The Turtle Love Co. blog » A Diamond is Forever http://blog.turtlelovecommittee.com artisan.indie.eco. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:03:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 www.aDiamondisExpensive.com http://blog.turtlelovecommittee.com/parodies/wwwadiamondisexpensivecom/ http://blog.turtlelovecommittee.com/parodies/wwwadiamondisexpensivecom/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:11:17 +0000 Turtle Love Committee http://turtlelovecommittee.wordpress.com/?p=44 Here’s another spoof on the DeBeers “A Diamond is Forever” campaign.  We designed this ourselves.  Some people will hate it, and others will find it hilarious.  Let us know what you think either way!

]]> http://blog.turtlelovecommittee.com/parodies/wwwadiamondisexpensivecom/feed/ 0 Demetri Martin’s DeBeers spoof http://blog.turtlelovecommittee.com/parodies/demetri-martin-debeers-spoof/ http://blog.turtlelovecommittee.com/parodies/demetri-martin-debeers-spoof/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:46:06 +0000 Turtle Love Committee http://turtlelovecommittee.wordpress.com/?p=27 Here’s a link to a funny video from Important Things with Demetri Martin, aired February 11.  It’s a pretty funny spoof of the Diamond is Forever campaign.  (It’s only a little more than a minute long.)

]]> http://blog.turtlelovecommittee.com/parodies/demetri-martin-debeers-spoof/feed/ 0 Two DAYS’ Salary http://blog.turtlelovecommittee.com/engagement-rings-and-wedding-bands/two-days-salary/ http://blog.turtlelovecommittee.com/engagement-rings-and-wedding-bands/two-days-salary/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:32:28 +0000 Turtle Love Committee http://turtlelovecommittee.wordpress.com/?p=19 Turtle Love Committee is about emphasizing thoughtfulness and sweetness in our relationships.  Wedding and engagement rings are important social signifiers, but the message should be about commitment, not about wealth.

The notion that an engagement ring should cost two months’ salary confuses the issue.  (Check out this link from adiamondisforever.com for explicit details.)  Yes, if you spend a lot of money on a gift for someone, that demonstrates commitment.  But there is the risk that the financial commitment involved in the “traditional” diamond engagement ring will obscure the more important emotional commitment that an engagement ring is intended to represent.

Of course, plenty of people manage to have very happy marriages and diamond engagement rings.  But spending less money on an engagement ring is an intentional choice to focus attention exclusively on the emotional commitment and not on the financial commitment.

Besides, imagine all the awesome things one could do with an extra two months’ salary!

P.S.  If almost 83% of brides receive a diamond engagement ring, that means that more than 17% don’t.  Here’s to the road less traveled!

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