The only female anything that will love you unconditionally is a dog. A mother can be a helicopter parent to a raging narcissist; a daughter can be too influenced by culture into expecting the best and most expensive of everything.

Tell a woman you believe the only jewelry worth having is a watch, and mean it. That means bye-bye rings, bracelets, necklaces and earrings. Isn't the prevailing thought that an engagement ring "must" be the equivalent to a few months' salary? My dad sold a bunch of his comics to buy my mother's engagement ring. Why do men do that? Buy a CZ, remain standing, and tell her it's a CZ. They'll go fucking nuts when you don't submit and further admit you spend less than $1000 on some lab-created stone.