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I Jew: This Engagement Ring Will Cut You |
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| With this ring, I thee shred | |
 by Izzy Grinspan, March 7, 2008 |
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So it doesn’t necessarily solve the blood diamond problem and it probably costs a bundle, but how cool is designer Tobias Wong’s stabby engagement ring, in which the diamond points outward? Personally, I’d eviscerate myself in about three seconds if I had this on my hand, but I’m loving the picture.
Wong also makes rings with the diamond on the inside, so that “only you know how much he/she cares.” There's no posh-er way to make an anti-consumerist statement.
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Jonathan
“only you know how much he/she cares”
And if he/she gave a wedding band with only one diamond on the inside, they don't care very much.
Izzy Grinspan
My fiancé proposed without a diamond, but that's only because he's utterly indifferent to me.
Jonathan
It was funny....
Izzy Grinspan
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Izzy Grinspan
Jonathan
if I am ever lucky enough to find my beshert, I plan on proposing without a ring also. If she won't say yes without being bribed, I don't want her. The price would only go up after the wedding. Love is love, and rings are rings. Rings aren't a substitute for love, and my parents were married for 42 years without my mom ever getting an engagement ring, or diamonds of any kind from my father..
Izzy, I wish you and your beshert only happiness in the future. It's such a shame that there is so much stress related to such a happy event. Do the best you can and don't worry too much about the perfect wedding. Focus on the marriage.
Izzy Grinspan
Jonathan, I just saw your comment. Sorry I jumped on you! And honestly, complaining about wedding planning is sort of fun -- I promise it's not too stressful.
Faith
Didn't do the ring thing. We also didn't do the wedding thing either. Just a justice of the peace and I have to say, they've been the best 8 years of my life.
Michelle Goodman
I had a friend who made her huz-to-be get a bigger rock they couldn't afford so she could show it off to family/friends. Then after the showing off was over, they traded it in for something more affordable. Sick. BTW, I am not married, but if I did get hitched, I'd spend the money remodeling my bathroom or flying to Ireland, not some silly rock I'd be worried about losing.
Marc Hessel
Pink diamonds...different and utterly romantic (and not Blood diamonds). But it sure beats the ani l'dodi v'dodi le, I am def not a traditionalist, especially after my divorce as it has shaped the whole notion of marriage in my mind. And, as for the diamonds on the inside, I am left with the Ben Harper song running through my head, but on a more serious note, it not only could represent the best 'anti-consumerist' statement, but at the same time serve as a very special and unique metaphor for that person in your life that derserves the utmost in pampering and affection.
Cavanaugh
I love anti-consumerism that costs me $5k a pop.
Marc Hessel
Well it sures beats paying 5k for something little children in W. Africa have died for, in that sense, I would rather choose an alternative that would be more ethically just, though I can sense your cynicism in paying $5k for one, I would rather pay for something with the guarantee of being ethically correct, and not some diamond that was used for arms trade by the RUF.