Last night, I went to collect the Trilogy Diamond ring that my hubby bought for our 8th anniversary.So today, I promptly displayed it on my finger and showed it to a couple of my colleagues.
You would be surprise at the amount of attention and discussion these few darlings of mine created. To sum up, there are basically 2 schools of thought. One which thinks it's an extravagance, waste of money and they would rather eat seafood and the other camp which thinks it is a nice gesture to make your other half happy... nevermind it cost an arm and leg.
As the 2 camps blasted away against each other with their M16s, one common thread was that whichever school they belong to really depends on whether their spouses appreciate a diamond gift or any expensive gift to start with. Those who thinks is extravagance expressed that their wife would have lambasted them if they were to purchase any thing which cost 4 figures.
This is of course a revelation for some on how their spouses had conditioned their mentality. As one of my colleague shared, he had once bought a surprise jewellery for his wife which resulted in him being nagged at for the next couple of days... In his very own words, "WTF, I buy something to make you happy and you KPKB". He learnt his lesson and gifts became history in their relationship, apart from probably a couple of underwear and mops.
As my mom said (the wise old woman) when I told her I turned down a $15K diamond ring my hubby offered to buy, "Always accept a gift from your hubby GRACIOUSLY. Because he made an effort to make you happy. It's a blow to his ego if you turn it down or complain. It's like you're saying "you dope, you didn't think this through did you?".
I agree with her. Who could complain against these beauties sitting prettily on my finger?
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