Yuck! Diamonds!
So I'm not saying there's anything wrong with you if you love diamonds, or that if you love diamonds and your husband/sweetie/lover/life-partner loves giving them you shouldn't do it.
But I've really been hating these diamond ads on tv lately! They are so manipulative. A woman hitting her husband because he didn't get her diamonds at Jared (galleria of fine jewelry), or the woman getting a diamond "fashion ring" from her boyfriend, or all the women weeping over diamonds while the guy stands by in awe. And the radio ad I hear all the time where the woman says she didn't want to have a diamond ring like anybody else's....
And here's an article about the stupid ads!
The reason I hate it is because the ads totally imply that without diamonds there isn't love, and also that it's ok to be really resentful if you aren't completely showered in diamonds on every occassion (b'day, anniversary, valentines, mother's day, x-mas, I'm sure it's only a matter of time before we've got halloween diamonds and Thanksgiving diamonds).
The other day I twisted up some grass and pine needles and wore them around on my left ring finger all day. :)
I also have one of those fond memories of a boy I once dated a long, long time ago. It's not a regret or anything, I love Sean and this guy was soooo immature. But on my birthday, before we ever went out, he left a rose bush on my front porch. Not a rose, but an actual growing bush. And later he said "I made something for you." and he took out an acorn that he'd painted and suspeded on some vine as a necklace--it was perfect (though it did not last, as all good acorns are meant to eventually end).
But just so this post can be all Yay Sean!! Sean made me a desk (pictures pending development) and brought me daffodils. What could be better? Diamonds, schimonds.
Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with that, if it's what you're into, I just wish they wouldn't push them like that. Like there's something wrong with a guy who doesn't give diamonds, or worse that a woman without diamonds is defective.
After all, what's more romantic than a twisted up tinfoil ring, if it's presented at just the right time?