We were engaged in 2006 and I forwarded that article to my soon to be wife. Her answer was: I don't think this is funny. I ended up buying a 10k diamond ring. We're still happily married with 1 beautiful 8 y.o. daughter. Ask any married guy and they'll all say the same: pick your battles!
It sounds more that both of you are [insanely lucky to be / oblivious of being] well off rather than that you're gifted with exceptional knowledge about marriage.
Exactly. Who is one person to judge what someone else finds important or gets pleasure from even if invented by a marketing person? What is the value of a football or soccer game or a host of other things people spend money on. Ripoff is in the eyes of the beholder.
Didn't use them right from the beginning, no. Have been using them to sync inventory for about 6 to 9 months now, and just recently started using them for order routing and sending out tracking numbers.
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