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Diamonds, despite being very expensive, aren't really all that expensive -- compared to the price of most marriages... You know, the long term fixed and recurr
by peter_d_sherman 6y ago
Diamonds, despite being very expensive, aren't really all that expensive -- compared to the price of most marriages...
You know, the long term fixed and recurring costs...
You know, the EBITDA, the COGS, the line items, the Chart Of Accounts, and all of that good stuff from Accounting... <g>
In other words, if someone is getting married, the high cost of a diamond, while indeed substantial -- is still probably only going to be the least of that married person's financial problems, present or future... <g>
- pessimizer 6y agoYou could use that same argument to justify buying a solid gold coffee mug, and you'd be able to sell the mug for a reasonable price when you got sick of it. The argument "Over my lifetime I'll have lots of expenses, and this $50K that I withdrew from my bank in cash and burned in a barrel in my back yard doesn't even represent 5% of them!" is a weird argument.
- rsynnott 6y agoGold’s highly conductive, so that would be almost unusable, though. The diamond ring is at least, I suppose, unlikely to give you first degree burns
- pessimizer 6y agoI don't actually drink out of the mug, it's a symbol of my love of coffee.
- rsynnott 6y agoMarriage, or at least long-term cohabitation, is fairly financially efficient; two incomes, one home.
- covidthrow 6y ago> <g> Wow. I haven't seen that form of emoticon in a long time. Thank you for sharing, fellow time traveler... <bg>