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Who are these idiots who buy diamond rings for their women?

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   I remember a cousin of mine being troubled about his fiancee comparing the size of the diamond ring he was considering for her with her friend’s bigger diamond ring. ed: dei (an Indian version of ‘hey’ or ‘oi’) let me ask you something. Is she buying you a diamond ring for the wedding? cousin: Of course not what. We guys are supposed to buy it for them right. ed: Yeah, if you’re the bread winner and she just fell off a buffalo in some village and onto your lap, and you need to prove to her and her family that you can take care of her. But she’s earning more that you isn’t she. You are more on the blue collar side, and she’s on the white collar side. So there’s no reason for you to prove that you can ‘take care of her’ by buying her a diamond ring. I mean, in the past, men might have done such nonsense to prove to the woman and her family that he is capable of taking care of her, or showing her and her family that he is a big shot. But with the equality between m...