My issue here is that if someone EXPECTS a real diamond, or feels slighted when they dont receive one, they are simply not ready for a real relationship.
Again, the issue here isn’t that she didn’t get a real diamond. The issue here is that she was either told or led to believe that it was real.
If someone hands you a ten dollar bill as a gift, you have a right to expect that it’s real, unless you were told otherwise. You may not have a right to expect the gift in the first place, but once given, you have the right to expect that it’s genuine, unless otherwise told.
An engagement ring is really no different. We may agree that she doesn’t have the right to expect a diamond, but once a ring with a stone that looks like a diamond is given, she has the right to expect that the diamond is real. His not saying anything to the contrary (and certainly his actual lying about it if it happened) is a cause for loss of trust.
The Wolf