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Why don't women buy their own engagement rings?
A wife is no longer the prize she once was. She's more a liability than an asset. The major liability is divorce. Then ongoing health and living expenses which increase with age. And then everything else. So why must a man giver her an expensive piece of junk to start this deal?
Since it's usually women insisting on marriage why don't the women buy the rings? Or how about whoever insists on the legal religious contract pays for the accessories? Same goes for the wedding ceremony, bride's dress, and all the other atrociously over-priced props from an industry that preys on female Barbie Doll fantasies. Most guys could live just fine without any of it whatsoever.