I’ll admit it, I’m a bit of a nonconformist, and I tend to rebel against “the man.” My rebellion never included wearing white t-shirts and rolling up my smokes in my sleeve, but more along the lines of buying coffee at an unknown cafe instead of Starbucks. And ever since my Mass Communications course in college, I’ve hated how commercialized the holidays have become. Especially when it comes to diamonds. Yes ladies, you’re all more than worth the value of diamonds, but us guys really get the short end of the stick here. Because some diamond dealers got together way back when and told John Q. Public that the only true way to show his love for his girl was to buy her a diamond, we’re all simply expected to follow suit. How about something else as equally arbitrary like…pebbles. Now that’s a budget-friendly way to say “I love you;” a handful of pebbles.

I chose to list this loose diamond as a semi anti-establishment move. Bid on a gorgeous diamond, but then take it to a small-time artisan, not a big chain, to fashion a cheaper, completely unique setting. 

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