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- cross-posted to:
- cat@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47733229
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Yeah, the whole ‘I paid an insane amount of money for a shiny rock’ thing is bonkers. Extravagant weddings too. You could have used that money towards the down payment for a house, or repairs, or to get a safer car, bought home solar/batteries, got a nicer bed/chair for comfort and protect your back, or even just stuck it in the bank as an emergency fund.
But no, almost all the people in this world are like ‘shiny rock better, ooga booga’.
🐱 > 💍. Don’t @ me.
Getting married is a quick, cheap process. Weddings and honeymoons are where people tend to spend more money than they should.
If you’re extroverted, a wedding is worth it. It’s a time where all your extended family can gather and meet the other extended family, and possibly one of the biggest parties of your life. I had a blast. Our wedding planner kept asking if we were ready to go, but we stayed until the DJ left!
Also the honeymoon was a great way to start out our journey. We love traveling, and it was great to just have a week to relax after the stress of planning a wedding.
The one caveat I recognize is that we got lucky and didn’t have to pay from our own pockets for most of this. We also didn’t want to buy a house early on since we were going to move in a few years.
Don’t you guys make money from weddings?
In my area it’s standard practice that people have ro give you so much money at your wedding that you make a profit.
Nevermind how much the restaurant takes ofc…
Then you’re just spending your loved ones’ money, still a loss for you and yours.
Well yea I’m aware but what I’m saying is that it doesn’t really cost the wedding couple anything… Not right away anyway, because then they’ll have to spend money going to weddings for the people that came for them, I’m aware.
God I hate this practice btw.
During lockdown, the couple’s house we were stuck in proposed.
He used a ring made of foil.
They’re still happily married and have started a family.
No need to spunk a few grand on a rock we’ve been brainwashed to think is valuable
How did the house propose?
Lol does the dude commenting about debt not know how expensive it can be to raise a pet? I’m terms of pure monetary outlays, the kitten is likely to cost over $10k throughout it’s lifespan. Maybe more I’d you build one of those wh40k golden thrones to animate its living corpse a bit longer.
If the guy proposing was truly concerned about money, he should have gotten her a nice mossanite ring. No one except a jeweler is gonna have the expertise or care to check anyways :o
You can’t compare the companionship of a pet, with carrying a rock on your hand. The ring costs money and brings absolutely nothing (and people in awe of the beauty of wedding rings are full of shit), the cat is a life that goes through existence with you for years.
You can’t just compare a cost of life, with the cost of a stone, the two don’t have the same value.
Yeah, cat > diamond ring in both emotional utility and actual monetary cost.
I was specifically pointing out that the comment about the ring putting them in more monetary debt than the cat is wrong. A 1-carat diamond ring is going to set you back a couple grand. The costs to raise a cat throughout its lifespan is very likely going to be several times larger than that.
