buying the missurs a necklace for anniversary/birthday/valentine/dont-say-i-dont-do-anything-nice gift.
complete jewelry noob. found something I liked, mixed and matched some stuff for originality, told them the budget, found out price, all looking good. and then she told me how much the actual chain was gonna cost. "exsqeeze me? cant just use sterling or something?" "you could.... but mixing metals risky" ffs...
then realised still cheaper than turbo lol. and that made me feel less bad.
but seriously, precious stones and gold: what a waste of resources. and to think how much Tiffany & cronies charge for a brand. cot dayum.
At least with pearls or silk you can make it. There is no finite supply, it just takes time and skill and I'd much rather pay for that.