http://www.paidtwice.com/2008/05/10/marketing-and-mothers-day/#comment-26350 Nerd Money Sat, 10 May 2008 16:44:40 +0000 http://www.paidtwice.com/2008/05/10/marketing-and-mothers-day/#comment-26350 Finally! Someone who wouldn't look at me in horror if I said a diamond engagement ring can be a waste of money. Now some women love jewelry and would love to have a diamond engagement ring, but for someone who never wears jewelry in the first place? I think it's just been beaten into our heads that this is something that is expected. Not needed, sometimes not wanted, but definitely expected because it has become a social norm (at least in North America.) I want my partner and I to have wedding bands, because the symbolism of the two rings would mean more to me than the ring itself. Finally! Someone who wouldn’t look at me in horror if I said a diamond engagement ring can be a waste of money. Now some women love jewelry and would love to have a diamond engagement ring, but for someone who never wears jewelry in the first place? I think it’s just been beaten into our heads that this is something that is expected. Not needed, sometimes not wanted, but definitely expected because it has become a social norm (at least in North America.) I want my partner and I to have wedding bands, because the symbolism of the two rings would mean more to me than the ring itself.

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