Anonymous #1 4w

More monetary value, true. Isn’t the emotional value technically the most important factor though?

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Anonymous #1 4w

My mom said she sold her rings to pay for her divorce lawyer, which I know traditionally is the point of natural diamonds, but I don’t know if I want to make my bf spend money that could be put towards the wedding or our future instead just because “what if we divorce and I need that cushion”

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Anonymous OP 4w

if you’re thinking about your boyfriend buying a blood diamond ring and thinking about a cushion then he shouldn’t be buying you anything tbh. You can’t beat a blood diamond in emotional value either because the people who worked to get those minerals put in probably blood, sweat, tears, and pain all in a process to get that single rock just to make a living. The upside to a lab diamond is not feeling bad for someone else’s suffering, that’s really it.

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Anonymous #1 4w

You seem to be completely misunderstanding what I’m saying by the first sentence. But at the end of the day the only emotional value that matters for the ring he buys for me, is mine (and his). I wasn’t insinuating ‘feelings’ were the ONLY reason to get lab either. Are you trying to make a point or are you trying to argue, genuinelyv

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Anonymous OP 4w

Nope just making a point, there’s more emotional value in the blood diamond than a decision to pick a lab diamond, regardless of whoever buys the lab diamond. Regardless of whether its a negative emotion or not. And sure the only decision that matters is whatever choice helps you feel better, some people might lose sleep over a blood diamond and some may not.

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Anonymous #1 4w

Not really? The emotional value (that actually matters to the person buying it) is their own. Who else’s emotions matter when it comes to the ring except the couple? Also, if we’re going to include the dramatics of everyone’s emotions that have ever touched it, and the slaves that mined it add “negative emotional value” to it, then it is worthless? I guess I just don’t understand your POV

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Anonymous #1 4w

Aside from the simple point that some people may not care about the blood libel or feel guilt for it. And like, yeah, that’s totally true. But they still paying 25x the price for it and girllll in this economy?

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Anonymous OP 4w

When the average wedding is $45K I simply refuse to spend that amount on a ring. The first ring I ever tried on was $42K so natural diamond rings are like LITERALLY 25x what lab is worth

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Anonymous OP 4w

Negative emotional value isn’t a think because all emotions have worth, that shit doesn’t “cancel” out that sounds dumb. Its like a married couple that struggled for years before reaching their potential and now being happy for the best. The past emotional strife and anguish doesn’t negate what happened but adds to a bigger story of how they got to the point their at now. If the emotional value only matter to the person buying it then why do they care about the emotional connected to blood-

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Anonymous OP 4w

diamonds. The only upside to lan diamonds is less guilt and lower prices. You can’t unwrite a story though the same way you can’t undo emotions. Go read a book because obviously you don’t understand art.

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