Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!mjs From: mjs@utastro.UUCP (Pooh @ Across the Eighth Dimension) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: wearing rings Message-ID: <954@utastro.UUCP> Date: Sat, 22-Dec-84 15:24:04 EST Article-I.D.: utastro.954 Posted: Sat Dec 22 15:24:04 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Dec-84 02:22:18 EST Distribution: net Organization: UTexas Astronomy Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 29 I wear a ring on my left hand because 1) I like the way it looks there; and 2) I don't like to give the impression that I'm purposely leaving that space open. Anyone who is that interested in my marital status can look and see that I'm not married and that I don't particularly care about it. Which brings up another poll question: I have dated men in the past who were actively shopping for wives. Whenever I did something they liked, I could see them making a mental checkmark on some list; conversely, and most irritatingly, when I did something they DIDN'T like, I could see a little mental "x" going on the list. In some cases, the man was only willing to continue the relationship with me until he decided whether I was The One he wanted to marry. If the answer was no, it seemed that he no longer wanted to waste time being involved with me. Needless to say, this is not my attitude towards relationships, and I feel hurt when this is done. Has this happened to other people too? (Of both sexes; I'm sure that some women have been guilty of this too.) Pooh "Ever tried to eat a jellyfish? Hard to keep it on your fork!"