My lady chose a very nice Thai sapphire which matches her eyes better than
any diamond. That's why I married her--she has sense. You get what you
desire, and for me it's all about attitude and priorities. She would rather
have a nice sapphire and stay out of debt then finance a civil war in Africa
(not that any gem stone is crime free).
Richard Esplin
On Monday 29 September 2003 16:32, Daniel Crookston wrote:
> What really gets me is diamonds. DeBeers has acres and acres of railroad
> cars full of diamonds in South Africa (or somewhere, anyway) that they're
> withholding from the market to make sure that diamonds stay expensive. And
> if you so much as *suggest* that a girl consider an alternative to a
> diamond (not even a cz, mind you - you can get chemically perfect
> lab-created diamonds, or moissanite which is prettier than diamonds anyway,
> for a fraction of the price of a dug up diamond) they start crying and say
> you don't love them.
>
> I'm either going to marry a girl who's sensible enough to realize that
> we're talking about a piece of carbon, or get so whipped that I'm not
> thinking straight.
>
> Daniel
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