I…was talking about a specific type of couple, not that they’re all like that. Are you trying to pick a fight? It feels like you are, but I honestly can’t tell what about.

They are very real, I’m afraid. There are people in transactional relationships where “love” is measured in how much you spend on each other. Money can do strange things to people.

She’s upset that the alchemist made gold himself (because he’s an alchemist) rather than spending money on it. It’s a play on people who don’t like synthetic diamonds because you didn’t pay an arm and a leg for it.