I don’t think it’s a significant percentage of men who believe this, let alone attempt it. I know that on the Internet there are people who say it, but I doubt I’ve ever heard it in real life. Other than the blowhards who you shouldn’t believe anything that comes out of their mouths.
Oh, I don’t think it’s a significant amount of men, either. I have run into men in real life who believed that any woman could be bought, though, it was just a question of offering her enough money.
Perhaps you should try reading for comprehension one day.
But this is a perfect example of how patriarchal ideas are embedded into us unconsciously. I, for one, don’t think that RickJay had any nefarious intentions and I accept at face value his claim that all that he wanted to do was post a light-hearted regret at the disappointment of an attractive woman being unavailable to him.
But what set people off here – or at least what set me off – was that he couched his light-hearted regret in terms that represent a throwback to values that we as a society just now trying to struggle free of – that women owe men some kind of a priori visible signal as to their availability, whether in the guise of a wedding ring or something else, such as changing their mode of address from “Miss Catherine” to “Mrs. Robertson.”
One simply does not offer money, that is crude and insulting. One displays money, much like a peacock fans his tail.
I used to wear a wedding ring to work just to fend off potential customers like the OP, the real problem was that it wasted my time…I don’t need to deal with guys that are pretending to be customers because they haven’t figured out the difference between a workplace and a singles bar.
And then they get all butthurt. I mean, this one guy years ago kept asking me out to dinner to discuss a particular piece of business, I finally wrote him back saying it would have to be lunch because I reserve my evenings for my personal life , and I thought that was clear enough.
So we had lunch, I deflected everything back to business whenever he tried to stray, then at the end of it all he said, "Well, that was fun, I haven’t had a date since my divorce, let’s do it again sometime.
At which point I informed him that I didn’t consider the lunch a date and in fact I had a boyfriend ( which was actually true at the time ). He stormed off without a word.
The next time I saw him it was 4 years later at a business event, he was talking with a group that included some friends of mine. I walked up to the groups and gave a general hello and joined in the conversation…at which point this guy turned around and stormed off…4 freaking years after one lunch.
All from this thread. Quantity over quality?
Don’t have to read any of them, hoss. I’ll get over it.
While I love this thread, I have totally lost track. As a woman who is in a LTR but not married (hence no ring) am I supposed to wear a vagina “no vacancy” sign or be offended by the OP or what?
I need like a Cliffs notes for this thread.
That explains A LOT of rap videos.
You’re supposed to get a “NO VAGINA VACANCY” tattoo for your forehead, I think.
Actually you need to have a VAGINA VACANCY tat with a little neon “NO” that you can turn on and off depending on the current situational need.
Virgins, put on your “no entry” signs! We are about to confront… guys!
Sounds like a quote from “Jim Morrison, An American Prayer.”
I’m pretty sure the best case scenario is the one where the husband is secure and trusts his wife and doesn’t give a shit that she’s friends with some other dude.
I love this thread!
Well, you can get around the requirement by being unattractive.
ETA: global “you”. Not insinuating anything about your looks.
Are you married?
Why, yes.
Fuck off!
Then again, nobody misses a slice off a cut loaf.
Depends on how big the knife was.