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These threads are always great for men posting about how their wives love the imitation stones “just as much” and “I didn’t foolishly spend money.” As always,
by pbj1968 3y ago
These threads are always great for men posting about how their wives love the imitation stones “just as much” and “I didn’t foolishly spend money.”
As always, if it worked for your marriage, it worked, but many of us can sniff out a fake from across the room. And it will always look tacky and cheap and she will be wearing it, in theory, the rest of her life.
I have visited exactly one jeweler in my life that set man made stones into quality precious metal settings. Every moissanite I’ve seen has been in the same plated stuff that gets cut glass or cubic zirconia or the like.
- jrflowers 3y ago> I have visited exactly one jeweler in my life that set man made stones into quality precious metal settings. It is a shame that the free fall of price caused by the precipitous drop in consumer demand did not impact jewelers’ behavior. We must assume that high-end jewelers turned away customers wanting stones other than diamond and shut down their businesses over the past couple of years. The thought of moissanite or literally any stone other than diamond cannot be countenanced by quality jewelers (a group famous for not bending over backwards for money)
- zmgsabst 3y agoSo it’s a win-win: I get a better ring for the price and people who talk about “sniffing out fakes” because in their mind conspicuous consumption creates social value will avoid me. Sign me up!
- Loughla 3y agoI agree that moissanite and zirconia look tacky. They sparkle too much for my tastes. But lab grown diamonds are just as good. And no children died in their creation, so that's nice.
- cactusplant7374 3y agoWearing a man’s wealth on a finger is tacky too. Goes both ways.
- morsch 3y agoIt's tacky when it's your own wealth, too.
- skellington 3y agoNobody can tell a lab grown diamond vs real by eye. They are the same. With the right lab equipment you might be able to tell the difference through some fluorescence or other very hard to perceive property. Honestly, what gives away lab grown diamonds is probably the lack of inclusions which mean they are "too" perfect.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> With the right lab equipment you might be able to tell the difference through some fluorescence or other very hard to perceive property. With the right lab equipment, you can read the brand mark DeBeers puts on their mined diamonds, if nothing else.
- toast0 3y agoI've been married 17 years, and we got a mined diamond engagement ring in a quality setting and quality wedding bands, and I don't really regret it. But for various reasons, we stopped wearing the rings, and that's not uncommon. It is kind of silly to spend so much money on pretty symbolism, especially if it ends up on a ring holder or in a drawer. If the alternatives look tacky and cheap, which I'm willing to admit they might, even if I can't tell... the rational choice is to skip the symbols all together, or maybe just simple, quality, not terribly expensive wedding bands.
- AlexandrB 3y agoThis is like the "have fun staying poor" argument crypto backers use but for diamonds. If I don't care about your opinion of what's "tacky" it has no effect.
- _fizz_buzz_ 3y agoLab grown diamonds are not imitations. They are 100% real diamonds.
- friend_and_foe 3y agoA sensible man can sniff out a fake commitment tradition by getting the thing appraised. I'd rather have a "fake" diamond than a fake marriage.
- callalex 3y agoDo you agree with the statement “a person with more money is inherently better than a person with less money”? What about the statement “money is distributed in a completely perfect, correct, and just manner”?