He went to Jared

[Secret Weapon]

He went to Jared! Now I truly love him.

[MrCrowesGarden]

I love the old guy in that commercial and how he sounds so stereotypically old.

"He went to Jar-aaaaaaaad"

[Popeye_Card]

He went to Jared! Now I truly love him.

I don't like the psychology that they insinuate in these ads. She'll love you more if you spend lavish amounts of money on jewelry? BS. Jewelry only really means something to her if there's meaning behind it. It doesn't take much love on the man's part to shop at a jewelry store for 15 minutes and just plop money down on something pretty.

While I'm on this subject, the radio ads for divorce lawyers bug me too. They always insinuate that the man is a perfect husband and father, and he should hire a good lawyer before his lying [expletive] whore of a wife can steal all of his money and take his kids.

--P--

[MrCrowesGarden]

He went to Jared! Now I truly love him.

I don't like the psychology that they insinuate in these ads. She'll love you more if you spend lavish amounts of money on jewelry? BS. Jewelry only really means something to her if there's meaning behind it. It doesn't take much love on the man's part to shop at a jewelry store for 15 minutes and just plop money down on something pretty.

While I'm on this subject, the radio ads for divorce lawyers bug me too. They always insinuate that the man is a perfect husband and father, and he should hire a good lawyer before his lying [expletive] whore of a wife can steal all of his money and take his kids.

--P--

I know we've talked about this on here before, but there just aren't many commercials that do men a lot of justice either. It comes off as "boy, he's lucky she's around. Otherwise, he'd go back to wetting himself every morning."

[JCShutout]

He went to Jared! Now I truly love him.

I don't like the psychology that they insinuate in these ads. She'll love you more if you spend lavish amounts of money on jewelry? BS. Jewelry only really means something to her if there's meaning behind it. It doesn't take much love on the man's part to shop at a jewelry store for 15 minutes and just plop money down on something pretty.

While I'm on this subject, the radio ads for divorce lawyers bug me too. They always insinuate that the man is a perfect husband and father, and he should hire a good lawyer before his lying [expletive] whore of a wife can steal all of his money and take his kids.

--P--

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but I totally agree on both counts. Jared's makes women out to be shallow, and divorce lawyers seem to tug at stereotypes of cheating husbands or wives.

[Popeye_Card]

Yeah, and then there's always jokes insinuating that men always want to drink beer and have sex with women all the time.

Oh yeah. That's true.

--P--

[docellis]

I know we've talked about this on here before, but there just aren't many commercials that do men a lot of justice either. It comes off as "boy, he's lucky she's around. Otherwise, he'd go back to wetting himself every morning."

Lol

[Popeye_Card]

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but I totally agree on both counts. Jared's makes women out to be shallow, and divorce lawyers seem to tug at stereotypes of cheating husbands or wives.

I'm being serious. Both ads really bug me. The Jared ad makes both genders sound shallow and unemotional, and the Cordell and Cordell ads infuriate me almost more than Kevin Slaten's ramblings.

--P--

[JCShutout]

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but I totally agree on both counts. Jared's makes women out to be shallow, and divorce lawyers seem to tug at stereotypes of cheating husbands or wives.

I'm being serious. Both ads really bug me. The Jared ad makes both genders sound shallow and unemotional, and the Cordell and Cordell ads infuriate me almost more than Kevin Slaten's ramblings.

--P--

Awesome! They make me angry too. I just could not remember if you were someone who would generally agree with me on this issue, or one who would make an eyeroll comment about those types of stereotypes.

Do you also dislike "Everyone Loves Raymond" for the same reasons? I do. (Did we do that thread awhile ago?? My memory is bad today.)

[planet planet]

On top of the lame Jared commercial, why does our culture perpetuate the belief that men must spend or do a lot more for anniversaries, Valentine's Day, even Christmas than women? It seems to be coming around slowly, but it's still there. I guess it dates back to the days when the woman didn't work outside the home? Of course, that Beaver Cleaver vision of the woman waiting with slippers, dinner, and a martini is a whole different rant.