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I thought expensive jewellery was meant as a sort of life insurance policy. ie the widow could sell it in the event of the husband's death and have enough to su
by fnordfnordfnord 12y ago
I thought expensive jewellery was meant as a sort of life insurance policy. ie the widow could sell it in the event of the husband's death and have enough to support her for a period of mourning. Or something like that.
- brazzy 12y agoGold jewelry has that function in India. Which incidentially where most of the gold that is being mined goes to.
- chrisbennet 12y agoDiamonds are a very poor "investment". http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/02/have-you-ever-tried-to-sell-a-diamond/304575/ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/02/have-you... Thanks goodness my wife isn't into "shiny things".
- cmdkeen 12y agoHistorically it replaced suing the other party in a failed engagement for "breach of contract". The idea being that a woman who had a failed engagement was less able to find a good match. The engagement ring essentially acted as a good behaviour bond that the marriage would go ahead and especially to stop the "I promise I'll marry you, now let's have sex" cad.