#and cheap enough that money is saved for the children i'll hvae after marriage.......

[triplecreature]

Idk if this is just really unpopular or what because whenever I try looking up this question to better understand the other side I can't find any satisfying results (or maybe search engines are just dead...) but I really don't get the hype for natural gems vs. synthetic gems in the context of jewelry, in cases where the synthetic ones are like 99.99% the same and nobody would ever know unless you got an expert to peer at it with specialized tools?

Like ok it's kinda cool if it was formed in the ground, I'd probably be willing to pay a little upcharge for stuff that has an interesting origin, but when the natural ones are sometimes TRIPLE the price??? How is that worth it?? Also I'm not saying every mine is a slavery death trap but some people are willing to overlook it if it is?

Everything I see is just like "oh ya the synthetics are the same, chemically it's identical... but yknow, some ppl prefer the natural mined gems, it's just ur choice ^_^" wait but why would you ever choose the overpriced option if it's the same?? What's the reason? This isn't ever explained anywhere and I just don't get it???

The only good reason I've seen: a woman who expresses a lifelong autistic hyperfixation on the processes of minerals forming in the ground. ok. i can understand, because it is extremely relevant to her interests. but this is not most people.

Worst reason I've seen: "so I can brag about the price tag 😏" WHAT! WHY! WHO CARES fsdgkljhlskhg how do you even admit something so shallow so brazenly without shame... especially if it's an engagement ring, is conspicuous consumption all that matters to you about marriage....... also if anyone asks you can just say "none of ur business" or exaggerate, it's not like the receipt is going to be forcibly circulated around for everyone to see?

Weirdest reason I've seen: woman who says that it's important to her that she gets the chance to suck the magical powers out of gems and apparently it only works with mined gems and not synthetics even though they're chemically the same... ok i guess apparently the spilled blood of 3rd world child laborers makes the powers stronger. my bad I did not know that.