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People buy diamonds for a lot of the same 'irrational' reasons they believe in religion. Brainwashing. Girls have it pounded into their head over and over all their lives that this diamond is a MUST so they never think with their own brains about it. 99% of people would never spend $10K on a single piece of jewlery, if it was logic and reason, as opposed to pure brainwashing, that was governing their decisions. So actually it's a very sad aspect that I hate about humanity. Susceptibility to being brainwashed and the need to fit in, and the fear of not fitting in. All the above are mental disorders. And by the way just because "everyone is doing it" doesn't mean it's not a mental disorder. It is.

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Alot of women think this of men when they see us drop $60k-80k+ on car instead of getting a cheapo Toyota.

Well, they might, but your ring doesn't get you anywhere faster and more comfortable.

Also you don't attract men with a ring, but the other way around...*

*This is not my way of thinking, but it exists out there.

The ring is bragging rights...

I drive a sports car.... some women love it others wonder why it's not quiet(it's a convertible) or super smooth and assume it's broken.

Have you seen the cars most women buy? Slowest, low mpg, boat like cars on the road. Basically Toyota in a nutshell, no wonder they do so well.

To be fair, I don't think people spending their money stupidly on overpriced things is specific to one gender or the other : )

Also nuts, if you ask me. You can get a perfectly good second hand car for a tenth of that. Unless you want a Tesla; then you've got to pay.

I think something like expensive weddings and wedding rings, are totally a product of brainwashing of girls, to set their expectations from an early age. It's totally different from when someone buys an expensive car, or house, or even when a man buys guns, boats or other expensive 'man toys'. Girls have it pounded into their heads from childhood that their wedding day is going to be the greatest day of their lives, and the ring is symbolic of that. So they are brainwashed about the whole ordeal. There is no other word in the English language that better describes this phenomenon than brainwashing. It's no coincidence Weddings happen in Churches either. Church is the "House of Brainwashing", and the building and location around which all brainwashing is centered.

Wouldn't the idea that it's normal to have those "disorders" make it contrary to the definition of "disorder" in the first place?

No, once a particular disorder goes over 50% of the population, it doesn't magically become healthy, just because it's the norm. The fact that something is a disorder has nothing to do with how many people are afflicted by it. However, like 99% of social media disagreements among people, it comes down to who's definition of a word is right doesn't it.

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