Diamonds Suck (2006)
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HN comment orderI'm the OP - surprised to see this at the top of HN today, but happy to post a quick update: My wife and I have been happily married for ten years now. She loves her ring, and it has held up extremely well. (She just had the band resized, absolutely no issues with the stones.) No one has ever thought it was anything other than a diamond ring, which includes several years of daily scrutiny from crazy New York…
> If I can prevent a single reader from needlessly dropping $6,000-10,000+ on a diamond engagement ring, this site will be a success. Financial worries are the #1 cause of stress in a married relationship - there is absolutely NO excuse to start your married life by taking on that level of debt. Average U.S. wedding cost $30k in 2014, while the average engagement ring was $5600, or 19% of the cost [0] https://www.valuepenguin.com/average-cost-of-wedding While reducing/eliminating the cost of the…
I, as a European, cannot fathom how anyone would spend a significant amount of money on an engagement ring! The engagement rings we got ourselves cost 18$ and were made from wood. After all, they only need to last a few months, or maybe 1-2 years, until the wedding. Regarding the wedding ring, I can understand slightly better how someone would put a bit more money into that, considering that you wear it for life. But there are so much…
I'll add my name to the list of folks who did not get a dianmond, but a Moissanite ring. A couple of things I learned along the way: - I bought the ring and the Moissenite seperately. I bought the ring at a regular jewelry store (my spouse found one she liked). It is a very HARD sell when you buy the ring to also get the diamond. I ended up buying the ring online to pick it up, and…
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- Total points
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- Total comments
- 1016
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-08 | Diamonds Suck | kumarski | 1 | 3 |
| 2016-01-04 | Diamonds Suck (2006) | Tomte | 5 | 2 |
| 2016-11-13 | Diamonds Suck (2006)First breakout · Best thread | Tomte | 1336 | 576 |
| 2018-05-30 | Diamonds Suck (2006) | nsomaru | 392 | 215 |
| 2019-11-28 | Diamonds Suck (2006) | rahuldottech | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-01-11 | Diamonds Suck (2006) | Tomte | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-03-25 | Diamonds Suck (2006) | nsomaru | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-04-05 | Diamonds Suck (2006)Hall induction | brink | 51 | 53 |
| 2022-12-27 | Diamonds Suck (2006) | Tomte | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-11-13 | Diamonds SuckLatest 20+ point return | nsomaru | 233 | 163 |
| 2026-05-05 | Diamonds Suck (2006) | downbad_ | 16 | 4 |