jerryc41 wrote:
I'm glad I got married over fifty years ago, when I could afford an engagement ring. An ad for rings popped up here - $72,000. I don't think so.
You know, years ago, an engagement ring did not contain diamonds. That was the brilliant idea of the diamond industry. You'll see that in old movies, or movies set in the past. You've heard of the movie "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend." The diamond industry was behind that. The diamond market is totally controlled, and the prices are set artificially high. There is no shortage of diamonds.
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Smart people will create their own engagement rings in whatever stone/color they love, not held hostage to social norms of the diamond industry. Diamonds = boring.