Why Engagement Rings Are a Scam - Adam Ruins Everything 

True

Simon Belanger yuuuup

Why would they buy it back anyway? They already know diamonds are just lumps of carbon under heat and pressure

It's like: *T H E R E ' S N O T U R N I N G B A C K N O W*

And so are all other rocks

+Ty Guy this is just too much, kid I'm dying of laughter here

+Ty Guy Best post on youtube ever made

I mean if your not your doing something wrong

willem wade I use that to mix woad and paint myself. how else am i going to attract a mate in the first place?

Sardonicus thanks. i thought so as well. i expect much prime farm land, and the support of his warriors will be what i need to finally crush the river tribes of the east

same here

I literally got that ad

Why must engagement ring ads haunt me 😰

StarKiller OMG SAME

StarKiller LMAO SAME IT SAID EVERYTHING ADAM SAID THEY SAY

This should be a book!

Smart.

that is very pog

Why was ypur MIL horrified

Interesting

I've learned that this country is built on scams.

AdvisorOfDark Gaming it is. From the founding father until now

Look for the lie. Adam always lies somewhere in his videos. Here he states "that ring will have virtually zero retail value if you try and sell it." Lie. Same scam rule of value applies to a good condition used diamond ring as to a new one Of course there is some depreciation like anything else, but you will be able to get 1/2 or more of the value you paid back if you "shop" around. Bigger cut diamonds (like 10 karat) of exceptional quality can be a good hedge against inflation or even a good investment if you know what you doin. I do agree that diamonds are a fake commodity, only valuable because the supply is artificially restricted.

James G he's better than the igcse business studies textbooks

Harry Prince he not saying they have no resake value. He is arguing that diamonds have no value if they werent limited. Its nit a lie diamonda are common but restricted.

9CirnotheGenius9 i just spent 30 mins tryna think of a way to prove u wrong and the best I could do was assassinating a president bout every 100 years

this is big brain time.

Is usa corrupted?

9CirnotheGenius9 Everything that costs money is technically a scam. Adam will never run out of videos

Thank you, from a South African. We have been enjoying your business for years! Go on...size matters! Get 'n big one for your loved one!

AwesomePow lmao me to

Me too

AwesomePow im crying so did i

I got none :l

Trojan Man?

No thanks, biodegradable for me

it lasts for a thousand years

@@Losyde Exactly my point

@@ALJ9000 let’s go virgin gang women are temporary you are eternal

@@tl1326 I was talking about the plastic

+zach miller you would be suprised lol

Ummm is this for real or what do I not need to buy a ring then?

+Raziel Perdomo you should still get her a ring but figure out her favorite gemstones and i can't stress this enough... TALK TO HER! if shes like me she dosent want one with diamonds but she may have been dreaming of that ring since she was 5.... also show her this video XD may change her mind :3

+Man a Hakume (ManaHakume) What about getting a necklace instead then a ring?

i barely remember to put jewelry on in the first place lol, but if it was a engagement thing i think it'd be more important to me no matter what it was :3 ring necklace earrings but again this is something that doesn't partain to every girl make sure you talk to your gf and make sure shes ok with it :3 i know my perfect 'ring' would be white moon stone surrounded by onyx :D such a pretty combo :3 try looking up gem stone meanings and such with her make it out like a joke or a hypothetical if your wanting to surprise but me and bf talk about it all the time :3

Well, what did they say?

@@DelusionalInsider too expensive, rather a longer honey moon break and money left over to retirement funds. Its not like the money wouldn't be used for more useful things

Piero Lam so y’all planning the wedding? Well congratulations!

@@pierolam8515 you've got a winner right there

If I ever marry my bf who I plan on it I'm not wasting money on useless accessories, not wasting money on a scam day where all we do is waste money to "be married" when you don't need to have a weeding

So, if she likes a piece of carbon glued to Metallica or Judas Priest, it's not worth it?

I applaud you

Watching a James Allen Rings advertisement ahead of this

i will say yes with no ring if they still give me something nice that i like

what i meant was that i will accept something else than a ring

Or just get a different stone that looks just as nice but costs less.

@@slipstreamxr3763 and pay extra ??

it's TRUE it's how they became close to us through domestication. like a parasite we like having around "cause he's cute". ask any scientist

MeLaChoopz agreed

Puppies are apparently the world's greatest actors. No wonder Lassie has been so successful.

A puppy, obviously

@@Flowku not true though, that's how they survived, but it wasn't a conscious effort by them, it is well documented that many animals, including reptiles, birds and mammals, can treat members of other species as one of their own, with all the complex relationships and hierarchies that entails.

That is one really fickle girlfriend you got there. If she's really serious about dumping you because you won't get her a shiny rock then you might want to think about beating her to the punch on doing that.

run away from her as fast as you can...thats a sign of things to come.

Sergio Morales Ouch, she love a lifeless rock more than you. Sorry, man. Do what you want, but if it were me I'd dump her.

wreck'em tech break that clown off

if she loves a fucking rock more than you then you should dump her.

Yees I thought the same . We as arabs use gold rings till now

@@Farah-nb5td مشا الله

@@Farah-nb5td We Turks still using the gold(wife) and silver(husband) band rings. Diamond is for the elite class (generally).

Gone Nerd yess ,same!

Gold lose his value due crisis and etc. But diamond - no, because of good marketing and monopoly. Company literally says what price is. But I don't know will it work forever or not. People started believing that diamonds is a love because of marketing company. They can also stop believing in it.

Adam did a video on that

Rings, not weddings. Weddings exists long before corporations and capitalism did. It's present in many different traditions and cultures from around the world.

@@yungjose3369 Yes but much like with funerals, rings and etc. there has been a massive scamming industry built around weddings that is basically one giant waste of money and money making schemes Again Adam does a video showing how many cultural norms and industries built around weddings were literally crafted to charge exorbitant amounts of money for something that should be cost effective and simple.

@@yungjose3369 yaaaa the prices of anything wedding related is the scam

My wedding is budgeted at £75,000, I've been saving since I was 13. Its my duty as a man to made the wife's day the most important in the world. And I'm no rich bloke either I'm a hard working plasterer but I know my role

+IntelligentReality What he's ruining is the general perception of the "Real World" and telling you what really happened. He's basically Morpheus but without the ninja stuff and robots.

+cptTK421 Excellent analogy.

Yes young 'ne

+IntelligentReality Well, I guess it's "Adam ruins illusions"...

At the end he says "Adam ruins life's greatest pleasures".

So amazing

It's much better

Adam needs to have tight security. The diamond cartel be coming after him.

This was before the show existed. On RU-vid swearing is more ok than TV

We ALL do!

yay childhood

Cosmo is the fucking legend. Nuff said.

+Rodolfo Hernandez C'mon...at least an apple, man. We can eat that shit.

Hey! Didn't expect to see you on this video lol! Also, that's really sweet

congrats robyn

Better than a cheap piece of carbon

Plus amethysts are really pretty! Funny to see you Here robin😊

sadly cheap is the last word to use

Preach for that! Im a girl, I would accept guys who are good enough for me, even with no engagement ring. I would take any kind of his gifts if he ever asks me to marry him. Because that melts me.

Grace Deocaris Same! Don’t need to spend so much. I still love you babe

@@xxstar-bluesxx "I would take any kind of his gifts", it's the same shit only cheaper

I agree it doesn’t need to be a diamond, but at least give her something, there are more affordable stone rings than diamonds

@@laurahuynh8333 Love you too Laura. ; 0 ....hmmm...maybe we're in it for the right reasons....this may work out.

they dont hate adam lol theyre acting

They're just show the reality of people. They want to live in their delusions and will shut you off if you present them with hard truth.

OR its humorous to see them pretend to hate adam.

+TheNexler exactly!!! It's humorous because he's about to ruin something they like, or something they always do,

Matthew R lol, since we're all here watching these videos, i'm sure it's not any of us that care.

no it wasn't stop bullshitting yourself, idiot

musicmakespeace lmfao you really think you know what ad played before the video for me? What kind of person would lie about something as stupid as that? Get a life.

Kaitlynn Baker get a life? really? you think you have on? so because I comment here on youtube means I have no life? that means you have no life too. and you also lying to yourself

+musicmakespeace you commenting on RU-vid videos isn't why you have no life. You choosing to talk shit when I literally just paused another ad for the James Allen whateverthefuck diamond ring is why you have no life. It's a video about engagement rings, it makes sense that the preroll ad will be for jewelry. So I say again, get a life ✌🏼️

How you two ladies just stop replying to each other god damn

Jejlan Mati Exactly. I’d rather spend that money on a nice vacation.

Jejlan Mati or like a dog.

Skip the wedding and go straight to the honeymoon. I’m with ya.

That's how my sister and her husband got married, no ceremony or anything, just a simple pair of rings

Vacations are pretty much scams too really.

Everyone

Twilight Shimmer rip

Facts

My ex....

heard*

Priscilla A yep! If you want a gem with real value I’d go for an Alexandrite or Fire Opal

@@daritapro Alexandrites are so beautiful. If they were harder I'd have gone with one. However, I still was opposed to diamonds so we decided on affordable moissanite which I love. There are so many gems to choose from besides diamonds these days.

I think birthstones are good ideas tbh

But they still cost 4000 😭 my buddy just bought a 4500 dollar birthstone ring for his engagement

I personally love garnets and amethysts (it’s a coincidence that I also like Steven Universe)

pretty much denmark.

Its true

same here

That reminds me - apparently I inherited a literal silver spoon because some guy in my family made one for his to-be-finance (Or maybe it was some girl who made it for their soon-to-be-finance - I've unfortunately forgotten which spoon was which - I ended up with one of them though.) with her initials on it - and it gets passed down to the oldest male of the family with the same last name (Hence why it might be vice versa, as I might be mixing that story up with the one someone else in my family got due to similar inheritance rules).

jerome96114 well in my culture (middle eastern) traditionally it's a gold ring for the female and silver for the male.

+TheaterRaven Save the thing and grow it in your yard! ... assuming it can grow, but maybe it could back in the day.

+TheaterRaven So a month worth of hard work is worth less then an apple. Wow.

"Diamonds are intrinsically worthless." At least you can eat an apple. Or better yet, get a bunch of them and make a pie.

TheaterRaven You know what else is intrinsically worthless? Money. However, as long as people see it as having value it will have value.

+TheaterRaven that be cute!

etsy has great rings tbh cant lie.

+tetsubo57 Thats pretty badass actually. lol

+tetsubo57 And when you actually marry (if you are not by now), you should give her an *Oxford Thesaurus* ... that way there will be *no **_communication gap_* in your marriage ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Thats nice she asked you, instead of the man, and gave you something sentimental

+tetsubo57 that's amazing

+tetsubo57 hahahahahah, sorry but its so funny~

Oh no.. Please tell me it cost the store like $100 and you guys sell it for $2000?

Not quite that much, though that would have made the boss very happy. The general scam is this. A $100 item is marked up to $600 and then put 10-50% off. Now sometimes we'd negotiate downward but anything below $200 was up to the boss, none of us worker Bees could go that low. So a $100 piece of jewelry you are going to pay $200-600 for it. Now that was 20 years ago mind you, since I've sold jewelry so the online world has made a dent in those prices, but from what I've seen not that much has changed when it comes to engagement and wedding rings. Diamonds really are quite common. They have thousands upon thousands of tons of them locked away to keep the prices up artificially. As he said in the video just try to sell your diamond and see what you'll get for it. (not much). You might get 1/4 of what it is worth. You can trade it back in at the store you bought it from, but they're making so freaking much off of each sale they can pay you an artificial trade in price and still make a lot of profits. It is the same scam auto dealers run on car shoppers with their trade ins.

+GeoFry3 In store they have 900% + mark up. People are so dumb that they haven't figured that out. Some stores even have a 300% off sale. Common sense would say, doesn't that mean you are being paid to buy. Then they would look into it and find the ugly truth.

+GeoFry3 True.. there is no shortage of diamonds in the world. That is why when you buy one you cannot sell it back for the same price you bought it for. Most diamond jewellers are ripping people off. I know that as a fact because I did alot of research and was able to get mine in the MIddle east for 60 Percent off the international market price and even then I probably was still paying alot compared to what the guy obtained the diamond for. The key is to do your research and buy your diamond as close to source as possible . STay away from the high street stores. E.g when you buy a tiffany or cartier ring, 80% of the cost is the brand . Who in heaven's name would know you are wearing a tiffany or caratier ring ?? Also there are alot of reaaallly good fakes on the market there now. I think a company has even manufactured a stone that sparkles more than and is harder than a diamond. LOL I believe it is called Amora Moissanite. I would actually recommend women to go down that route because no one would know LOL. I would buy a real diamond setting which usually doesn't cost alot and put the fake stone in it. There are even rich people that do this and know one knows haha.

+Edward Johnson Especially if it was one of the rare LUCK+10 stat rings. Can't go wrong with LUCK+10 in the court room

+Edward Johnson nah, he should have waited to get stuff to reforge or enchant the ring to increase his stats.

+GeneralCane My $4k diamond ring was worth $300 when I took it to the pawn shop. I nearly threw up on the counter. They told me diamonds were one of the biggest scams of all times and that in the future I should buy from a pawn shop... Even London Gold, who sold us that f***ing ring, would only buy it back for $300... knowing they could put it right back in the display case and sell it again for $4k. Says a lot when the jewelry company that ripped you off tells you exactly what your ring is really worth.

+GeneralCane How the hell did he get lucky enough to get that much? If you try to do a store return don't even expect back more than 30%.

+WatcherInTheWoods3 nice to know. Thanks, you potentially saved me 4k in the future.

I’m pretty sure Nazi propaganda was on the side of a building too 😂

William's Cringe Fest even better, if your future wife is as nerdy as you are, get em cool matching pop culture based engraved rings~

Exactly ! Some moron said that a wife like that isn't worth ir

I'm gonna engage my gf with a ringpop

@@adus2821 GOD DAMN IT YOU TOOK MY IDEA

I didnt

yep!XD

Sauce of the Ketchup funny kinda more ironic though

Sauce of the Ketchup very much so😆

They did an Adam ruins everything on that

Exactly. There are so many beautiful lab grown white sapphire ring these days!

Kaitlyn Wyre My engagement ring was a $40 pearl ring. My wedding band was $60. 10+ years later, still married and living life.

I had the idea that I had to buy my fiancée the most expensive and beautiful ring. And she found the one she wanted. It was a blue sapphire ( both our birthstones) ring that costs $58. This is true. We have this idea that money is everything when in reality love and communication is what’s going to make that marriage last. Not a diamond

True. There are many reasonable and tasteful ways to symbolize the promise of resources exchanged for sex.

das fucking big brain, good for thee

Gold is a rare and precious metal and you could say the same about it.

Because supposedly you can't find much of it. This prevents people from inflating supply with said resource and making it worth less. This is why first real money were based on precious metals as it prevented governments from simply making more of it or anyone fabricating forgeries. This however does not mean that there is very little of them. Gold, diamonds and any other "rare" material is mined by millions of tons and there are that much of it circulating in the market. However, when you spread it across all people, governments, etc. There is quite little of it to go around, because people had decided it to be valuable, universal method of exchange. Like diamonds here, they are valuable not because nobody can get them, but because people had decided that these shiny rocks are valuable and that owning synthetic or plastic is not as valuable.

@dankmemequeen lol good point.

@@REgamesplayer u can artificially create diamond because it's a carbon compound but can you do the same with GOLD?

@@deidra-v6575 These have a fraction of a value of a true diamond.

same

*SAME*

Lol same

Lol me too

Samuel Tremblay-Demers I'm bing watching them

and it's resellable!

if we really want to stick to old traditions, we should treat our daughters like cattle and sell them off for profit. perhaps sell off rape victims to their rapist in return for money. doesn't sound as charming now does it, let's stop using antiquated traditions for a new era of civilisation.

nope, just tired of religious people talking about the holy marriage like it means something. there is a reason that fairy tales sprung up around the idea of a happy marriage, because most of them were shitty at the time.

+karsten69 he literally said nothing of religion. You just assumed that. Just because something is tradition doesn't mean that it's intrinsically bad. Yes you're not required to buy an engagement ring, but if you want to, who are you hurting? Am I going to spend 2 months salary? fuck no. but if I want to buy my fiancée a ring because I want to, then that's what I'll do.

I know, bur he did talk about sticking to old traditions. let's have Adam ruin everything by telling the true story about marriage.

My parents were the same way. Except my dad was 16 and he legit said my moms name and his last name and said it has a nice ring to it. My mom was 18 and was like “bruh did you just ask me to marry you??” My dad was like “I guess????”

“Ok can”

zachanikwano bruh its Singlish what did you expect

@@bangboomdie3326 hahhaha dude my dad is singaporean (malaysian mum) and they had literally the exact same engagement story!

N E T F L I X eyyyy my parents singaporean lmao, guess thats how we do

Very well said💯

True, very well said. Now give me all your money.

There are many other gem stones that far more colorful and eye-catching than diamonds which are cheaper too. And I don't really see anything wrong with selling diamonds rings, the problem I see is brainwashing generations of people into sinking months worth of salary into a ring just to "prove" that they love someone.

It's just forking flancy rock!

Saltee Sushee fair point

Victoria Alonso an apple the fruit

You know the kind of fruit that’s tasty healthy, sweet and can be refundable as a plant and not a somewhat useless piece of machinery, despite all the tech inside it

Victoria Alonso r/whooosh

if u dont except my stolen pencil taped to a string, U AINT KNO NOTHIN. it's all carbon

That sounds way better then damn diamonds

omfg techie-ladies would love those

but imagine if it also had a realistic cheap version of diamonds on it as well as the gears

STEAMPUUUNNNNKKKK

Mmudball Duck, but what about an apple

Also many other gems look even better and are cheaper. I’m not a man but cause I’m gay I may end up proposing so I’ll buy a ring with a cheaper gem ideally my future fiancés fav colour or somethin.

My friend gave his girl a titanium ring with words: not as durable as my love for you but it was the closest approximation. She loved it.

But see this video's great because there are people that would scoff at both of those wonderful romantic ideas people mentioned above me and be like "Oh no, only a traditional ring is right" and now it's clear the only tradition they're talking about is the ~tradition~ of companies trying to scam you.

Or how about skipping it totally & sending the money to help feed families in need?

How about pressuring women for a while. Men should get a car. It doesn't matter if it's a nice car. As long as it's worth a quarter of your annual salary. It means you really love him.

Kittens may do that, for cats you’re their provider. Puppies though, think of you as part of their pack.

***** It will be a liquid asset which can be used in any capacity.

***** This, too, is an option.

+Esteban Guitierrez My husband didn't offer a ring. I didn't care. His mother threw a fit and gave me his great-grandmother's ring. Not all women care.

Wysteria InBloom Twelve years, we're still happily married.

Wysteria InBloom We had an inexpensive wedding too. But we did splurge on our honeymoon. We went on an adventure tour in South America. I'm from Europe and seen most of it already. My husband's already been there and done extensive tours of Asia. So we decided to explore a continent that neither of us knew the first thing about. One of my favourite memories together.

lmao just get an opal ring it's prettier and way less expensive

I was honestly impressed he got a car for under 4k

$500 in a ring is still too much, you can buy a 24k gold plated pair of rings for less than U$50.

Lol, I got my car for 350

august hultman does it have an interior of approximately 20 square inches and a frame made out of plastic

{Lewis Bean} Correlation does not imply causation

I think that has to do with priorities: setting up for one's life together on limited means versus trying to impress each other/friends. Also, if you're willing to commit while you're poor (like my husband and I; our ring was only $125) and live out lean years together at the very beginning, it takes a little more to shake you than those who wait until they're comfortable to marry or who go into debt to impress people.

Probably because financial crises tend to be a lot of strain on even healthy relationships, and between the engagement ring and the wedding you're crippling yourselves right out of the gate. But hey, higher divorce rates mean more rings sold and more weddings planned, so huzzah!

@@a.melanoleuca2247 I've seen a lot of people put so much down on getting married (rings/wedding/honeymoon) that it could have been a 20% house deposit straight up. Then they complain about their financial situation. It definitely causes some divorces.

{Neferseki} A small sample is not representative of a larger population. And in this case, it is not the amount that DIRECTLY causes divorces. Rather, financial disasters is a mediating variable, which seeks to explain the relationship between the independent and dependent variable.

Someone's going to get you a spider ring from chuck-e cheese

I came from GradeAUnderA.

Yeah Moissanite looks much more awesome and shiny, and cheaper too.

***** well i don't want to pay 10,000 dollars for a diamond that's actually worth more like 0 dollars

akarui the anime theorist Honestly I think in terms of mainstream gems, rubies emeralds, sapphires, or opals to name a few would be better.

your wrong.

Z A W A R U D O ! ! T O M A R E W O T O K I ! ! !

Llama Chan it's the marketing companies, they suckered me

@@Mikhail_Malekov935 OH NOOO!!!

ZA WARUDO

Jason A. Voorhees oh

I agree with the spirit, but probably won't make a good impression

You deserve more likes

and not a peridot?

I'd still say yes

Good idea

More like "how much are you worth?"

@@bogusmogus9551 Not even close

thats just de beers, its because their monopoly is crumbling

+canguar because people are FINALLY realizing that as long as you have two diamonds and 3400 degrees Fahrenheit, you can make diamonds out of fucking peanut butter.

Wait....What? I must know this secret of diamond multiplication, video or article link please? I'm actually genuinely curious of the science behind it. Is it like a seed process similar to mother of vinegar?

+Let's Plays en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond no peanut butter, sorry

Luiz Paulo Thanks, I've heard of this. Unfortunately I don't think most of us have a system to create those high temp and pressure needs.

And you should RUN! I can't watch Bridezillas without screaming at the grooms on screen, "RUN, DUMBASS, RUN!!!!!"

I think most gals have a lot of jewelry already anyway.

I wouldn’t mind getting proposed to without a diamond ring

If she turns you down cos the ring isnt good enough, thats your chance to dodge a bullet.

No there isn't, because you just saved yourself a miserable marriage.

I'll just give her a ring pop.

For those people who feel obligated to buy diamonds, What's the problem with the good ol' and real valuable GOLD rings??

+ManCave Mayhem Well, gold, emerald, sappire and ruby; all seem to be better than diamond rings then. I think I'll get a ruby one because how great red looks

+ManCave Mayhem What in the actual fuck?! Emeralds are cheap... If you want more value than diamonds, go with a alexandrite..

David foote But emeralds have much more status, you get something people think is valuable for a good price, double win.

His mom is all about getting me “the right ring,” which means (by her standards) if we don’t spend our entire life savings on the ring, we’re not going to have a successful marriage

I heard that on a Shopping Channel.

All the people I've spoken to never try to pass it off. They just wanted a nice sparkly stone for the price it's actually worth buying it at. When people comment they tell them. Moissanite is not a knock off. It's just one of many colorless gems. One most comparable to a diamonds lifespan and strength.

By the way it's more comparable to liking a Porshe 911 and buying a Corvette. Yeah the Porsche is beautiful and you love the qualities but you may not be the type of person to put a lot of value on prestige. So you go with the corvette that still gets you from point A to B in style. The Corvette is not a knock off. Just more sensible. Or you see a black chanel bag. It's gorgeous but the price is outrageous. So you find a similar style made by Coach in Dillard's. Looks very similar but different and the price difference is huge. Is the coach a knock off? No... Knockoffs are made in Asia and Mexico in sweat shops. They are designed for the sole purpose of copying designs. Moissanite is a recreated naturally occurring gemstone. And it is marketed as such. Because of its colorless appears and blinding sparking, consumers compare it to diamonds. It was not marketed or designed to be a diamond. There is already a such thing as lab grown diamonds.

Me too. Well, an engagement ring-related BuzzFeed segment

same.. :P

Sapphires look so much prettier than diamonds. I guess it's because blue is my favorite color.

The great thing about sapphire is that it can be blue, white, even red.

GO FOR GARNET. I AM MADE OF LO-O-OVE.

Alisha Griffin yessss i agree

diamonds catch on fire too, flashpoint is around 400 centigrade

After a few months of fucking my woman out of her mind she told me this while laying beside me on my bed " you know what ? I think we can make each other happy..."

The Apple Trick looked pretty awesome.

This is awesome. More please!!! Suggestion: why valentine's day is a scam.

lool that flowchart was preety good

If I was disabled, I'd probably get the Make a Wish Foundation to get me into one of your skits.

Single or not, that flowchart is funny!

Get a gillson (gillson is not a company it's the name of the man that discovered them) fire opal and have it set by someone that isn't stupidly expensive. Fire opals are so beautiful. I could hold one under a light for hours

Also, if a girl refuses to marry a guy because he doesn't want to spend exorbitant amounts of money on a piece of jewelry, you should really reevaluate your relationship. A marriage is way more than a piece of carbon. If your partner makes you happy and you want to marry them, you don't need to wear their life savings on your finger.

Eri Smith couldnt have said it better myself

Personally I think it's nice to wear a ring just so everyone knows you're taken, and as a symbol of partnership. But if neither partner is rich, why spend so much money on something that's frankly out of your means? If you'd be taking on debt to buy a diamond ring, then just get a plain metal band, a gemstone ring, or a diamond substitute instead. You could always save money to upgrade it later if you really want.

marry me

I HATE rings, but that might change, if I got asked then I would be like "I don't want a ring, we can use that money for our future, LIKE A HOUSE." if he got me a necklace that says love or a tiny diamond of my gemstone I'd take it, BUT I want it to have that nice feeling of him taking my hand, BUT he CAN do it by holding my hand then turning me around and putting the necklace on me, BOOM. I'm a genius!

Well said my Friend!

***** It's enough to turn my gay my Friend! (but not quite LOL) But truly it is awful how women use their pussy to hold men hostage to wasting money on a ridiculous ring and ceremony. With the money you guys saved on that, you could have on hell of a lavish vacation, or several, or buy a damn fine auto, or put a good down payment on a house. All of which make a hell of a lot more sense than spending it on a worthless rock and a lavish party.

***** Well that's another thing about the whole wedding thing hate. I'm very uncomfortable in those kind of situations. I don't like being looked at etc. So for me, not only is it a waste of money, but also it's mild torture!

***** That is exactly what it is, "look at me!". LOL

***** LOL, a friend of mine saw that in one of the Star Trek (next generation I think) that marriage was a contract limited to a number of years. So you marry and two years later it expires. Then if you want to marry again you can extend the contract. Sounds good to me. I have a theory that marriage itself destroys love and relationships because it is a garrantee that you must stay with the person. So people misbehave. But when people can walk away at any time in encourages there lover to mind their Ps and Qs because otherwise the'll find themselves sleeping alone. With marriage people feel trapped and that destroys feelings etc too. You might say that well without marriage people wouldn't stay together so much. Which might be true, but maybe those people shouldn't be together. Two people forced to stay with (and have sex with) someone they no longer want to be with. Sounds like prison to me. ;)

your such a romantic

Good idea!

Jakob Morris A long holiday is, in my opinion, far more romantic than drunk relatives.

Easy there Deadpool

RPD1175 hy

I just watched a video today of a couple getting engaged using Ringpops lol.

You can buy a lot of ringpops with the money it costs to buy a diamond ring.

Rich_vitamin_Dさま I would accept a ringpop, or a nice meal, or a puppy...

Isn't that the core of romance? The point of it all is to prove how far you would go for the person you love, and how much you think of them. Under the assumption you are male, then it is the opinion you just demonstrated that makes this system broken (though I am not saying your opinion is necessarily bad). Because women want their partners to be romantic like this and men don't, romance as a concept has ended up being a pretty one sided thing. Man buys flowers at valentines, man pays for dates, man proposes, yada yada yada. A woman stereo typically has to put up with doing a lot (or simply put up with a lot) as well, but this isn't considered romance. (e.g. being the main contributor to housework, being the primary parent, having sex (apparently this is a bother, who knew?!)). There are other factors as to why this is the case, of course, such as the pre-modern 'women stay at home' mindset, but the romance thing is definitely relevant. Oh, sorry for saying all this, but I really wanted to...

Edward Harvey Perhaps more like the (moral) core of post-modern capitalist society...

its called prostitution

Edward Harvey The core of romance is not buying expensive things, it's showing appreciation for one another whether that's with a good morning kiss or by having a candlelit dinner at a fancy restaurant (orknowing if that person hates that kind of thing). The cost is irrelevant.

Gary Young Agreed. I once killed a dictator of a small country to express my love to his former sex slave.

How about $100?

@@mstrikesback168 just because it’s lab created doesn’t mean it cheap quality. Lab created gems have the same composition as natural gems without the flaws. And they are more economical so you can get a larger stone than you could if you were buying a mined diamond. Plus most everyone has a diamond engagement ring, I enjoy having something more unique. I believe you shouldn’t do things just because everyone else does it. If someone likes diamonds then that’s fine but they’re not my thing.

@@kellydarling1 Yep, the so called 'lab' grown gems are of superior quality and flawless. General Electric made the first in the 1950's

we are pretty much diamonds

+Kappa that is 100% Pepsi Cucumbers are more precious than shiny rock.

Oh look, that one woman Junko pv was chasing.

Kappa that is 100% Pepsi Not anymore because that Channel's new name is heaven's door.

Good job, you're off the hook. Now how is the lunar capital?

I agree. If you can afford, try opals, many of them are stunningly beautiful, all absolutely unique.

Or moisantitte They shine more then those pesky diamonds to me diamonds are only used as tools

meep toop

Me too

DirtTrackGaming same

Same

thats extremely unfair. just buy moissanite, it looks just like diamond (but SHINIER) and is half the price.

or cubic zirconium

Dude I have garnet

Lo Riddell lol she was born in April like me

Or just buy a diamond that broke off a oil rig drill, exact same thing but no marked up 200%

My dream is that more women become like you one day...

I would like to use stainless steel for an engagement/wedding ring. It looks nice and says eternal love much better than flimsy gold or silver. I am not sure how many people would agree with me though ;)

I totally agree with you there. Wouldn't cost an arm and a leg either, I'd reckon.

Since when do gold/silver/copper rings break ? :D

KoDan Well, my dad broke his marriage ring. His finger was just too thick, I guess. Since then he doesn't wear it anymore (obviously). But I mostly meant that for the symbolic value of using a stronger material.

at least you can eat a ring pop.

Where do people like you disappear when I try to find my 'one true love'?

a shitty fnaf fan no sell the ring so you can get more ring pops

well honey, (looks at ring pop collection, larger than any normal human being should have) do i have news for you

Silicon dioxide with traces of aluminium I think.

Yes, that's correct. Most other gemstones are worth a lot more because they're far rarer. Like the video explains, the only reason diamonds cost so much is because De Beers has a monopoly in diamond mining. Since they have no competitors they can set the price to whatever they want.

This settles it, when I get engaged, I will go to Sri lanka and find a Padparadscha!

Sentimental worth has the most value in a ring. Not being sappy, but that's the best kind of ring you can get for both engagement and marriage. Otherwise it's the same as putting a price tag on their finger. xD

Opals, like Brandon said, are very rare. Diamond companies actually started the superstition that opals were cursed so that they could sabotage opal sales and improve diamond sales. The rumor was that opals could only be worn by people who had them as their birth stones, if anyone else wore them they'd bring bad luck. Opals aren't my birth stone but they're definitely my favorite stone, I wear an opal ring all the time :)

I love you.

What actually happened: He couldn't afford a ring bought you a fake one, you found out; you were in denial, you bought him a 22$ sterling silver ring as payback, but your love overcame the hatred that rose inside you.

***** Huh? No, we were in Yosemite at the time of the proposal, we stopped in a nearby town on our way back home, he wanted to look at rings in nearby jewelry shops, I told him that I don't want an expensive ring and that we'd discuss it at home. I brought out a catalog from a company that sells nothing but silver jewelry and trinkets. I picked a ring, he picked a ring, then he ordered them. They arrived and we did the classic "he put mine on my finger and I put his on his" routine, which was touching. End of story. However, thanks for trying to make a non-shallow situation look shallow. I hope you don't think all women are like that and I really hope you don't meet someone who will do what you said in your comment, aka get pissed at you for not getting a dumb diamond ring. And it's very hard to get me angry. I'm more passive than anything else. :)

He's a lucky man!

***** Thank you! :)

this was before the tv show, no rules

+Jo Schroons Eh how was this before the TV show? I mean, the excerpt is taken from the show, I think.

Feynstein 100 no the tv show got made after these skits became very popular. If you go to the adam ruins everything playlist, you'll see when it transitions to a tv show, about 6 videos in

+Jo Schroons Ah okay. My bad.

it's bullshit

suhani pandey psst... Hey kid, want some memes?

Yasssssssssss marry me

Vladimir shall supply you with a daily dose of 732 fresh memes every day.

You are a disappointment to all

We do that periodically and I think it's totally legit. The symbol is the main thing.

AFTER the poor guy bought the ring

Emerald Hero I know right and why should guys have to propose

Have a great honeymoon and buy a simple gold ring. The memories of the honeymoon are worth way more than a useless piece of crystal.

I was referring to a chunk of rock on your finger being useless.

Martin Leong Or durable lenses

And that 2,000 isn't going to get you a good diamon. It's going to be small/not worth it :P

أحمد البرقوق السكر why not an onion ring

Mojang getting kickbacks from DeBeers for making diamonds seem scarce.

No Dogma Mama except family things

@No Dogma Mama whahahahat?! Omg a 5 ct ring is like the epitome of "dream ring" I believe your story but DAYM! Thanks for sharing.

Yeah, blood diamonds are not worth it. I prefer bloodstones.

Blood diamond ? Like scarlet blood magic infused diamonds ?

Jason A. Voorhees blood diamonds are diamonds dug up by children in Africa who are forced to work in a harmful environment to get diamonds