Accessible Gardening: More Disabled Gardeners Laughing With Joy ..2, 1 by seacanepain

seacanepain wrote:
Thankfully, pearls are Kay’s weakness. It is nice to have a woman who is content with a grain of sand and hardened oyster slobber. I think our engagement ring is the only diamond she owns. I would be a little upset if she refused to wear that. Maybe, I did get snagged in the De Bers marketing net, but still….. I didn’t know before I listened in to Kay’s book that the ‘tradition” of giving a diamond engagement ring as part of betrothal was just a well orchestrated and very successful marketing strategy by the De Beers Group. Very few people remember when it wasn’t just the way you were supposed to do things.

It could be that giving a romantic gift like a diamond ring has a practical side. It will make up for the fact that, in later years, your wife gets Christmas gifts like a new computer system or a new dishwasher. LOL. Maybe, she will ignore any suspicions that hubby is tired of working on the old dishwasher and having to do dishes himself when the repairs don’t go well. She would be convinced the new computer system was really for her benefit. The fact that all the computers in the house being able to link would make things easier on her husband never crosses her mind. He would never be so self-centered. After all, he did buy her that beautiful diamond. (Jim).