Go Hawkeyes • 10 hours ago
Are people really spending that much on a ring? That's just plain ridiculous. My wife's ring was $500. Mine was $200. And it's not like we're poor. We earn over $100k each. There's just no point in spending $5k on a ring. People are way to materialistic and diamond sellers are laughing all the way to the bank.
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jpass101 Go Hawkeyes • 9 hours ago
The Diamond Ring Industry spends billions a year convincing people that love can only be measured by the size of a diamond ..... and here you go wanting to undo all that work.
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DeltaFunk0 jpass101 • 8 hours ago
Hallmark and all those companies puffed up Valentines day into something that woman are justified in being dissatisfied with. $120 roses, $120 on dinner, and a gift on top of that is completely unreasonable. Marketing simply seems to work better on women.
My girlfriend is getting flowers that look nice, doesn't matter the price tag. And she expects me to simply cook AND wash the pots afterwards for dinner. That's all that's needed. I'll get a 12-pack of some German beer or something in return. Boom.
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phearis DeltaFunk0 • 6 hours ago
I bought mine and my ex's rings off eBay. Then she cheated on me and I called it off and kicked her out. She was livid when she tried to pawn the ring and found out it was only worth about $50. hahahaha
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Avatar phearis • 5 hours ago
impressive!!! anyway, she cheated on you and kept the ring, so bad of her
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Julianna Andy Avatar • 2 hours ago
til I saw the draft four $6432, I accept that...my... brothers friend was realey erning money in their spare time from there computar.. there moms best friend had bean doing this 4 only about 16 months and recently cleared the depts on there apartment and got a brand new Fiat Panda. read more at, Mel7.com
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ambralita DeltaFunk0 • 6 hours ago
I have to agree with you Delta. I am a woman and do not need fancy expensive gifts. BUT I do expect simple gestures which show you care (a simple card, offer to help with dishes, lots of TLC, etc.). Also, do not need crazy expensive Jєωelry. The value is in the love you share (roll your eyes but it's true).
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Teamski ambralita • 5 hours ago
So true! We got my wife's engagement ring at Service Merchandise for $200 and 23 years later, we are happy as can be. People put more into the act of getting married than they do the marriage itself. Pretty pathetic. Save the money and take the time to learn about what love and friendship is really about.
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groksmith DeltaFunk0 • 7 hours ago
Why are you expected to do anything? Why isn't she cooking you a dinner, taking you to a ballgame and getting you a new screwdriver?
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ambralita groksmith • 5 hours ago
Groksmith, SomeDoo, let me guess, you are single. When you are in love or genuinely love someone, you genuinely want to give and do something nice for them. It's not about what you get. And women should reciprocate. Whatever happened to guys genuinely wanting to be romantic? Is this such a bad thing? Just goes to show you how many men view women these days.
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Keyser Söze ambralita • 4 hours ago
LOL!!!
Of course the woman will always pull the, "romantic" card when an expensive ring becomes the topic of conversation.
All of this is just simple prostitution on the woman's part.
The ring is the, "payment" for sɛҳuąƖ services, and when the payment becomes contested, the woman quickly dismisses any illusion of, "romance" and will quickly look to the courts to champion her whoredom.
Wake up men, this is a rinsing and it has to stop. The institution of prostitution, I mean errrrm marriage has to come to an end if human beings in the modern world are to maintain any respect for each other.
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Amanda Guyton DeltaFunk0 • 6 hours ago
Wow, really? For Valentine's, I make a card for my husband, and vice versa. It's a day to just do something extra nice for each other. No big pricetag needed.
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Natasha Coe DeltaFunk0 • 5 hours ago
I wouldn't say that marketing works better on women so much as we're getting the better end of the deal so of course we're gonna want that stuff to happen. Marketing caters products to the wants of their consumers, for men and women. Either gender can easily fall prey.
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Natasha Coe Natasha Coe • 5 hours ago
To note, though, I personally don't care about money and I made my husband take the diamond engagement ring he bought back, then we bought $30 bands from Sears to get married. Though, just recently I got a $60 ring for our wedding anniversary from Etsy. It's beautiful and made from my birthstone. <3
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Fatmeh Kalouti DeltaFunk0 • 4 hours ago
I personally would rather have flowers and chocolate than a pair of diamond earrings.
When a girl wants diamonds, it's simply for showing off.
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SomeDooD123 DeltaFunk0 • 6 hours ago
Women, amirite?
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sonofsarai DeltaFunk0 • an hour ago
it's like any other biz, trying to get you to spend more than you need. excess is the only way capitalism is propped up. Whole industries are made of things you don't need like deodorant or antibacterial soap. The list goes on and on. Both the ones I mentioned can be replaced with regular soap and water.
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realist512 jpass101 • 9 hours ago
great post
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noclist jpass101 • 2 hours ago
Personally, I'd give a Rochefoucauld, the thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, hand-crafted in Switzerland and water-resistant to three atmospheres. It tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome and Gstaad.
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Erzhik jpass101 • 4 hours ago
Holy s**t.. First ever post without a single down vote. Holy monkey balls.
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Robert Glidewell Go Hawkeyes • 8 hours ago
I couldnt agree more. My wife found a VERY unique and elegant vintage ring that is one of a kind for $400. I do not care about my ring, I purchased a titanium ring for under $75. That sure beat the $15,000+ ring that looks like everybody elses and is probably gaudy as all heck. We also had our wedding at a State Park overlooking the Mississippi River.It was a better wedding than any I have ever been to and we spent under $1000 on the entire event (that was with dress, flower, food etc,). The entire wedding industry is a high pressure sales joke. Its all based on "prove how much you love someone with your money." People assume that if they don't spend a bunch of money on their wedding, then something is wrong with them. In reality, nothing was wrong with us, we now have our mortgage paid off...
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Diane Wagner Turner Robert Glidewell • 7 hours ago
That sounds lovely! I would have felt very honored to have been invited to such a unique celebration.
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IdaBlankenship Robert Glidewell • 7 hours ago
And it's pressure on the guests what kind of monetary gift to give.
Out here in NJ, the "going rate" for a couple attending a wedding is a $200 gift --- more if you are close to the couple and/or a friend or relative.
These dumb wedding halls start at $150 per plate for a wedding reception. Such a laugh....most of the wedding factories are owned by one person and you get the same crappy menus, the same crappy everything, as every other wedding reception site.
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Robert Glidewell hazze • 7 hours ago
We catered it ourselves. We had cheesburgers and brats and all of the summer picnic salads and sides. Everyone had a great time, and it gave some of the guys a fun activity to do (grilling). And it was 5 years ago, not 50. But you are right about the catering business being another rip off if you let them be.
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Dancehall General Robert Glidewell • 5 hours ago
Good for you!!! This is what I've been hoping mine would be like...
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us_sixtycents Robert Glidewell • 4 hours ago
Precioussssssssssssss!
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Jay Schuls Go Hawkeyes • 7 hours ago
JOP marriage 10.00
Rings total 550.00
After party bar tab 200.00
No honeymoon
No expensive gifts
Married 23 years
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conic123 Jay Schuls • 6 hours ago
JOP marriage - $20.00
Matching wedding bands - $100
No diamond ring (until 10th wedding anniversary, then a small one that she picked and really loved) - $125.00
No honeymoon
No expensive gifts
Married 22 years, mortgage paid off, no debt, in love and happy!
It's not about material possessions, folks.
Jay, it sounds like you and I both married very sensible ladies. Congrats!
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David159 conic123 • 5 hours ago
I'll see your 22 and raise it to 36 years. And the ring was $250 in 1976 and she still wears it every day. It is not about the ring....it's about making the right choice for life. Congratulations Jay, comic123 and anyone else that can say they married their best friend, forever....
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SomeDooD123 Jay Schuls • 6 hours ago
You lucky man!
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Vserp Go Hawkeyes • 8 hours ago
A lot of poor people are very materialistic and insecure. Both sexes but it usually exhibits more in women because they're more likely to be vocal about the wedding ring, since society usually endorses it.
A woman that demands a high cost ring and then also refuses to return it is probably one most people should avoid.
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inyourhead00 Vserp • 7 hours ago
You are absolutely correct. A woman who truly loves her man would be happy with whatever he can afford.
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veggiegrrrl inyourhead00 • 7 hours ago
including a sterling silver band for $22.00
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LovelyLinda veggiegrrrl • 6 hours ago
I got one from a gum ball machine...my man take good care of me.
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Merrimon inyourhead00 • 5 hours ago
*for his love, not what he can afford.
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Merrimon inyourhead00 • 5 hours ago
(and not necessarily up to that affordability lol)
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jcns Vserp • 5 hours ago
yes and no.
Insecure men like to buy big expensive toys. I am sure you have seen men in cars they should not be buying.
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dragonfire77 jcns • 4 hours ago
It goes both ways. A man who has way too many highly expensive toys is one to avoid just as a woman who has way too much Jєωelry. They're both compensating for something.
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Vserp jcns • 3 hours ago
I know you were in too big of a rush to read my comment before posting yours, but I included both sexes. I agree with your example, I just would have preferred it if you had the civility to couch it as an addition or clarification rather than showing it as a disagreement. But probably you are female and that's all you know how to do, eh?
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Diva85212 jcns • an hour ago
this usually happens when men get old... mid life crisis anyone?? :) i know this.. because my daddy did it.. LOL! I think it is cute that they do that.
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dragonfire77 Vserp • 4 hours ago
A-freaking-men!
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Zooompilot Go Hawkeyes • 8 hours ago
Try $15,000 on a platinum Tiffany setting, 1.85 carat cushion cut (VVS) pink diamond (her favorite color), another one carats of diamonds surrounding the center stone. 3 years later we're getting divorced. The difference betwen Go Hawkeyes and me is that I'm a stark raving idiot and he obviously is not.
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veggiegrrrl Zooompilot • 7 hours ago
that's sad to hear. also, the resell value of former engagement Jєωelry is really bad. you might get 5k on craigslist or ebay. or less. sorry.
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smackrock55 veggiegrrrl • 5 hours ago
No way. A 1.85 carat VVS diamond would fetch at least 5K itself, probably closer to 8K. Cushion cut doesn't help, but still that size diamond with VVS inclusions is good quality.
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jps05 veggiegrrrl • 7 hours ago
He can probably get a little more than that for it...if he gets it back. Better off trying to get half of the appraised value in the divorce. I had a failed engagement, I got $4k off craigslist for a custom made ring that cost $9k.
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TRex Zooompilot • 7 hours ago
Well at least in a divorce you ought to get about half of that back? Beats "quitter takes all". Hope that was 3 years of really good "whatever" you got out of the deal...
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dragonfire77 Zooompilot • 3 hours ago
Heard at a wedding once: "When you figure how much a wedding goes for and how long a marriage lasts, I figure my last son-in-law cost me about 12 bucks an hour...."
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LovelyLinda Zooompilot • 5 hours ago
Thank you for admitting that! She married you for the ring obviously!
Love is blind for all we know...for all we know our love will grow, that's what the man said!
Your love didn't grow!
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DeltaFunk0 Go Hawkeyes • 8 hours ago −
I'm too young to want to be married any time soon. But I won't marry a woman who doesn't know marriage s a 2-way street. If I'm dropping a few grand on a ring, I would like something in return, like a motorcycle, or a Gibson Les Paul.