cats

the jewelry is the least important thing about being married.

Smart. Easier to say 'no' to a shiny rock, hard to say it to a kitten.

22 years of marriage here. Never bought, given, or worn a diamond in my life.

Marriage rings are a marketing campaign created to sell you a piece of carbon that is so "rare" they put them on $12 drill bit sets.

Yep. Yep. Different quality stones. Gotcha. Interested in buying a bridge by chance?

noo but they didn't pay a significant amount of money to the diamond industry!!

That he can't afford it is a stupid assumption imo, this looks like a deliberate choice. Being responsible for raising and taking care of a kitten together is a much bigger commitment than wearing a ring.

Why would it matter if you can't afford jewelry to get married? If this were at a time where the husband is expected to be the sole earner, that could be a problem. But this is 2026. He's working, she's working, and getting married will not change that.

If anything, his and her individual financial burden will decrease by getting married by combining their finances and sharing bills, if they aren't spending stupid money on diamond rings, big weddings, exotic honeymoons, etc. They'll share a home, utilities, online subscriptions, etc. That will save them both money. If they can afford to live individually without luxuries, they can more easily afford to live together, maybe with the occasional luxury.

Stupid take.

Guarantee you that cat will cost more in the first year than a ring from a fancy jewelry store

I hate these made up headlines.

That is going to be one very very rough pet passing in 1-2 decades

Could you imagine being so shallow that the only thing that's important is spending a lot of money and not having genuine love...

Normalize not buying useless $2000 USD pieces of junk that starved children in Congo had to dig with bare hands, just to marry your soul mate.

Grab her with the pussy.

If a man tried to propose to me with a kitten I think my brain would short out from joy at getting a kitten and I wouldn't hear another word out of his mouth. I'd totally miss the actual proposal and just be delighted at the kitten.

I got my first cat when he was a kitten and the moment I laid eyes on him my heart melted and my brain turned to scrambled eggs and 10 years later I still have the exact same reaction every single time I look at him.

At first glance I honestly thought she looked horrified because he was interrupting her on the toilet.

A ring is cheaper than vet bills.

Too bad they have to divorce when the cat dies.

A little data point on the whole marriage thing... I and my life partner have been together for 20 y, will be 21 in September. We never got married and we don't have any rings. I keep hearing that a lot of marriages these days don't last this long.

We do informally call each other "my wife", but still, no formal marriage was ever done.

I really hate those pictures that just show some randoms with a sob story. I always feel that they are totally fake.

(and if this is true: You can get cheap wedding rings. You do not have to pay thousands of money for them. You can get a cheap ring and that does work, too. Feel free to propose to the human you love even if you can't afford some expensive ring)

Especially as diamond rings are costly to purchase, but have relatively low resale value.

Buying her a diamond ring only shows you have money to burn.

Apparently the idea of poor people getting married is too woke for Julie :P

what happens when the cat dies, contractually?

respect to whoever censored the handles and not driving eternal hate to Julie every time this meme gets reposted. Also I didnt realise proposing with a cat was an option this is getting added to my proposal consideration