2ch netizens lambasted a woman who posted online that she didn’t know what to do now that her boyfriend had given her an engagement ring. The problem? The diamond was so small, it made her cry.
The young woman left a long post on Oshiete! Goo (which is similar to Yahoo! Answers), saying that she feared female friends would criticize her for having a 0.24 carat Tiffany ring. Those who responded to the post tried to help the woman see that there were more important things in life, while others said she should leave her boyfriend for his benefit, if not her own. 2ch netizens, however, were not quite so polite.
Does size matter? Or is a diamond, no matter how small, forever?
From Oshiete Goo!:
The Diamond On My Engagement Ring Was Small And I Couldn’t Help Crying About It
Posted by: mellycos
Posted on: 09/09/2013
I’m 22 years old. My boyfriend is 25. He is in his second year of working for a company.
He gave me an engagement ring.
It’s TIFFANY, and 0.24 carats.
The diamond was so small that I cried from shock.
I’m not particularly bothered about wedding ceremonies, so my boyfriend and I had even said that we’d be fine with a simple ceremony in a coffee-shop or cafe.
I’m also not particularly bothered about a honey-moon.
The only thing I was bothered about, was the engagement ring.
What’s more, we’re both awful with children, so I don’t really plan on having kids in the future.
And still, when I saw that small diamond in the engagement ring, I was so shocked that I was hyperventilating, and having a crying fit.
My mother and aunt are the type of people who will criticise me by saying things like “Wow, the diamond on your wedding ring is pretty small, isn’t it?”
It really hurts me to think that I’m probably going to be told that.
I’m the type of girl who’s warm and really girly (I don’t think so myself, but those around me tell me I am), so other girls have often tried to find fault with me.
For example, just because I hadn’t talked about my boyfriend in a while, people were smirking and all like “You haven’t talked about your boyfriend in a while — did you guys break up?”
My boyfriend bought me a Gucci watch from Donki, and when I wore it, everyone complimented me “Oh that’s such a cute watch”.
But then, when I was with female friends, they told me “Yeah, but that one’s from Donki, right?” and I’ve often had other girls say stuff like this to me, finding fault with me.
And that’s why I have no self-confidence, and anyway, I guess that even if I wear the diamond ring, I’m going to be told by my parents, aunt, and women around me that “The diamond is small”.
I cried with shock.
I hate that the diamond is small, and I hate myself even more for crying over it.
Because I have no self-confidence, I think that if I wear a small diamond, then I might lose my self-confidence unnecessarily.
And, although my boyfriend said that he’d spend about 350,000 yen [$3561] on a ring, it looks like he only spent about 300,000 yen [$3052] in total.
This was an engagement ring that I will only get once in my life, and I just think it’s awful that my boyfriend tried to scrimp on it.
I just don’t know what to do for the best.
Comments from 2ch.net:
キングコングニードロップ(SB-iPhone)：
Huh. Well, break up with him then, munter.
ドラゴンスクリュー(SB-iPhone)：
Why don’t you just die?
垂直落下式DDT(東京都)：
Dying is for the best.
ミッドナイトエクスプレス(西日本)：
Mental wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
キドクラッチ(東京都)：
The stone itself isn’t worth all that much, so don’t care about it.
Instead, just be happy that he’s going to marry you.
32文ロケット砲(神奈川県)：
For real.
This is what women are like.
ドラゴンスリーパー(岐阜県)：
Aside from in the bubble era, these days I reckon most engagement rings cost between 150,000 and 150,000 yen.
シャイニングウィザード(庭)：
At any rate, she must have been the one who told him she wanted TIFFANY.
Had it been another brand, it would have been a better diamond.
ショルダーアームブリーカー(大阪府)：
I’ll give you a lovely stone I found in the river, so cheer up.
栓抜き攻撃(catv?)：
How the hell do you bring up a kid to create a woman this stupid?
マシンガンチョップ(内モンゴル自治区)：
And this is what she writes at 22.
Damn, her husband’s going to have it tough.
トペ コンヒーロ(チベット自治区)：
So you’re bad with kids in the first place?
Why are you getting married?
That’s not going to be your job, is it?
トラースキック(庭)：
It’s just someone trolling isn’t it?
ダブルニードロップ(埼玉県)：
When it comes to rings, women are pretty strict.
She must have an important position in the female hierarchy.
What an asshole.
アキレス腱固め(新疆ウイグル自治区)：
She ain’t gonna know. Just get her a big glass stone.
バックドロップ(大阪府)：
Nah, 0.24 carats is a bit on the small side I reckon.
The fact that it cost 300,000 yen means that the colour, quality and cut of the diamond must have been to a high standard.
But you know, appearance is important.
キングコングラリアット(茸)：[in response to above]
Yeah, but if it’s 300,000 yen with a diamond, then isn’t that going to be one of the cheaper rings at Tiffany?
シャイニングウィザード(dion軍)：
Yeah, because it’s Tiffany it’s going to be waaaay expensive even if the diamond is small.
Because it’s a brand those rings are even expensive to buy at a pawn shop.
シャイニングウィザード(SB-iPhone)：
Her post really pissed me off.
膝靭帯固め(熊本県)：
Size isn’t what’s important.
Hardness is.
ハイキック(新疆ウイグル自治区)：
She’s dissatisfied with making a 25 year old spend 300,000 yen w
Marriage is frightening.
アイアンクロー(愛知県)：
What’s enjoyable for a man to go out with a woman like that?
