# Why are the best ladies taken? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 19, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-best-ladies-taken/290863 "2005-02-19T06:17:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-best-ladies-taken/290863/21 "2005-02-20T01:24:26Z")
> [@Scarface Z](#): > > or he will find you and fight you. [President Bush] Bring it on. [/Bush] > [@EmeraldGrue](#): > > Write up a résumé or something. Red tape can be such a bitch. I might also need form 4583-B and probably 7842-J for good measure. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-best-ladies-taken/290863/22 "2005-02-20T01:31:27Z")
Wait, are you saying I’m not one of the best ladies? I’m insulted. (I’m half-tempted to start a ‘Why are all the best guys taken?’ thread, but I’ve already whined about my single status once this month) ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-best-ladies-taken/290863/23 "2005-02-20T01:56:56Z")
> [@John Carter of Mars](#): > > Drop the defeatist attitude, turn off the 'puter and go see her in person. What he said! I met this guy at a party. He was great. I was dating someone else. I had a “boyfriend”. Let me just say, I am so glad **Suburban Plankton** decided to seek me out in person anyway. We’ve been married now for nearly 12 years. Don’t _try_ to be her boyfriend. Just be her friend for now. If it’s meant to be, it will happen naturally. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-best-ladies-taken/290863/24 "2005-02-20T04:40:42Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > Wait, are you saying I’m not one of the best ladies? I’m insulted. > > (I’m half-tempted to start a ‘Why are all the best guys taken?’ thread, but I’ve already whined about my single status once this month) :: **Sunspace** refrains from whining about his single status as well, plans a wardrobe and furniture upgrade with his pending tax refund, and continues to listen to the uber-cool Musiques Émergentes on Radio-Canada :: So… how _you_ doin’? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Asteroide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@Asteroide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asteroide)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-best-ladies-taken/290863/25 "2005-02-20T11:25:35Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > :: **Sunspace** refrains from whining about his single status as well, plans a wardrobe and furniture upgrade with his pending tax refund, and continues to listen to the uber-cool Musiques Émergentes on Radio-Canada :: > > So… how _you_ doin’? 😃 gratuitous hi-jack based on sig : So _that’s_ what that whole “Sorrow floats” / stuffed dog thing in the John Irving book was all about ! So I had to wait, what, 20 years to catch that ? I think I need to take my brain in for a tune-up. As for the OP - I have to go along with **JC of Mars** , insecurity is grossly overrated as a mate-catching strategy. If you think she’s for you, jump in there and make a mess ! See where it goes. (Assuming she’s not married to your brother or something, that might require a little more introspection) ---
**Author:** ![jester21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jester21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jester21)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-best-ladies-taken/290863/26 "2005-02-20T12:19:09Z")
[disclaimer] (i fully expect that some females and maybe a male to butt in and say: How dare you lump ME into your broad generalization… …I’m not making a broad generalization, i’m making a generalization about broads 😃 … anyway, if my generalization duzn’t fit YOU, i wasn’t talking about YOU so get over it) [/disclaimer] back to the story: I think in general, the cool (good looking) chicks are NEVER single… they ALWAYS have a b/f… cuz when they decide things are not working out… they go looking for a replacement… and then BOOM. New b/f. No single-life lag. And by the looks of it, you may be next in-line for a b/f promotion. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-best-ladies-taken/290863.md?page=1)