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[Fafine]

Might as well buy her s&p500 stocks then

[Gumby]

Hehe never brags about himself, only the people in his family & social circles!

[CivicBlues]

Reminds me of this:

YouTube

[68style]

Well, there was the fattest red envelopes ever... just money laundering $50k wires back and forth between multiple regions of the world lol

[Badhobz]

exactly!!! unless she can put a string on it, and hang it around her stupid neck like a human cow bell, its moot

[6793026]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

you cant. You literally cant.... the only way to tell is if the "setting" is of a certain manufacturer and its distinctively theirs.

no one will ever ask to see if it's tiffany.
no one will ever take off their ring to see if it's birks.

so
a) ensure there is a certificate, that its a diamond (whatever type.)
b) just make sure you know the size, cut and clarity and tell your wife and screen shot so she can brag
c) I went to a resizing guy and under the microscope, he said he can't tell lab versus real.
d) No one will ever ask if it's a real or not. the best rebuttal my friend said was IVF related. yes it's lab grown.. so what, my kids are all lab grown cause we can't have a kid, and had to be inseminated in a test tube, then put back into my wife... you want to tell me that the kid is not real?

[Badhobz]

Fake kids !!! Fake kids !!!! Knock off children !!! Booooo

[Gumby]

Lab grown kids may cost more than Tiffany/Birks/etc. diamond rings!

[mikemhg]

Is a lab grown diamond ring for $5K considered a lot?

My GF has been hinting an engagement ring, and I believe the one she was looking at was lab grown out of Australia.

She initially said $6K was the one she liked, but I'm honestly opposed to spending so much on a damn ring here.

[Badhobz]

Depending on how big that is, I wouldn’t spend more than a grand on lab made diamonds. They can talk all the shit they want, it literally cost them nothing to make it. The gold or platinum around the diamond will be worth more than the actual rock itself.

[donk.]

Originally Posted by mikemhg

She initially said $6K was the one she liked, but I'm honestly opposed to spending so much on a damn ring here.

Throw the idea of spending 1k on a ring instead, and the other 5k on a vacation, and see how she responds. If your already doing a honeymoon or whatever, then tell her you will put 5k towards the next vacation

The above obviously depends on your net worth / income as well, hehe could throw 50k at a ring and not even blink

I personally think rings are a waste of money, at least the vacation is something both of you can enjoy together

[HonestTea]

Originally Posted by mikemhg

Is a lab grown diamond ring for $5K considered a lot?

My GF has been hinting an engagement ring, and I believe the one she was looking at was lab grown out of Australia.

She initially said $6K was the one she liked, but I'm honestly opposed to spending so much on a damn ring here.

That's ridiculous, $6K for a lab grown diamond?!

[Badhobz]

Originally Posted by donk.

hehe could throw 50k at a ring and not even blink

Don’t you mean HEHAs dad could throw 50k ? Hehe is basically destitute from being so humble… at least that’s what I gathered.

[Hondaracer]

Originally Posted by westopher

The beautiful history of some African kids dying in a mine to enrich someone in the 15th generation of wealth isn't that romantic either.
I think it's great that the newer generations aren't getting scammed nearly as often by these ideas. Spend the money on the honeymoon and a place to live instead.

When you don’t buy your diamond from the mall, and actually get something decent, you generally know exactly where it came from.

My wife’s diamond is from northern Canada, it’s also appraised at almost double what I paid for insurance purposes, so felt like a win even though neither of us are too big on jewelry.

As per my other remarks regarding “flexing” with a vehicle, jewelry is also generally a “flex” for poor people.

Wearing 1/4 of your net worth around your neck on the skytrain probably isn’t the smartest move.

[westopher]

Where your diamond came from now doesn't change the entire history of how the diamond ring scam came to be historically.
Some of the diamond mines in Canada are still owned by parent companies that have literal centuries of blood on their hands through family history and are still tied in with all the same bullshit. It's like saying you don't support arms dealers and having a GE washing machine.
I don't care if you've got it, but don't act like you've somehow avoided the story behind it with your savvy purchasing. I've purchased the same shit and now know I would buy a lab diamond based on it eating into these diamond companies future.

[Gumby]

Any recommendations for a bbq cleaning service?

[Hondaracer]

lol ok bra.. you think you’re Nelson Mandela or some shit? Lol come on. Every single fucking thing we consume or own is at the expense of others. The avocados on my counter are from New Zealand, the oranges are from Mexico, just bought a suitcase for my mom for Mother’s Day, locally designed, built in China.

I hope you’re living in a shack in the woods powered by solar panels you assembled yourself from the minerals you mined, because you’ve got quite an attitude from up on that high horse buddy

I don’t have any illusions about diamonds in general, I’m sure we both could have done without one, but unlike seemingly a lot of people, my wife wasn’t talking about needing a 1.5 ct prior to our engagement lol

[Badhobz]

Originally Posted by 68style

This one should be titled "Westopher vs Hondaracer"

FIGHT!!!!!!!!

[westopher]

Dude you aren't fucking getting it. I talk shit about the diamond industry and you come in on a soapbox "BUT MINE DOESNT DO THAT"
No ones judging you for getting one, we all have fucking iPhones. I'm just judging you for thinking you somehow circumvented that all.
You are the one coming in here with the holier than thou bullshit.
BTW congrats on the NZ avocados though. Those are actually probably pretty good in terms of farming practices.

[Hondaracer]

Costco

[PeanutButter]

Originally Posted by Gumby

Any recommendations for a bbq cleaning service?

Check out bbq_girlz on instagram. She's local.

[supafamous]

Originally Posted by Gumby

Any recommendations for a bbq cleaning service?

https://www.vancouverbbqboys.com

My brother and I both used these guys. Run by a couple UBC kids - polite, on-time, didn't make a mess and the work was good. They don't steam clean though so it won't be like new but steam cleaning costs a lot more (when I got quotes back in the day I think it was like $400)

[Badhobz]

Just do what us China menz do and go return the bbq at Costco instead of cleaning it.

[Gumby]

Originally Posted by PeanutButter

Check out bbq_girlz on instagram. She's local.

Ahh she does nice work, but I have a larger Weber Genesis 3-burner grill...

Originally Posted by supafamous

https://www.vancouverbbqboys.com

My brother and I both used these guys. Run by a couple UBC kids - polite, on-time, didn't make a mess and the work was good. They don't steam clean though so it won't be like new but steam cleaning costs a lot more (when I got quotes back in the day I think it was like $400)

Thanks for the recommendation. Out of curiosity, I'll get a quote from BBQ B Clean (they steam clean) but my Weber only cost around $1000 new, so $400 does seem a bit high. The Vancouver BBQ Boys website says $175 which seems pretty reasonable given the work they do.

[EvoFire]

Wow that's tempting, because I tried cleaning my BBQ but I have no idea if I am doing the right thing. But my BBQ is also nowhere near as dirty as the ones on the bbq_girlz page.

Super tempted to make an appointment with the bbq boys.....