XCR1250 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/07/16/scientists-found-quadrillion-tons-of-diamonds-below-earth-surface/23483240/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostynuts Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Amazing how the diamond industry has sucked many men into feeling guilty and convinced them that when they buy a diamond, it has to be X times their monthly salary to meet the status quo. Personally, when we started out, we decided to spend the cash on furniture and appliance for our new home, instead of buying an expensive stupid piece of rock that sits in a safe or jewlery box 99 % of the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 9 minutes ago, Frostynuts said: Amazing how the diamond industry has sucked many men into feeling guilty and convinced them that when they buy a diamond, it has to be X times their monthly salary to meet the status quo. Personally, when we started out, we decided to spend the cash on furniture and appliance for our new home, instead of buying an expensive stupid piece of rock that sits in a safe or jewlery box 99 % of the time. Debeers has such a monopoly on the diamond industry that they control all of the supply. Otherwise they would be basically worthless outside of industrial uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Frostynuts said: Amazing how the diamond industry has sucked many men into feeling guilty and convinced them that when they buy a diamond, it has to be X times their monthly salary to meet the status quo. Personally, when we started out, we decided to spend the cash on furniture and appliance for our new home, instead of buying an expensive stupid piece of rock that sits in a safe or jewlery box 99 % of the time. My wife wears hers every day actually I am not sure she can take it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 6 minutes ago, Momorider said: My wife wears hers every day actually I am not sure she can take it off Mine as well.. I dont wear any rings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, DAVE said: Mine as well.. I dont wear any rings. Same on both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
favoritos Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Thank god my wife never fell into that ideology. She says they are impractical and annoying to wear. It was one thing we easily agreed upon. 😏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGNHL Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 My buddy spent $12k on his fiance's engagement ring, I spent $12k on a new sled instead and told the ol lady she can pack her shit and git if that is what she is gonna expect. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted July 17, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 17, 2018 My wife might have a total of $7500 in jewelry of which almost half is the engagement/wedding ring. I told her I refuse to buy her any more expensive jewelry long ago and spend it on other more usable items. She totally agreed. We actually don't spend shit on each other for bdays, xmas, anniversaries or vday. Put the money towards our home/property and recreational toys. It adds up and when we were younger and had tighter budgets it made a difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted July 17, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 17, 2018 When I was married I had a titanium engagement band and wore it most of the time. Took it off to work in the garage though. Later, when I wasn't married, I would occasional wear it out to the bar and pick up the scandalous women 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 2 hours ago, ArcticCrusher said: Same on both. same, I last wore a band maybe 4 years into my marriage and not since. Hated it. 10 minutes ago, GGNHL said: My buddy spent $12k on his fiance's engagement ring, I spent $12k on a new sled instead and told the ol lady she can pack her shit and git if that is what she is gonna expect. bunch of us got engaged at work over a 2 year window. became a contest to see who could spend more. after one of my coworkers spend like 30 grand right before i popped the question I said fuck that and went small. I spent maybe a weeks salary on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Momorider said: My wife wears hers every day actually I am not sure she can take it off You probably haven't seen your ring around your fat shit covered fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 We were already in our house. I spent less than a week's salary on her ring and she spent $250.00 on her dress. She looked amazing in both. I took her to Europe for 3 weeks on a honeymoon and we paid for most of our own wedding. I don't wear mine except at other weddings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGNHL Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 17 minutes ago, Angry ginger said: same, I last wore a band maybe 4 years into my marriage and not since. Hated it. bunch of us got engaged at work over a 2 year window. became a contest to see who could spend more. after one of my coworkers spend like 30 grand right before i popped the question I said fuck that and went small. I spent maybe a weeks salary on it. Thats nuckin' futz, cant even imagine dropping almost my house downpayment and closing costs on a ring. I wonder how many out of all those guys are divorced now too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, GGNHL said: Thats nuckin' futz, cant even imagine dropping almost my house downpayment and closing costs on a ring. I wonder how many out of all those guys are divorced now too? We were all making good bank when it was going on but I could not stomach spending 2 months salary. Think i spend 3 grand on the wifes. 2 out of 5 of us are still married so i guess there was 1 happy marriage. the one who spent the most used to introduce his wife as his middle wife, had one before and at least one more coming and of course that happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamgreen02 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 My wife's ring was $3200, purchased from Blue Nile. Refused to pay jewelry store markups. Bought good quality diamonds, ideal cut, high clarity, etc. Platinum band. No wedding band. Mine was $100 plus another $30 or so for engraving. We spent the week at Sandals in Jamaica with our immediate families. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 48 minutes ago, Angry ginger said: We were all making good bank when it was going on but I could not stomach spending 2 months salary. Think i spend 3 grand on the wifes. 2 out of 5 of us are still married so i guess there was 1 happy marriage. the one who spent the most used to introduce his wife as his middle wife, had one before and at least one more coming and of course that happened. I spent about 6K on the wife's ring. Only one of my long term buddies is divorced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 hour ago, revkevsdi said: We were already in our house. I spent less than a week's salary on her ring and she spent $250.00 on her dress. She looked amazing in both. I took her to Europe for 3 weeks on a honeymoon and we paid for most of our own wedding. I don't wear mine except at other weddings. Let me guess "pay for your own booze" wedding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted July 17, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 17, 2018 Ive got a nice diamond for myself. Yrs ago I was dating a chic for a few yrs and she said " you should be thinking about buying a diamond" Not sure why but I said what the hell and went out and bought myself one. Current wifes was about $1000. She picked it out . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 hour ago, ArcticCrusher said: I spent about 6K on the wife's ring. Only one of my long term buddies is divorced. Id say more than half of mine are divorced, including myself (on 2nd marriage). I tell all of my nephews and friends kids to NOT get married before they are at least 27. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted July 17, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Nazipigdog said: Id say more than half of mine are divorced, including myself (on 2nd marriage). I tell all of my nephews and friends kids to NOT get married before they are at least 27. yep. I only have 3 friends who are not divorced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, Nazipigdog said: Id say more than half of mine are divorced, including myself (on 2nd marriage). I tell all of my nephews and friends kids to NOT get married before they are at least 27. i tell everyone to just not get married, fuck that shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted July 17, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 17, 2018 Lets see. If we get married you will stop giving me pussy and take 1/2 my shit. If we don't , things stay just as they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, Nazipigdog said: Id say more than half of mine are divorced, including myself (on 2nd marriage). I tell all of my nephews and friends kids to NOT get married before they are at least 27. Great advice. We all got married around 30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamgreen02 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 3 hours ago, revkevsdi said: We were already in our house. I spent less than a week's salary on her ring and she spent $250.00 on her dress. She looked amazing in both. I took her to Europe for 3 weeks on a honeymoon and we paid for most of our own wedding. I don't wear mine except at other weddings. My wife went with my now MIL to buy a dress. The one she wanted was $100 on clearance. The alterations cost more than the dress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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