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This is funny. I've come accross several men and women who would say things like : " somebody is lucky" ( inferring that the boyfriend gave it to me) or " that's a pretty necklace, where did he buy that for you? Tiffany?" As if I can't possibly buy one for myself.
What's with that? Has anyone experienced this when wearing a piece of jewelry that is not a ring?
Unless someone is actually wearing a ring, one cannot just assume that he/she is in a relationship based on the necklace.
I've been (mostly, by choice) single for the past five years and I have some very nice gold jewelry including necklaces that I wear daily. Nobody has ever expressed an assumption that I must have a boyfriend that gave it to me. I presume that people assume I bought it for myself. In fact I have been asked where I bought by gold frog earrings and my gold turtle on a baht chain (I own several baht chains).
Perhaps you come across as someone who can't buy their own jewelry, so they assume someone bought it for you?
This is funny. I've come accross several men and women who would say things like : " somebody is lucky" ( inferring that the boyfriend gave it to me) or " that's a pretty necklace, where did he buy that for you? Tiffany?" As if I can't possibly buy one for myself.
What's with that? Has anyone experienced this when wearing a piece of jewelry that is not a ring?
Unless someone is actually wearing a ring, one cannot just assume that he/she is in a relationship based on the necklace.
No, never. I guess I look like the kind of lady who can afford to buy her own jewelry?
They're dummies, with a narrow and probably misogynistic frame of reference. Be grateful; with just the first sentence, they told you they're not worth wasting any of your time trying to have an intelligent conversation with them!
They're dummies, with a narrow and probably misogynistic frame of reference. Be grateful; with just the first sentence, they told you they're not worth wasting any of your time trying to have an intelligent conversation with them!
Wow maybe I should've specify the settings...I work at a bank and I see all kinds of people everyday and they will usually mention the necklace during our small talk; so the comment isn't made in a condescending manner. I'm usually left speechless because I don't know how to respond to that, when I'm in the middle of selling them something.
The "somebody's lucky" comment was also made by another guy I recently came across at the metro station.
Yellowbelle- thinking about it, this could very well be reason; because it's mostly coming from the males.
I just find it interesting that nobody else has experienced this.
This sounds like an older lady thing to say, I can hear it in my mother's voice. She's just trying to make conversation during an awkward silence. I wouldn't make anything of it.
This is funny. I've come accross several men and women who would say things like : " somebody is lucky" ( inferring that the boyfriend gave it to me) or " that's a pretty necklace, where did he buy that for you? Tiffany?" As if I can't possibly buy one for myself.
What's with that? Has anyone experienced this when wearing a piece of jewelry that is not a ring?
Unless someone is actually wearing a ring, one cannot just assume that he/she is in a relationship based on the necklace.
Girl, they are flirting with you to find out if there really is a boyfriend.
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