# Married Men and Single Women at Parties **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 2, 2001, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-men-and-single-women-at-parties/70931 "2001-07-02T07:59:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-men-and-single-women-at-parties/70931/61 "2001-07-07T03:12:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > **Is it just me, or is there a pattern to the way that married men behave at parties?** Crikey, I really f@%#ed up here. That should have read “…some married men…” or some such other modifier in there. I’m sharing this with a dear online friend right now and I decided to reread the entire thread in order to discuss this in depth. I really mucked things up, and I apologize. I did not intend to lambaste all married men here and made a entirely ambiguous statement in my classification of the subject at hand. My apologies for this. I really had no intention to do so. This is not back pedaling of any sort. This an outright statement of mistake. I am glad to have had the chance to clarify this. It is just that I have witnessed this so often that I am so appalled by it and brought the OP up both improperly and unfortunately in the wrong context. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-men-and-single-women-at-parties/70931/62 "2001-07-07T03:40:08Z")
And yes, it should have been in the OP too! ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-men-and-single-women-at-parties/70931/63 "2001-07-07T07:05:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > **My apologies for this…** S’alright. It was becoming clear what you meant anyway. Although it is good to know it was more of a typo… ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-men-and-single-women-at-parties/70931/64 "2001-07-07T22:53:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > [BThat should have read “…some married men…” or some such other modifier in there. > I really mucked things up, and I apologize. I did not intend to lambaste all married men here and made a entirely ambiguous statement in my classification of the subject at hand. > \*\* Zenster, It truly is amazing what a difference one omitted word can make. With that one word inserted in to the OP, your clarifications begin to ring true. I hated to give you such a hard time over this as I have read and enjoyed many of your posts and honestly do believe you are an all around good guy. But I don’t even let my close IRL friends get by with what appears to be disingenuousness. I hope there are no hard feelings, as I did not mean the posts to be an attack but more of a call to introspection. For my part, I apologize if it came across harsher than it was intended. I can see that by rereading the thread, you saw how that one omitted word in the OP caused the misconceptions. I guess this is just one big “D’OH!” all around. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-men-and-single-women-at-parties/70931/65 "2001-07-08T02:55:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tevya \* > \*\*…I hope there are no hard feelings… \*\* Not in the least. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-men-and-single-women-at-parties/70931/66 "2001-07-08T20:18:12Z")
There. _satisfied nod_ So, when’s your next party, classy? ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-men-and-single-women-at-parties/70931/67 "2001-07-08T21:24:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > \*\*There. > > _satisfied nod_ > > So, when’s your next party, classy? \*\* You, **Medea** , are one of the SD’ers that make it all worth it! ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-men-and-single-women-at-parties/70931/68 "2001-07-09T11:49:05Z")
_blush!_ You say that now, until you find out what a slobby dunce I really am. But thank you for the sweetness. It is well appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-men-and-single-women-at-parties/70931/69 "2001-07-09T12:58:52Z")
Zenster, thanks for the clarification. It wouldn’t have been necessary for me to post had that been in the original. Anyhoo, go get 'em tiger. ---
**Author:** ![heembo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@heembo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heembo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-men-and-single-women-at-parties/70931/70 "2001-07-09T16:44:16Z")
You know what really gets me mad? When married men hang all over the single cows at a party. How is a single guy supposed to score a nice warm wet sloppy kiss when the married guys are hogging all the action? ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-men-and-single-women-at-parties/70931/71 "2001-07-09T22:48:40Z")
WTF, **heembo** are all married or involved men, supposed just stop hanging all over single cows at gatherings, just so that you have a clear path in your search for a mate… 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-men-and-single-women-at-parties/70931.md?page=3)