How do you know she loves you? (It's in her gold)
I don't know if this is true of several Asian cultures, but the Khmer often give babies gold accessories. From bracelets to necklaces to anklets, we favor gold above all else. The girls most often get bangles and anklets while the boys get ivory on gold chains.
Even if the family doesn't have very much money, instead of buying expensive toys (or even many cheap ones), money is saved to buy a nice piece of jewelry for the child.
I'm not sure if this is a carryover of hard times to change all currency into international currency. While the family fled, my mother ran into several monks who knew they were going to be murdered by the soldiers that came through. They gave my mother gold and other relics, whatever they could empty from their temples to keep them out of the hands of the enemy.
I see the giving of gold as both a way to signify that a child is special and valued, and as an emergency backup...if the child is separated from family, the gold (which is never removed from the child even during baths) can be traded for cash or food.
...well, gotta say. That kind of psychotic thinking can pay off eventually. Me and my sisters compiled all of our gold. We each gave up a gold bangle. And put everything we didn't have too much sentimental attachment to in the pile.
Then we sold it.
See, gold prices are so high, we basically made twice or three times the amount that was paid for them.
Yeah. Score.
I encourage you to figure out where your gold is and just sell it all.
Except sucks for me because the money I got off my portion...my sisters won't give to me!!! They're sending a check to my brother who controls my Roth IRA and are going to have him put it up for retirement.
>____< Dangit.
Oh well. It's still money, I guess.
Even if the family doesn't have very much money, instead of buying expensive toys (or even many cheap ones), money is saved to buy a nice piece of jewelry for the child.
I'm not sure if this is a carryover of hard times to change all currency into international currency. While the family fled, my mother ran into several monks who knew they were going to be murdered by the soldiers that came through. They gave my mother gold and other relics, whatever they could empty from their temples to keep them out of the hands of the enemy.
I see the giving of gold as both a way to signify that a child is special and valued, and as an emergency backup...if the child is separated from family, the gold (which is never removed from the child even during baths) can be traded for cash or food.
...well, gotta say. That kind of psychotic thinking can pay off eventually. Me and my sisters compiled all of our gold. We each gave up a gold bangle. And put everything we didn't have too much sentimental attachment to in the pile.
Then we sold it.
See, gold prices are so high, we basically made twice or three times the amount that was paid for them.
Yeah. Score.
I encourage you to figure out where your gold is and just sell it all.
Except sucks for me because the money I got off my portion...my sisters won't give to me!!! They're sending a check to my brother who controls my Roth IRA and are going to have him put it up for retirement.
>____< Dangit.
Oh well. It's still money, I guess.