Are Gadgets Replacing Diamond Rings In Britain?
Two decades ago, a gift usually meant jewellery when it was for your wife or girlfriend. Today, in a poll that was conducted on 2500 Britons who are married, 60% said that they would rather buy their wives something useful like a gadget. Maybe this is to be expected when times are a bit hard – when usefulness takes precedence over what is regarded as a luxury item. Fewer couples are also doing what they call frivolous spending on birthday gifts for each other.
Men are spending less on engagement rings and there are fewer eternity rings being given as presents. Obviously, most people want to make sure that they are spending more frugally and what they spend on should have some kind of utility value. However, as history has shown us often enough, once times are good again, things will go back to being what they were. Luxury never really goes out of style, even if the brakes are put on it for a spell.
Tags: diamond rings, engagement rings
