If we aren't the best example of a culture obsessed with filling the
gaping maw of materialism and greed, then I'll be a monkey's uncle (or
aunt). What better example of all this than the push present
-- that little something (hopefully diamond something) given to the
person who pushes the baby out (fills out the adoption paperwork?
worries the most?)
Personally, I received an incredibly touching
card more beautiful than any diamond the day after my third daughter
was born, so I'm inclined to believe expensive jewels aren't necessary
(I was high on hormones and sitting on an ice pack. What can I say?)...
but obviously not everyone agrees with me. Notably Tiffany's and Blue Nile...
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