Post from Tighrope

It was with some sympathy, some subtle sadness, that she talked of women buying themselves jewelry. Herself married, something expected of her generation, noted a friend never married: 48 years single, Her desire for a ring. The lack of wedding was implied unfortunate. A man would never buy her diamonds. She mentioned how DeBeers recently tapped into her friend's predicament for marketing purposes: the predicament of this middle age, the avera ...