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Please don't remind me about this. I'm pretty sure every guy knows all this already and unless you have a super hippy / progressive girlfriend (and even then..)
by rwhitman 14y ago
Please don't remind me about this. I'm pretty sure every guy knows all this already and unless you have a super hippy / progressive girlfriend (and even then..) you will ultimately find out that even the most rational women could give a crap about the economic / social realities of the diamond market and still "need" a diamond of X carat in order to impress their family and friends.
DeBeer's wins. Either you get over it, or you end up heartbroken or with a very grumpy fiance.
- MostAwesomeDude 14y agoWhy not eschew marriage altogether?
- rwhitman 14y agoBecause listening to your girlfriend sob herself to sleep every other night is not so fun
- tsotha 14y agoThe funny thing is it's not just the guys who realize this. It's the women too. One day there will be a preference cascade and everyone will look at each other and ask "Why are we spending so much money on semi-precious stones?" But until that day...
- rwhitman 14y agoThere is some really bizarre complex psychology / sociology behind the whole thing that really needs to be untangled. The De Beers marketers were mad geniuses that made the world bend to their will in a way that can't be undone
- Joeboy 14y ago> I'm pretty sure every guy knows all this already No! I really don't! I kind of imagine that as a middle-class British guy I'm not too far from modal HN culture, but this sounds totally bizarre and alien to me.