Perhaps no symbol defines the extravagance of 21st century American life better than the engagement ring.
The prevailing trend in the diamond/engagement business is this: bigger is better.
And if you don’t spend at least three months wages on a ring (preferably six months or more), you risk the scorn of society, and possibly even your would-be fiance.
Pathetic.
Take this story, for instance. A young man named Lefkos Hajji spent $12,000 on an engagement ring.
To surprise his girlfriend, he put the ring inside a helium balloon. The idea? To “pop” the question by popping the balloon. (Everybody say “Ahhhhh…”)
Unfortunately, a gust of wind ripped the balloon from his hand before he ever had a chance to propose. He lost the balloon… and the ring.
Now that’s how you blow $12 grand… literally!
Hajji, who hails from London, says he felt like such a plonker. But that’s not the worst of it.
Upon hearing the news, his girlfriend went raving mad. According to Hajji, “Now she is refusing to speak to me until I get her a new ring.”
It seems the absurdity of life never ends.
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OMG. She has the audacity to get mad at him for something like that? He clearly was trying to impress somebody unworthy of impressing. He should dump her, find a mate not so concerned with the “size of his ring,” and move on.
Seriously. I totally agree, Bill. Couldn’t have said it better.
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