Will you pay $5000 for BULGARI ring?

P/S - "BULGARI" - purposely spelt wrongly.

My story seeks to question the need for an expensive artificial thing to be placed on a part of our body.

Yes, it is a very expensive ring on a finger of a possibly very beautiful lady, bought by a well-bonused husband in the banking industry, during the fateful Valentine Day. This act was related to me by my wife, perhaps with a reason :).

I want to discuss the reasons for and against such an act.

"It is worth it if it is for daily use." She is using the depreciation principle to justify the purchase of a $5,000 ring ie. $5,000 over 5 years is only $2.70 a day. "Really value for money." Ok the numbers are there but what values will you derive from using it?

• You feel good and confident about yourself. And thus perform better in your business and career.
• Your business partners / colleagues will see you in a different light.
• Bosses will therefore not ask you to do silly things and assign you to the more classier stuff.
• It is a store of wealth (especially when the wealth was gifted from husband). - ie. when you need money, you can sell it albeit possibly at a significant loss. But still money right?
• You get a bit of upper class treatment at restaurants and musicals. That is assuming we, your fellow colleagues, waiters, .... all know a BVLGARI ring when we see it. Well maybe you do, but I can't tell the difference.

You wouldn't mind the extra weight that your body has to bear.. only a few carats more, nor the higher crime risk performable against you.

So there you have it. There are justifications to having an expensive jewellery on your body. I will now wear my finger-thicked gold chain on my neck.