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VeblenAndEngagementRings 10 - 03 Apr 2008 - Main.NicoleMedham
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Concerning our discussion of engagement rings: if an engagement ring is used by a man to vicariously demonstrate his wealth through his soon-to-be wife, does the same idea apply to the quality of a woman’s wedding band? If so, isn't it redundant for the man wear a wedding band as well? Or instead, is the quality of wedding bands, compared to an engagement ring, a conspicuous demonstration of wealth of the _Italic text_couple (and if so, why do they tend to be more modest than engagement rings?)?
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 I'm wondering if the husband's wedding band is really a signal that he has a wife for which he buys expensive gifts, or rather if it simply is a symbol that he is "manly" enough to provide for a FAMILY (especially back in the time when it was expected that every married couple would have several children). I'm not sure that male wedding band= showering wife with expensive gifts. If it does, my mother will be sorely disappointed to learn this...

-- WhytneBrooks - 01 Apr 2008

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Julian, your analysis of the level of care you received as it related to your clothes is similar to complaints people of color have made as well. Minority shoppers are automatically made to feel as if they shouldn't even be in high end stores because they are just looking and can't afford the merchandise.

As for the wedding bands--I'd always thought that the bands worn by men as merely a symbol of their marital state and a sign for other woman to back off. Well, that is if those women respect the institution of marriage.

-- NicoleMedham - 03 Apr 2008

 
 
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