If Diamonds = Girl’s BF, Woman’s BF = ?

Nothing says “Holiday” like a jewelry store ad. If you love her, you’ll prove it by spending a month or two of your salary on jewelry so she can show her friends that her man is better than their men. How can a woman advocate equality of the sexes and then buy into the lie that affection must be expressed with expenditures on non-necessities?

Don’t get me wrong. I am a consumer whore and I worship at the church of capitalism. I just don’t like the current marketing myth about men, women and diamonds. OMG, he bought it at Jared!.. If you can put aside where diamonds come from, I’ll tell you that buying a diamond for your girl is not evil. The belief that love must be expressed with expensive gifts that she can use as proof of said love is what I take issue with.

Seriously. If someone was showing me some bling that their man bought for them, I would never think about turning to my husband and giving him a dirty look. What kind of woman would? Imagine a world where a guy shows off the lipstick ring around his dick and your boyfriend or husband turns to you and says, “HE got a blowjob.” (Significant eyebrow raise atcha.)

Yes, it is true that I do own some diamonds. One is inherited. And two are gifts from my husband. Three if you count my engagement and wedding ring as two things. They are all very important to me and I would be heartbroken to lose any one of them. However, I’ve talked to my husband about how new jewelry isn’t something that I want.

Now that I’ve stated one of the few solid opinions I have, let’s waffle on it. As my demographic box keeps moving up, my tastes are changing. At thirty-two years old I can admit that I like jewelry, even if I prefer costume jewelry. Here’s the waffle part, I can see the appeal in being able to spend a chunk of salary on something solid and expensive that won’t wear out or need replacement. As an expression of success, it makes sense. Like not getting any kind of plastic surgery until all the working out and healthy eating has done all it can first. (That’s a whole other post.)

There will be a time in my life when I’m not in debt and I’m making a reasonable income and the expense of a non-necessity such as a diamond might appeal to me. And my husband has amazing taste in jewelry. Put into different words, he likes what I like. So even if it’s true that I’d rather have a Nintendo Wii then jewelry that hypnotizes, it’s not totally out of the realm of possibility that I’ll one day graciously receive some bling.

That being said I still think it’s gross that Ben Affleck spent a small country on a ring for Jennifer Lopez. See how that turned out. Which brings me to what inspired this particular post – this web site ExBoyFriendJewelry.com. Not only does this site indirectly validate my views on how lame the necessity to express affection through gifts is, the site kicks arse all it’s own.

When it comes to shopping online, finding just what you want is very nice. Not having to pay full price transforms very nice into so awesome I’m going to tell people. It’s the reason that overstock.com will always be on my top 10 websites list. Exboyfriendjewelry.com is easy to navigate. Humor was obviously present at the conception of the site and is carried on by a witty blog and by the object descriptions posted to each listed item. I can already tell that this will be a site I check in on periodically to browser shop. Those are the sites that I eventually purchase from.

It also says something about the folks at Exboyfriendjewelry.com that they encourage donations to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Fund. I may not have any exboyfriend jewelry to sell (I’m a give it back kind of girl), but I’ll consider it savings to pass on when I eventually do find a great bargain I must have.

Of course, my next non-necessity will be a Nintendo Wii. When you really want to show affection for your near and dears, host a virtual bowling tournament. Oh it’s so on!

P.S. If I do ever shop for real jewelry in an actual jewelry store, I’ll be shopping at Robbins Bros. Not only does their marketing not suck, but their service, product and policies are exceptional. I would guarantee to my closest friends and family that they would be more then satisfied with a Robbins Bros. experience.