That’s good. Because in a house fire, diamonds will combust.
Pearls, on the other hand, will survive most fires.
A lot of girls say they don’t care about diamonds, nice wedding, lah dee dah, lah dee dah. But then when someone actually forks over a big shiny rock, trust me, this attitude will change. Come on guys - you are forgetting man lesson #1 - don’t trust what comes out of the mouth of girls because they usually mean the opposite.
Truer words have never been spoken. What they say and what they actually react to is two entirely different things.
I’m not the jealous type.
CZ is around 8.5 on the mohs scale, moissanite is 9.5. Diamonique is a brand of CZ.
CZ can be made colorless, which is very rare in a natural diamond.
Here is a visual comparison: http://www.crystalandglassbeads.com/img/cali/diamond.jpg
Like i said, diamond ring (a nice cut, setting) is a nice piece of jewlery, which of course, anyone would like to have (i mean, if a man receives one as gift i don’t think he will react negatively to it).
But i don’t really equate the ring to a relationship/ marriage that’s all.
Why engagement rings are a scam:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6952792/why-engagement-rings-are-a-scam
Bump.
Boss just told me that his 21-year old daughter got proposed to yesterday.
He estimates the cost of the wedding to be around $50k.
Thoughts? Opinions?
Guessing your raise may be smaller this year.
you mean 500k?
do the girls parents still cover the cost of the wdding, how does it work these days. or is it 50/50
50,000 US Dollars.
And who pays for what? That’s a long and detailed question. IIRC, the groom pays for the honeymoon and the ring. The bride pays for her dress and her bouquet. The groom’s parents pay for the rehearsal dinner, and the bride’s parents pay for pretty much everything else.
cmon 50k really? Numi drops that at the hamptons on a weekend (not even a holiday weekend)
I went to a friend’s wedding last year and have another one this summer, both of which I shudder to think how much they cost.
^^Yeah, for Numi, that’s only about 125 meals. But for ol’ Greenman, that’s almost 1,500 meals. I know most people only eat 1,080 meals per year, but that’s a whole year’s worth of meals for me.
50k is on the low side in Toronto, don’t ask me how
$50k for one day? That is outrageous IMO.
50k does seem low, I already know mines going to cost around 100k GBP. Our venue alone is about 15k including decorations, photographer and catering. She wants a fancy designer dress as well which I don’t understand.
£100k. Nice! Any spare invites going? What will it entail? I’m imagining at least a 3 day extravaganza.
In response to the OP - I’m not sure where you came up with the idea that women are the ones pushing for the expensive diamond rings. Male executives of DeBeers began the monopoly and continue it to this day. Male marketing executives came up with the ‘diamonds are forever’ ad slogan (and a man wrote the song). And ultimately it is men who buy the rings for their significant others because they have bought into the notion just as much as women that if they buy a fake ring for $100 their finacee, friends and family will think they are cheap/tight/mean.