the baby bonus
Dec. 6th, 2007 05:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmIt is, despite the tone of the Times, hardly a new idea. Certainly it was a done thing in the world of my childhood, but like the non-romantic vision of the engagement ring, it was a form of insurance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/fashion/06push.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/fashion/06push.html
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Date: 2007-12-07 02:13 pm (UTC)The article doesn't say much about the occupations of the men involved or the cost of the jewelry. Are these guys so rolling-in-it that their wives would lose face by not getting the occasional new rock to show off to their girlfriends? Are they too busy trying to make partner, or whatever, to spend significant time with their families, and using the bling as a substitute? Are they going into debt or sacrificing college/retirement savings so that their wives can have shiny things?
Somehow I am reminded of the proverb "if you marry for money, you will have to earn every penny of it".