably killed the site.
• ulfw 7y ago
  or any other developed nation's for that matter