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TlalocW

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15. I always think this when it comes to those diamond commercials

Reply to cthulu2016 (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 11:02 AM

Dec 2013

Video below. But it is amazing to me the marketing that has gone into making what I think is a pretty boring gem into the ultimate expression of how much a man loves a woman and how able he is to provide for her. Now admittedly, I'm a 41-year-old bachelor who doesn't like wearing jewelry and who was only once engaged to be engaged, but I was lucky in that 1) she didn't care that much and 2) when we ended it, I was able to get my money back (it hadn't left the store yet as I was doing payments on it).

Still it was a $500 piece of glass that I thought was ridiculous.

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