-Removed-I wear a simple gold wedding ring at all times (never taken it off in 25 years) and when I was a Christian I sometimes wore a small St. Christopher medallion that my mother gave me when I moved abroad (on the morning I set off, in fact). That's all. Not much past form on the jewellery front to show for a person now stuck into his sixth decade! 🙂
I think it makes men look effeminate. If they choose to look like that that's up to them, and it doesn't necessarily mean they won't attract female attention.
Remember that verse about the 'little faggot with the earring and the makeup' in Dire Straits' 'Money for Nothing'?
Edit: not that I mean this offensively, it's just a great song and the verse (and the whole song) is sung as by a certain type of character.
I am opposed to Kant in this respect. He identified beauty with
disinterested pleasure and contrasted the aesthetic with the
practical. The other point of view equates beauty with "suitedness"
to use.
I am for the latter in this respect. My basic jewelry consists of my
wedding ring and a €20 Casio watch which is a bit younger than
I am --and I am not a spring chicken. Sometimes, though, I also
add a Star of David pendant hanging from a very simple and thin
necklace, though it is a personal thing and wear it always underneath
for it not to show. I could argue that it is for safety reasons but I
would be lying, as I use it typically when I am also sporting a kippah.
Overall, I consider jewelry superfluous unless it is suited for a
particular occasion and the rest of the outfit.
Originally posted by wolfgang59Something along the lines of the Emperor's New Jewellery would be the ultimate in discreetness (only you would notice and compliment her on it) and it would have the added advantage of costing nothing.
My wife likes discreet jewellery so I occasionally indulge her.
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Originally posted by SeitseYou've stepped it up man! Never thought I'd hear you start a sentence, "I am opposed to Kant in this respect..."
I am opposed to Kant in this respect. He identified beauty with
disinterested pleasure and contrasted the aesthetic with the
practical. The other point of view equates beauty with "suitedness"
to use.
I am for the latter in this respect. My basic jewelry consists of my
wedding ring and a €20 Casio watch which is a bit younger than
I am --and I am not ...[text shortened]... jewelry superfluous unless it is suited for a
particular occasion and the rest of the outfit.
(*"I'm opposed to suppositories," maybe, "I'm opposed to cantaloupes,' plausibly. "Kant' I never expected).