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Why Engagement Rings Are a Scam (Original Post) Major Nikon Feb 2014 OP
What he is saying about diamonds is true. However In_The_Wind Feb 2014 #1
This is sort of accurate in an American context Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2014 #2
I'm not sure it wasn't true in America also Major Nikon Feb 2014 #3
That is probably the single largest reason I'm not married Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2014 #4
I've seen people like that... They're like Deadheads, but with Disney. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #5
We're pretty bad ourselves Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2014 #6
"And now, as you enter the whole new world of Holy Matrimony..." Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #7
Our wedding was already beauty and the beast-ish enough without the costumes. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #9
Just tell them you want to dress up as Shrek and Fiona Major Nikon Feb 2014 #8

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
1. What he is saying about diamonds is true. However
Sun Feb 16, 2014, 03:55 PM
Feb 2014

I was married three times without a diamond engagement ring.

 

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)
2. This is sort of accurate in an American context
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 04:27 AM
Feb 2014

But there is a fairly long history of the engagement ring as a form of collateral in other societies.

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
3. I'm not sure it wasn't true in America also
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 06:24 AM
Feb 2014

But I'm fairly certain the diamond and their hyped value is not too far off. In fact I think the whole industry behind the ceremonial aspect of weddings is commercialized to the point of lunacy.

 

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)
4. That is probably the single largest reason I'm not married
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 08:25 PM
Feb 2014

My girlfriend can't even contemplate the wedding her Disney retiree parents would subject her to. Since the time she was 8 or 9 her parents have told her if she wants to get married at Sleeping Beauty's castle... they can make it happen.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
5. I've seen people like that... They're like Deadheads, but with Disney.
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 09:56 PM
Feb 2014

Hey, whatever floats your steamboat, I guess.

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
9. Our wedding was already beauty and the beast-ish enough without the costumes.
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 11:47 AM
Feb 2014

But the interactions of the drunk guy and the mormon missionaries at the reception should have been set to music.

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