Posted on 12/19/2005 8:52:52 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
Call them "Desperate Husbands" -- men who wait until the last minute to go Christmas shopping. Men who wear procrastination as a badge of honor.
Girlie men shop online or visit the mall in November, wrap their presents and stash them in the closet.
Real men put off shopping until Dec. 24.
Because men don't shop. They buy. They are goal-oriented. And what they end up buying is jewelry.
Diamond jewelry, to be exact. Square-shaped or pear-shaped, from Harry Winston to Wal-Mart, from Tiffany's to Target, the most dangerous place to be on Christmas Eve is between a desperate husband and a jewelry counter.
"We have men rolling up at 3:30 on Christmas Eve," said Katie Mulcahy, manager of the Old Town Alexandria jewelry store Mystique. "They know exactly what they want. We love that. They're easier to sell if they're desperate."Men, she explained, do not have a Plan B. Most likely, in the most dire cases, say five minutes before the store's closing, they will buy up rather than down. "A lot of times you can guilt them into spending more," she said. Because at that point, the only alternative is a Chia Pet from the 7-Eleven.
Mystique rakes in at least one-third of its annual sales in the four days before Christmas, Ms. Mulcahy said. "I'm sure it's the same all across the country," she said. "Men put off Christmas shopping until the last minute. It's like homework for them."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Diamonds are worthless and will be even more so in the future.
The companies Gemesis and Apollo Diamond, which are in the USA, have technology to produce 1-carat diamonds for less than $150 each.
Apollo Diamond could manufacture diamonds for $5 a carat.
Read all about the story here:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html?pg=1&topic=&topic_set=
I have waited for the last minute many times and have never turned into a diamond or any other mineral for that matter.
I am not quite sure what reaction the average woman would have to wake up o Christmas morning and find her husband is now a big ol' diamond.
"I am not quite sure what reaction the average woman would have to wake up o Christmas morning and find her husband is now a big ol' diamond."
Don't know either, but you could try turning her grandmother into one.
http://www.lifegem.com/
I like your attitude!
Have you ever noticed that the smaller the wedding ring, the longer it stays on the finger? A word of advice for single men: If she is into fine jewelry, and thinks you should care, run like the wind. She'll bring you nothing but greif.
Hmmmm..Mine too. He's become addicted to the catalogs that come pouring in all year. Next year, I'm going to start throwing the catalogs in the garbage before he gets to see them.
Yes, I know this from experience. :)
I used to live by Michigan ave in Chicago. A cab ride and fast movement through stores on Dec 24 could get gifts for 12 people done and gift wrapped beautifully in about 3 hours. That's power shopping!
Pussies put crap off they don't like doing until the last minute, then do what the De Beers Cartel has paid the Washington Times to tell them to do.
Real men buy their wives a new Glock because they know black goes with everything, they've been selective in choosing their women, and they know the "ice" should be for beer.
I love men.
They're hunters.
Yeah, so does my boyfriend.
"That's where the deals are."
Only if you're prepared to walk away.
I bought a new car at 5:30 Christmas Eve once.
The salesman was sitting at his desk and gave every indication that he was glad to see another human being.
I left with a new car and only three hundred off the sticker on a two year old car. I missed getting him to throw in the radio so he got $90 on top. We were both pleased with the deal.
He got to go back to his sales manager and say he sold one of the last six units remaining on Chritmas Eve. Hell they probably gave the guy a bonus.
I think I remember an old country song whose title was 'I'm Just a Lump of Coal Now, But Someday I'll Be a Diamond'. Keep humming that song to my wife, she aint buying.
I remember in the first years of our marriage, my husband and I agreed not to get each other Christmas presents. Imagine my shock and sorrow when we woke up Christmas morning and he had presents under the tree from me...but not a single gift from him to me. I was crushed. It was one of our most memorable fights.
I can just imagine the look on the kids' faces when they look under the tree.
"A Big Beef Burrito!........ And Ding Dongs! Just what I've always wanted!!!
:-p
But if you ust buy a diamond, buy from one of the poor African producers that are not part of the DeBeers cartel. DeBeers call these stones "conflict diamonds" or "blood diamonds" to guilt you out of buying from lower-cost producers.
I totally agree. Too bad it hasn't happen... yet.
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