I agree! It sounds very condescending...Wait....how is that even a compliment, or “admiration”? I don’t inderstand how that last comment even fits into that scenario....???
“That’s very beautiful” was all that was necessary, if he/she even felt compelled to speak.
Wow!! Just WOW!!!
It sounds like jealousy, rearing it's ugly head
to replace it......(they are not without money). 
...when they don't have a separate social media account, email, etc. for their bling gawking/buying/selling
I don’t think so..I think they think I’m shallow.....because they be jelly AF.
They otherwise love me..
...when they don't have a separate social media account, email, etc. for their bling gawking/buying/selling
Yes yes yes. I often pull my rings off to give the other person a good look and they always say...oh don’t take off your ring.
And you hate the person LOL
I don’t think so..I think they think I’m shallow..
Thanks @missy...I’ve learned to just not say anything about what I purchase...Yesterday I went to lunch with four friends and not one mentioned my cluster ring. I almost didn’t wear it because I feel awkward...because they don’t like jewelry and I think they think it’s frivilous...I decided to wear it thinking what @LLJsmom said once about it was a shame I wasn’t living my authentic life with my friends by not wearing my jewelry when I was with them....I thought about it after that and she was right....so I wore it...It was blinding them and I could see them looking at it but no one said a thing..It’s a shame I don’t have friends that enjoy jewelry...I’m so happy I can come here and show my sparklies!Well then they don't know you well IMO. I know you just a little bit and I know you aren't superficial or shallow. I am intuitive that way but your family should realize that by now. So shame on them and that is why I generally don't care what others think of me because they don't know the true you but you do. And as long as your dh and you and those closest to you (kids, fur babies) know who you are that is all that truly matters.
I agree..It’s pretty much just with my best friends...When I’m volunteering at a homeless shelter I won’t wear my bling because I feel it’s insensitive...I am of 2 minds when it comes to this. One I completely agree with @LLJsmom about living one's authentic life no matter what and I have always tried to follow this. Even when younger I was pretty strong willed this way and marched to the beat of my own drummer (or something like that lol I cannot remember the exact saying). That was and is the way I always try to be. My authentic self.
But then comes the other side of it. Sometimes we have to go along to get along and sometimes to do our best work we need to adapt a bit. Now I will not do this with friends or family because again too bad for them if they do not like what I wear etc. I have no patience for petty minds or petty behavior and most importantly I know who I am and what I stand for and what they think of my bling and of me for wearing it just does not matter. But in other situations I might adapt and will not always do exactly as I please. If I am volunteering I might not wear certain bling. Mainly because I want people to focus on the cause we are working for and not focus on any bling I might be wearing.
And even then I am being my authentic self because I care more for the rescues I am working for than I do the bling I am wearing and that is the truth. Things are just things but lives are way more important obviously. But do not tell me what to wear or what to do. That pisses me off a great deal and I don't tolerate fools anymore. Yeah you could say at this stage of my life (the years of) experience is not wasted on me. My momma didn't raise a fool.
Omg this is so true @rainydaze. I hate those dryers for drying my hands but love them for drying diamonds. 
Hermes visit I ever had. I am sure glad he was his authentic self and wore his fabulous ring. And I felt like I found a friend.
When you miss the floor you were going to because you were admiring your ring in the elevator.
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