Is it immoral to wear diamonds?

[whatevergirl]

what is your motivation for having diamonds?
To flaunt them
See how rich I am .
Envy me.
Vanity.
diamonds make me feel more important
I would say in all those cases yes it is immoral.
I can’t think of a valid reason to buy diamonds.
oh you want to decorate Mary’s crown for May day! possibly
but are you getting credit for the donation. Vanity again.

I don’t think you can speak for all women–some might be vain. No more vain than a man who drives a Mercedes sports coupe, for example. I wouldn’t judge others if I were you–it’s up there with…umm…vanity.

 

[maggieodae]

There is nothing wrong with being rich - got super rich relatives that landed me in Naples to begin with and LOVE them to pieces. Generous and amazing hearts.
I guess I just feel that a ring costing $156,000 is excessive.

I liken it to eating. Everyone needs to eat -though some become gluttons. Where is the fine line? That becomes an individual thing. But in my head crossing over from $5000 ring to a $156,000 is my excessive mark.
And to see the ring that I am discussing, it was very much “in your face” bauble.

But with many things, the cut off is a personal one before something becomes an occasion of sin - vanity, greed, gluttony, porn, etc. Jewels are no different I would say.

I agree. All things can be done to excess.

 

[LeahInancsi]

Has anyone here ever bought a ‘faux’ diamond…one that looks believeable…or anything from QVC?

I have many Diamoniques from QVC. Since I’m not in the habit of wearing rings, I bought a three stone Diamonique from QVC so I can get used to wearing a big ring before I inherit the diamonds I mentioned earlier. If I lose the QVC ring, no big deal. Most of the time the QVC Diamoniques are too big to be believable.

 

[LeahInancsi]

Even though some of us are not the diamond-wearing type, wouldn’t it be a shame to send those heirlooms to the grave rather than passing them on to future generations? After all, if your great-grandmother and grandmother had been buried with those diamonds, you wouldn’t have them to cherish today. Just a thought…

Pax,
CarrieH

Unfortunately, there are no future generations. I am the very last.

 

[ElizabethAnne]

I have a small diamond engagement ring and even smaller diamond stud earrings. My husband bought me the former, and it is my favorite of all my possessions. He had it made especially for me by a jeweler, and it reminds me of him all day every day. I’ve also noticed that it looks prettiest when I am in church. I don’t know what it is about the lighting at Mass, but it always seems to sparkle more. I like to think that it’s God’s presence.

The earrings I bought when I received a small inheritance after my great-grandfather died. I sent half the money to CRS and with the other half I bought the earrings, and they always remind me of my grandfather who was a great man. I miss him very much.

I just cannot think how such things could be sinful.

 

[CarrieH]

Unfortunately, there are no future generations. I am the very last.

I’m in the same boat as you, unless my one and only nephew marries and they have children, and that doesn’t seem too likely at this point. If not, I will leave my few pieces of valuable jewelry as part of my estate, to be liquidated and the money given to charity rather than being buried in my “bling.” But what you do with yours is your choice, of course; after all, they came from the ground to begin with. Of course, my estate plan is assuming that I still have these pieces at the time of my death – I was to inherit my mother’s engagement ring and another diamond ring of hers, but those were stolen in a robbery. :crying: I felt as if I had been violated even though my house was not the one robbed, not because I care too much about the cash value of the rings, but because of the sentimental value (esp. the engagement ring). This just goes to show that it doesn’t pay to become too attached to anything of the material world. sigh
MT 6:19-20 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal."

 

[LeahInancsi]

I’m in the same boat as you, unless my one and only nephew marries and they have children, and that doesn’t seem too likely at this point. If not, I will leave my few pieces of valuable jewelry as part of my estate, to be liquidated and the money given to charity rather than being buried in my “bling.” But what you do with yours is your choice, of course; after all, they came from the ground to begin with. "

I don’t even have a nephew or anyone else. One thing to keep in mind is that these are not very good quality diamonds. Their value is purely sentimental.

In the next 20 years, I may have a change of heart, but right now I can’t bear the thought of parting with then even in death.

Also, when you take into consideration that I may leave a little over a million dollars, I’m sure the Church will get their fair share.

 

[CarrieH]

I don’t even have a nephew or anyone else. One thing to keep in mind is that these are not very good quality diamonds. Their value is purely sentimental.

Even “good quality diamonds” are worth a shocking amount less than one might think when it comes time to sell them. I found this out the hard way when I unloaded some of my jewelry.

Once again it comes down to a person’s motivation for wearing diamonds, and that is not for anyone else to judge. It is one thing to wear one’s “rocks” for the sake of showing off, and quite another matter to wear them because they keep our loved ones “close at hand,” literally. For those of us who have little or no family, this may be all we have to keep us feeling connected to our earthly ancestors until we hope to meet again in heaven. I’m sure I would wear my mother’s engagement ring if it hadn’t been stolen, even though I’m not a “jewelry-person” by nature. So the jewelry-police had best mind their own business; judging others is as much of a sin as is pride or vanity.

 

[LilyM]

I don’t even have a nephew or anyone else. One thing to keep in mind is that these are not very good quality diamonds. Their value is purely sentimental.

In the next 20 years, I may have a change of heart, but right now I can’t bear the thought of parting with then even in death.

Also, when you take into consideration that I may leave a little over a million dollars, I’m sure the Church will get their fair share.

Leave 'em to a friend?

My mother has quite the collection of jewellery - plenty of cheap and cheerful pieces as well as some very high-quality stuff. She’s promised to leave each of her children a piece. I don’t care whether I get the diamonds or the glass, to have something to remember her by will be lovely.

 

[maria29]

I’d love a diamond ring, but what I’d really like even better is Bakelite jewelry which is even more expensive than a diamond and its not even a jewel!

 

[whatevergirl]

I’d love a diamond ring, but what I’d really like even better is Bakelite jewelry which is even more expensive than a diamond and its not even a jewel!

hi maria–can you give me a website link? I have never heard of this jewelry?

 

[maria29]

hi maria–can you give me a website link? I have never heard of this jewelry?

Bakelite, is only expensive because its an antique not because its a jewel or stone. But if you’re interested here is antique store online that sells it or just go to ebay…

 

[whatevergirl]

I’m going with a lovely moissanite ring…I have been researching the diamonds vs moissanite…tried on many rings…and I have fallen in love with this stone…it is still pricy, but nowhere near like diamonds…and I don’t have to feel ‘conflicted’ with blood diamonds, etc…tried to post a pic, but can’t figure it out. Anywho…thanks for posting everyone.

 

[Al_Masetti]

Only if you stole the money to buy them.