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Friday, July 23rd, 2004 01:29 pm
I never wanted one of these anyway.

However, during my jewelry store quest, I couldn't help but notice how focused the stores here are on pitching diamonds as The Only Option for a romantic gift, engagement ring, wedding ring, or for any piece of jewelry. Every store has a diamond in its sign, every store has diamond ads, and other gemstones are all but invisible.

I found the diamond pushing as offputting as all the wedding this, wedding that ads I keep seeing everywhere, insisting I cannot get married without them.

Diamonds are for never