OT: Engagement Rings

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[quote=davelj][quote=CBad][quote=davelj]

Dave, what are you expecting from this thread?

Clearly you don’t know your target audience.[/quote]

I’m expecting answers of all kinds, which is exactly what I’m getting. You’re assuming that I’m looking for some particular set of answers when you suggest that I “don’t know my target audience.” All I did was ask a couple of questions. That you read something into this that isn’t there says more about you than it does about me.[/quote]

Where are you getting answers of all kinds? Did I miss a post where there was a married woman who said she wouldn’t have married her husband without an E ring? Was there a single woman who said she wouldn’t marry a guy without an E ring? These were the questions you asked.

[Anonymous]

Yes it is well known that the diamond engagement ring “tradition” is a scam thought up by the diamond industry. Just amazing the power of peer pressure with the female set that they let this con go on for so long.

For those diamond engagement ring “haters” on this board, you must be loving the recent failures in the diamond retail business. ShaneCo completely went out of business last year, closed all their stores. Robbins Bros went Chapter 11, closed several stores, SD store is open under new ownership. Also Fortunoff was a huge BK last year.

Now Zales is on the verge of failure, and Signet (Kay, Jarod) may not be far behind. Check their stock action this week.

If you do insist on buying diamoonds and supporting this dirty industry, you have to be an idiot to pay these stores full retail price for diamonds. At least use Bluenile or some other on-line retailer whose prices are near wholesale.

[Anonymous]

Yes it is well known that the diamond engagement ring “tradition” is a scam thought up by the diamond industry. Just amazing the power of peer pressure with the female set that they let this con go on for so long.

For those diamond engagement ring “haters” on this board, you must be loving the recent failures in the diamond retail business. ShaneCo completely went out of business last year, closed all their stores. Robbins Bros went Chapter 11, closed several stores, SD store is open under new ownership. Also Fortunoff was a huge BK last year.

Now Zales is on the verge of failure, and Signet (Kay, Jarod) may not be far behind. Check their stock action this week.

If you do insist on buying diamoonds and supporting this dirty industry, you have to be an idiot to pay these stores full retail price for diamonds. At least use Bluenile or some other on-line retailer whose prices are near wholesale.

[Anonymous]

Yes it is well known that the diamond engagement ring “tradition” is a scam thought up by the diamond industry. Just amazing the power of peer pressure with the female set that they let this con go on for so long.

For those diamond engagement ring “haters” on this board, you must be loving the recent failures in the diamond retail business. ShaneCo completely went out of business last year, closed all their stores. Robbins Bros went Chapter 11, closed several stores, SD store is open under new ownership. Also Fortunoff was a huge BK last year.

Now Zales is on the verge of failure, and Signet (Kay, Jarod) may not be far behind. Check their stock action this week.

If you do insist on buying diamoonds and supporting this dirty industry, you have to be an idiot to pay these stores full retail price for diamonds. At least use Bluenile or some other on-line retailer whose prices are near wholesale.

[Anonymous]

Yes it is well known that the diamond engagement ring “tradition” is a scam thought up by the diamond industry. Just amazing the power of peer pressure with the female set that they let this con go on for so long.

For those diamond engagement ring “haters” on this board, you must be loving the recent failures in the diamond retail business. ShaneCo completely went out of business last year, closed all their stores. Robbins Bros went Chapter 11, closed several stores, SD store is open under new ownership. Also Fortunoff was a huge BK last year.

Now Zales is on the verge of failure, and Signet (Kay, Jarod) may not be far behind. Check their stock action this week.

If you do insist on buying diamoonds and supporting this dirty industry, you have to be an idiot to pay these stores full retail price for diamonds. At least use Bluenile or some other on-line retailer whose prices are near wholesale.

[Anonymous]

Yes it is well known that the diamond engagement ring “tradition” is a scam thought up by the diamond industry. Just amazing the power of peer pressure with the female set that they let this con go on for so long.

For those diamond engagement ring “haters” on this board, you must be loving the recent failures in the diamond retail business. ShaneCo completely went out of business last year, closed all their stores. Robbins Bros went Chapter 11, closed several stores, SD store is open under new ownership. Also Fortunoff was a huge BK last year.

Now Zales is on the verge of failure, and Signet (Kay, Jarod) may not be far behind. Check their stock action this week.

If you do insist on buying diamoonds and supporting this dirty industry, you have to be an idiot to pay these stores full retail price for diamonds. At least use Bluenile or some other on-line retailer whose prices are near wholesale.

[jpinpb]

I imagine now that the HELOCs are gone, people will have less money for blood stones.

[jpinpb]

I imagine now that the HELOCs are gone, people will have less money for blood stones.

[jpinpb]

I imagine now that the HELOCs are gone, people will have less money for blood stones.

[jpinpb]

I imagine now that the HELOCs are gone, people will have less money for blood stones.

[jpinpb]

I imagine now that the HELOCs are gone, people will have less money for blood stones.

[NotCranky]

We didn’t do any engagement ring. I had been going dutch on all dates or going without for years in advance of meeting my wife. I guess that was a good preparation for not meeting too many gold diggers. Made it natural that my soul mate would be offended by the diamond engagement ring thing for all the reasons discussed including by the OP. She has a modern sense of gender justice.

We bought cheap bands. I like my band because it shows people what I am doing with my life. It also helps women deal with my animal magnetism. I had the ring charged to suppress the attraction field. I had my face rearranged to be asymmetrical too. Anthropologists believe that sturdy and symmetrical features indicate good genetics and attract females in estrus, which I would unnaturally wish to avoid in a modern civilized society.

My wife works with lots of people from many walks of life and education levels and didn’t want to deal with the confusion of her having children and not having a ring indicating she was approved to do so. I put a tattoo on her neck that says “touch at the risk of disembowelment”. This is in case guys don’t honor that the ring means she is my property.

[NotCranky]

We didn’t do any engagement ring. I had been going dutch on all dates or going without for years in advance of meeting my wife. I guess that was a good preparation for not meeting too many gold diggers. Made it natural that my soul mate would be offended by the diamond engagement ring thing for all the reasons discussed including by the OP. She has a modern sense of gender justice.

We bought cheap bands. I like my band because it shows people what I am doing with my life. It also helps women deal with my animal magnetism. I had the ring charged to suppress the attraction field. I had my face rearranged to be asymmetrical too. Anthropologists believe that sturdy and symmetrical features indicate good genetics and attract females in estrus, which I would unnaturally wish to avoid in a modern civilized society.

My wife works with lots of people from many walks of life and education levels and didn’t want to deal with the confusion of her having children and not having a ring indicating she was approved to do so. I put a tattoo on her neck that says “touch at the risk of disembowelment”. This is in case guys don’t honor that the ring means she is my property.

[NotCranky]

We didn’t do any engagement ring. I had been going dutch on all dates or going without for years in advance of meeting my wife. I guess that was a good preparation for not meeting too many gold diggers. Made it natural that my soul mate would be offended by the diamond engagement ring thing for all the reasons discussed including by the OP. She has a modern sense of gender justice.

We bought cheap bands. I like my band because it shows people what I am doing with my life. It also helps women deal with my animal magnetism. I had the ring charged to suppress the attraction field. I had my face rearranged to be asymmetrical too. Anthropologists believe that sturdy and symmetrical features indicate good genetics and attract females in estrus, which I would unnaturally wish to avoid in a modern civilized society.

My wife works with lots of people from many walks of life and education levels and didn’t want to deal with the confusion of her having children and not having a ring indicating she was approved to do so. I put a tattoo on her neck that says “touch at the risk of disembowelment”. This is in case guys don’t honor that the ring means she is my property.

[NotCranky]

We didn’t do any engagement ring. I had been going dutch on all dates or going without for years in advance of meeting my wife. I guess that was a good preparation for not meeting too many gold diggers. Made it natural that my soul mate would be offended by the diamond engagement ring thing for all the reasons discussed including by the OP. She has a modern sense of gender justice.

We bought cheap bands. I like my band because it shows people what I am doing with my life. It also helps women deal with my animal magnetism. I had the ring charged to suppress the attraction field. I had my face rearranged to be asymmetrical too. Anthropologists believe that sturdy and symmetrical features indicate good genetics and attract females in estrus, which I would unnaturally wish to avoid in a modern civilized society.

My wife works with lots of people from many walks of life and education levels and didn’t want to deal with the confusion of her having children and not having a ring indicating she was approved to do so. I put a tattoo on her neck that says “touch at the risk of disembowelment”. This is in case guys don’t honor that the ring means she is my property.

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