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the cost is entirely the point. Assume you have 2 diamonds that cost the same. One is natural, the other is larger and man made. Which one is more likely to
by jqpabc123 1y ago
the cost is entirely the point.
Assume you have 2 diamonds that cost the same.
One is natural, the other is larger and man made.
Which one is more likely to convey your point to the average person?
- WorkerBee28474 1y agoThe larger one, because people will think it costs more.
- grues-dinner 1y agoThe more rational decision, IMO, assuming you still want to signal wealth, is to buy neither, collude with your supposed life partner, buy a gigantic, flawless moissanite that you both agree to say is a natural diamond that cost 50k. Then secretly put the money you didn't spend on sparkling carbon into some appreciating asset. Rivals are still sick with envy, you have a fun joint venture bamboozle to laugh about, and the mortgage gets paid off a few years early.
- cwmoore 1y ago"would tend to reconsider any long term relationship with such a person" Are you arguing that anyone who would accept and display a precious gem is ineligible for marriage? More so if it is larger, but not if more expensive? The post you are replying to presents a plausible social economy of the tradition. What is your point?
- jqpabc123 1y agoAre you arguing that anyone who would accept and display a precious gem is ineligible for marriage? No. My point is that anyone who conditions marriage on the size or cost of a diamond is ineligible to marry me. My wife accepted my marriage proposal without a ring. One was added later --- after other more urgent finances were covered and reassuring her that it would be modest and not overly wasteful. In other words, this was done strictly because I wanted to --- not as a pre-condition for her acceptance. She says doing it this way was more meaningful.