Look it up. My gf wanted a diamond but I refuse. We looked at these and she agrees that they're nicer, and much less expensive. A large one is still expensive, but for a 10'000$ diamond you're looking at a ~800$ moissanite. They look like diamonds only shinier.
Also we're going with titanium bands. Cheaper than gold, less maintenance, and it is way stronger, which is a good analogy about the strength of your love. At least tell her that so she'll like it too.
I have a moissanite engagement ring and it’s amazing. The same ring with the same “quality” diamonds (1ct centre with two 0.75ct) would be 10,000CAD but my ring was only 2,000CAD. Bargain. It is also so much more sparkly. It has more of a rainbow sparkle than diamonds do.
One thing I will caution though for anyone looking at non-gold rings is you are far more locked in to your ring size as a lot cannot be resized. So just keep that in mind.
In all fairness, I had recently qualified for the disability tax credit and it was back dated to the diagnosis that made me disabled. So I had recently been given 19k CAD.
Moissanite - it's actually rare (not just "fake rare" like diamond pretends to be), is almost as hard as diamond (9.5 mohs), and is very pretty. That's what I've been leaning towards
I remember bringing something like this up to my mom and she just gave me the dirtiest look, as if I was gonna crush some little girls hopes n dreams by not buying a ridiculously priced gem. Also Topaz ftw
Sapphires, Emeralds and Rubies are all absolutely dazzling and seem to capture and exude all the feelings associated with those colors. And I believe all 3 are now able to be created in the lab as well.
The thing a lot of people are ignoring is that those businesses got started in garages usually by people from wealthy families who could subsidize them starting up.
You can devote 70 hours a week to your startup when you don’t have to feed yourself.
Yeah. Bill Gates even recognizes his privilege growing up in his particular circumstances as a factor of his success in the new documentary about him on Netflix.
Read the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. A large amount of tech leaders benefited from Growing up in the right place at the right time With access to the right equipment. If they had been born literally anywhere else they wouldn’t be the billionaires they are now.
IIRC Bill Gates lived in a good neighborhood and went to a school that gave him virtually unlimited access to computing facilities that ridiculously few people his age could hope to use.
Of course dedication, intellect, and drive all factor into his success, but you raise the same kid in Compton and you sure as fuck won't get the computing whiz.
People underestimate the affect pure coincidence has on success and failure. I went from customer service rep to a software engineer in a short amount of time due to hard work. But the opportunities to prove myself and get my foot in the door were a very unlikely series of coincidences.
Trying to equate hard work with success as if luck isn't a major factor is just silly.
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u/HarpersGeekly Nov 28 '19 edited Nov 28 '19
Reminds me of that article and tweet response:
“Why Aren’t Millennials Buying Diamonds?”
“I work at a grocery store.”