Wedding rings costing 3x a man's salary ?

[maushan3]

You have a keeper right there.
Absolutely. Robbins' Diamonds has a marketing campaign where it shows women in their "oh!"-face (surprise/shock at the size of the diamond).
I'm probably never going to get married. I don't like the idea of shelling out 3 month's salary on a stone that killed 3 peasants in Sierra Leone just to get to some girl's finger. I seem to rarely run into women who believe the same as I do.

I had no idea about this until I read an article on, I believe it was Time, or Newsweek, about message movies.
I had no previous idea that diamonds are a big part of human slavery nowadays and well, I am to young to think about wedding anytime soon but this is an issue that should be brought to light.

The movie is called Blood Diamond with Leonardo Di Caprio and Djimon Honsou. I have not watched it myself but will, to see what judgement I come up about the issue after watching the film.

As for the Japanese, I have no doubt that they got the custom from the West.

Word. Isn't it the same for many things besides the diamond ring?

Mauricio

[MadamePapillon]

Not many Americans have such a tradition. Sounds like movie hype to me. I have not heard of Japanese with such a tradition.

Actually, it's a pretty well known tradition. Not just for wedding rings but family heirlooms in general, Grandmas pearls, Moms wedding dress. I think it might have something to do with that wedding rhyme: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.

I think that how it goes

The movie is called Blood Diamond with Leonardo Di Caprio and Djimon Honsou. I have not watched it myself but will, to see what judgement I come up about the issue after watching the film.

It's a good movie, a real eye opener in the sheer amount of blood, death and corruption that happens just so a girl can wear a shiny rock on her finger.

It's sad that people know this but turn a blind eye...nobody wants to know that their precious wedding ring is a Blood Diamond and probably cost someone their life...or their families lives.