# OOH! Sparkly diamond! I love you now! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 15, 2002, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-sparkly-diamond-i-love-you-now/142963 "2002-12-15T22:33:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-sparkly-diamond-i-love-you-now/142963/101 "2002-12-18T15:48:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferret Herder \* > He knows I prefer computer hardware as presents. 😃 I got yer SCSI Ultra wide right here dreamgirl 😃 As we all know bandwidth does matter 😉 Then again I might worry if my wife told me she wanted a RAM upgrade for christmas :eek: I might feel a little inadequate ---
**Author:** ![fatmac98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@fatmac98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatmac98)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-sparkly-diamond-i-love-you-now/142963/102 "2002-12-18T15:57:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Azure Eternity \* > \*\*Witness, for example, the commercial where a man declares his love for his wife while she looks on with embarassment. But after he presents her with a diamond, she is all loving embraces. \*\* Every time I see that commercial I want to rip that bitch’s heart out with a claw hammer. I know that seems rather violent, but I have that much disdain for women that crave jewelry, and whose love is conditional upon the reception of it. The fact that diamond manfacurers actually portray chicks as golddiggers and get away with it amazes me. My wife’s finger has her grandmother’s 1930s era diamond on it. That is the only jewelry (other than a watch) she gets from me, ever. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-sparkly-diamond-i-love-you-now/142963/103 "2002-12-18T15:58:06Z")
I’d hate to think that someone in Sierra Leone doesn’t have arms now because I wanted a sparkly rock. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-sparkly-diamond-i-love-you-now/142963/104 "2002-12-19T06:26:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fatmac98 \* > \*\* I have that much disdain for women that crave jewelry, and whose love is conditional upon the reception of it. > > The fact that diamond manfacurers actually portray chicks as golddiggers and get away with it amazes me. > > \*\* Dontcha think this attitude is just a _tad_ bit over the top? You can get excited over jewelry without being a gold digging heartless whore you know. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-sparkly-diamond-i-love-you-now/142963/105 "2002-12-19T06:27:11Z")
whoops. Didn’t preview. _bad **lezlers**!_. That’s supposed to be "a _tad_ bit over the top… ---
**Author:** ![fatmac98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@fatmac98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatmac98)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-sparkly-diamond-i-love-you-now/142963/106 "2002-12-19T15:05:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lezlers \* > \*\*Dontcha think this attitude is just a _tad_ bit over the top? You can get excited over jewelry without being a gold digging heartless whore you know. :rolleyes: \*\* I suppose getting excited about jewelry and conditional love based on recieving jewelry are different levels on the same scale. I apologize to all regular women, including **lezlers** , for whom jewelry is merely exciting rather than a feminine birthright. I get excited about home electronics, but I do not love my wife more if she brings me home a new XBOX, in fact, I’d rather buy it myself. Gold digging whores, please remain offended. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-sparkly-diamond-i-love-you-now/142963/107 "2002-12-19T18:07:44Z")
Apology accepted. 🙂 You like electronics huh? You know those things don’t come cheap…ya golddigger… 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-sparkly-diamond-i-love-you-now/142963.md?page=5)