# Dear Attractive Married Women: Plz Wear A Ring. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 17, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336 "2012-11-17T19:13:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/301 "2012-11-20T17:45:59Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > …requests for panty cheat codes… They never mentioned _those_ in _Nintendo Power_. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/302 "2012-11-20T18:12:32Z")
Women have a command line interface terminal where you can tap out console commands. You didn’t know? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/303 "2012-11-20T18:12:58Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > They never mentioned _those_ in _Nintendo Power_. To nobody’s surprise, not even the editors of Nintendo Power know those codes. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/304 "2012-11-20T19:21:37Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > B) Hang around her desk like a creep for weeks on end It’s also possible to go out with someone part of a larger group of friends that meet in group excursions like clubbing (though this does leave room for internecine strife). Another friend of mine met his girlfriend on WoW and she actually moved countries to live with him. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’m almost 46; I remember when my mom couldn’t go into the bar to get my dad out when he was drinking in there on a Saturday afternoon in the city. My great grandfather would take the family shopping on the weekend, go into a bar and leave them in the car for several hours, then drive them home completely out of his skull. > [@scratch\_llll](#): > > It astonished me as well that a wedding ring would be thought of as a tool of oppression. No doubt it is used as that by some… Well, the earliest marriage contract on record involved trading a fourteen year old girl for six cows ([lost a better cite](http://factsanddetails.com/world.php?itemid=2074&catid=56&subcatid=369)). The earliest recorded marriage (for which there was no contract) involved a kidnapping, too. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/305 "2012-11-20T19:54:54Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’ve completely lost what’s going on in this thread now (my grasp of it was tenuous at best, though, I have to admit). Somehow I get the feeling it’s all the guys’ fault, though. No biggie, it generally is. Beer? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/306 "2012-11-20T20:39:21Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > And in a world where all things are equal, this is a beautiful thing. But the OP and others have expressed the idea that women must wear rings if they want to avoid being picked up, must wear rings to signal they belong to another man, and must wear a ring for the comfort is single men who might get his feelings hurt by rejection. Erm, could you provide a link to the thread you’re reading, 'cus I didn’t see any of that in the OP. You _MAY_ be projecting, just a tad here… ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/307 "2012-11-20T20:45:58Z")
> [@gamerunknown](#): > > The earliest recorded marriage (for which there was no contract) involved a kidnapping, too. A couple of my ancestors did that in the mid-15th century. The wealthy parents of two young women died. Two of three brothers “with force and armes, riotously agense the Kinges peas, arayed in the manner of warre…toke and caried [them] away.” The young women made “grete and pittious lamentacion and weping.” The third brother, a lawyer, successfully fought off the ensuing law suits launched by the young women’s trustee. One wonders if it was more of an elopement with the accusation of kidnapping being made to bolster the trustee’s case. In the end, one couple had no children, while the other couple had eighteen children, and thereby brought the estate into the kidnapper’s line. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/308 "2012-11-20T20:59:00Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > No biggie, it generally is. Beer? Don’t mind if I do. Got any pretzels or something? ---
**Author:** ![Freakenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b782af/32.png) [@Freakenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freakenstein)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/309 "2012-11-20T21:06:11Z")
I don’t drink, I don’t do drugs, there’s no insanity in My family. So why do I keep seeing these messages from Troppus? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/310 "2012-11-20T21:07:42Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > Women have a command line interface terminal where you can tap out console commands. You didn’t know? But nobody knows what the commands are and typing “help” or “man” only gets you berated for half an hour… ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/311 "2012-11-20T21:30:33Z")
God lord you’re right. If you tap out man all hell will break loose. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/312 "2012-11-20T21:54:52Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Don’t mind if I do. Got any pretzels or something? Lessee… I got some nuts if that’s any use to you? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/313 "2012-11-20T22:37:22Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Lessee… > > I got some nuts if that’s any use to you? Are they salty? ETA: I totally wasn’t going to go there, 'cause I’m a lady. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Modern\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@Modern\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modern_Master)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/314 "2012-11-20T22:45:36Z")
“_Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea_.” --Robert A. Heinlein ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/315 "2012-11-20T23:25:54Z")
> [@Modern\_Master](#): > > “_Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea_.” --Robert A. Heinlein Meh… with that, I think if Mr. Heinlein was a dog he’d be one of [these](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kUu_Qa3UoEI/ToJezpyrKYI/AAAAAAAACY0/TTq8OVS0UQw/s1600/Bichon_Frise%25283%2529.jpg). No suprise. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/316 "2012-11-20T23:57:44Z")
> [@Modern\_Master](#): > > “_Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea_.” --Robert A. Heinlein Worth noting that Heinlein was definitely an ailurophile, seemingly like a number of those classic SF writers ( like Cordwainer Smith and Fritz Leiber ). ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/317 "2012-11-21T18:18:27Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Are they salty? > > ETA: I totally wasn’t going to go there, 'cause I’m a lady. 😃 Oh, you’ll be wanting one of them fancy _lady_’s beers then. I’ll see what I can do. Salty? No, I prefer either a sort of firehouse chilli or smoky barbecue - peanuts, cashews or almonds, I’m not too fussy. I’ll… Oh, wait! :smack: Oh, my. :o Where can I put myself? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/318 "2012-11-22T04:15:20Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Jesus Christ. I read threads like this and feel like I must be some sort of alien creature. Because, dayum, I agree that the OP was just bummed that the object of his affection ended up being taken. No more, no projection, no less… Meh. Yeah, I just felt bad for the OP’s quick-and-hopefully-short-lived heartbreak. Just want to represent the shy guys. We aren’t going to be all slick, or jump right into “So…you married? Mess around anyhow? Got a Significant Other that’ll cut himself if you talk to another guy?” Or really any less-than-polite banter. Some of us just want to know the ground rules, and what category you’re in. So, thanks for letting us know in as honest and low-key a way as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/319 "2012-11-22T04:59:00Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > \ > Salty? No, I prefer either a sort of firehouse chilli or smoky barbecue - peanuts, cashews or almonds, I’m not too fussy. I’ll…\ But enough about your nuts… ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336/320 "2012-11-22T20:01:54Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > But enough about your nuts… Quite. I also have an assortment of old furniture (none of it valuable), three and a half sets of the _Encyclopedia Britannica_, a 19th century ormolu clock that doesn’t go, a piano with several strings missing, the scabbard from a US Army sabre, a 1950s printing Monopoly set with instructions in Dutch, and seventeen assorted picture frames. So, you want to come look at my junk, or what? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-attractive-married-women-plz-wear-a-ring/641336.md?page=17)