Take on a second job to fulfill your civic duty to De Beers.

  • bstix@feddit.dkEnglish
    82·
    7 months ago

    I know a guy who used to be in this situation. He’d spent all his money and even loan money to take his dates to weekend getaways. He’d come around my place on Tuesdays to Thursdays to bum food, because he couldn’t afford it.

    It eventually resulted in a marriage, a child, a house, a divorce, joint custody, depression and single life in the 50s.

    I’m not going to preach. This is the circle of life. Starts with a lie, dies alone. What more could you want.

    Point is: Everyone is trying to impress their potential partner. Nobody wants to marry the slob on the coach that we all really are.

    While I think that taking a loan to get piece of metal is a stupid idea, I can’t really see any reason to blame someone for taking the opportunity if it makes a difference to them.

  • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    7 months ago

    I mean, I’m thinking about buying one, but… Not a diamond. The SO doesn’t care for them and bluntly, neither of us enjoy the thought of thousands of dollars spent on a ring that serves no purpose other than to advertise that you have an agreement for affection with another person.

    I’ve even been thinking of picking up some side work (and skip has been one that I’ve considered) to afford it. Though my cost would be significantly less than the debeers version.

    Stupid ad all around.

  • Artyom@lemm.ee
    3·
    7 months ago

    The worst part is it’s a grub hub ad, but it doesn’t say grub hub anywhere on the screen except for the logo. They’re hoping to get na extra click out of you, which won’t meaningfully affect their throughput, but it’s the metric that some poor software dev needs to optimize for a promotion.

  • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml
    42·
    7 months ago

    Not getting one. And even if I did, would buy man-made. They are a fraction of the cost and no normie or person off the street can or will be able to tell the difference. And, you do not support the ridiculous players in the industry.

    Got lucky that significant other could quite easily care less for diamonds.

    Fun fact: Israel is the world’s Mecca for diamond Jewellers and must diamond cutting is done there or off there via business partnerships. It is not a stretch to say that if you want to support the Palestinian cause, then do not buy diamonds the usual way. Go figure how these things work.