• Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org
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    9 days ago

    So in her opinion poor people shouldn’t get married or have relationships? That’s some rather odd gatekeeping.

    If we ignore the useless traditions around marriage and won’t feed this overpriced industry. It’s completely possible to get married rather cheaply and it will not effect the marriage.

    I’m fairly sure that this particular marriage will last longer and be much better than many of the ones that spend completely insane amounts or even worse go into dept to get married.

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      9 days ago

      i found a stunning ring on etsy that only cost 400 (the most i can spare for now)…there are options, and diamonds are overrated and i dont trust the “ethical sources” claims that big jewellers give

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        9 days ago

        Only costing and triple digit numbers don’t go together in the same sentence.

        Marriage is just a legally binding contract, there’s nothing special about it. We don’t spend significant amounts of money when singing a NDA or employment contract or even just clicking “agree” in the terms and conditions contract.

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      9 days ago

      The generous take might be that they’re just being realistic and blunt about marriage: historically and even in many modern social contexts, marriage is more an expression of resource security/stability than an expression of love.

      It’s not how we like to talk about marriage–the motivations, values, and ideals that make marriage meaningful… But sociologically, security/stability typically plays a pretty big role.