hmmm

[v_cat]

I realize that this is just another way to make money, but I think it is kinda nice.
singelringen

Also I'm pretty sure one of the people pictured wearing one is Emily Daniels. Weird.

Comments

[contradictacat]

Cute, and pretty...but dude. I see no FAQ answering important questions like "What's your definition of single? No romantic relationships at all, or not married?". It's important- if it were simply a non-married ring, I'd like it a lot more, but if it's a no-relationships ring...less OK.

[laurion]

I always though single people were united by the fact that they *weren't* wearing a ring on their left hand ring finger.

Do people really feel the need to tag themselves like wildlife at the zoo? I used to work at an aquarium where every penguin had a set of color tags on the flipper that indicated its gender, parentage, etc. Do people _want_ to be wearing tags that broadcast their personal statuses? Time for everyone to get that barcode tattoo. Or that serial number tattoo so we know which camp we're from.

Ok, that's probably extreme, but if I want someone to know I'm single and available (because why announce that you are single unless you want someone to help you change that fact. If you don't want it to change, why do you care if people know.), I'll hit on them.

[v_cat]

Well, I think it is less for identification purposes and more for announcement purposes. More like wearing pride jewelry, or putting bumper stickers on your car. So I guess its more like the diamond engagement ring than a wedding band.
But then again, you are right. People do want to tag themselves. That's what fashion is all about for most people. It is another set of non-verbal cues to help them identify members of their in-group. Like black leather and piercings,
like black thinkgeek shirts and khakis. It is comforting to be able to walk in to a room full of people and be able to immediately pick out the other geeks, isn't it?

[laurion]

Well, I tend to be fairly bisocial (http://mundanestudies.org/), so I don't need geeks to ear clothing saying so for me to a) interact with them or b) figure out that they are geeks. There are plenty of signals people give off that don't involve them spending $70 on a plastic coated $10 ring. And as I said, the default interpretation of no ring on the marker finger is singledom. I mean, I don't need to wear any special clothing for people to know I'm caucasian, do I? Nor do I need to wear a codpiece for people to know I'm male. Pride jewelry and bumper stickers announce something that isn't obvious under a passing scrutiny.

[roguesylph]

>> And as I said, the default interpretation of no ring on the marker finger is singledom.

I think part of the issue might be that this isn't really a valid interpretation anymore. Used to be that people didn't date very long before marriage, but now that people live together, have committed relationships (sometimes several in succession) and have many other forms of "not single" than just "married" it's kind of stressful to figure out whether someone is "fair game" or not.

With that said, I see these being bought by people less as a statement of being secure in one's singlehood (if you're really secure in it, do you need to broadcast it?) and more of an "I'm going to wear this to pretend I'm happy being single but really it's in hopes that people will notice and know I'm ok to try to pick up because I really really want to NOT be single but people never ask me out."

All that aside, I think they're pretty. Sold for a reasonable price without attached connotations I'd love wearing jewelry like that.