If your wife is shallow enough to care about the price of a diamond instead of the fact that you thought enough to buy her one, you need a new wife.

You honestly think that, in america, being poor means you don't have luxuries?

Yes.

If you don't have enough gumption to get off your ass and make some money, then you don't deserve to eat. I know its VERY possible to make money easily, as when I was 16 I was making 1500+ dollars a month mowing lawns in the summer as a subcontractor for several realty companies in the town I lived. This was a business me and my 17 year old buddy started ourselves. It is easy. Don't be a lazyass and you can make lots of money.