[nopardons]

Unlike you, I did NOT use profanity ( which YOU used several times in your posts ), I did NOT bait nor flame you, nor did I personally attack you. An d there's no "double standard " in this at all.

You have been denigrating women since you began to post on this thread. You have engaged in behavior which is against FR's posting rules.

I haven't impugned nor denigrated men; not once. OTOH, it appears that you are incapable of posting without hurling childish insults about.

I suggest that YOU go find some other site to post to...I'm staying right here on FR!

[RussP]

You claim I used profanity, but I don't recall any such thing. Please cite a post number where I used profanity, or quit lying about me.

And you claim that I have been "denigrating women" on this thread. Are you implying that I must accept baloney as fact when it comes from a woman? If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

It seems that women are much more likely than men to fall for the diamond ruse. That's no surprise, considering that the original ruse was to convince women that their man's love for them is measured by the cost of a diamond. Since men are the direct victims of this ruse, they are naturally less likely to fall for it. But women are the victims too when they miss out on a chance to invest in a home due to the cost of a diamond, for example.