We have engagement rings, wedding rings, & Hindus have Bindis, that tell others you're no longer available, why is there nothing that says you ARE?

[FunkyMonkee]

I've been hearing a LOT, recently, from girls complaining about how guys won't approach them anymore but, mostly, it's because those guys don't like being rejected either by those girls saying they're seeing someone, engaged to someone, married, just not looking for something right now or even that they are gay. If we have devices to tell others we ARE spoken for, why don't we make things a LOT easier by having a device that tells everyone we ARE available and looking? This would save everyone on BOTH sides a lot of heartache! Girls that aren't interested wouldn't have to deal with fending off anywhere near as many guys they don't want than they do now and guys would know for sure when they've got the green light and would get much fewer rejections and, thereby, be much less "scared" to even bother and girls that WANT to be approached would get more offers.

[CozyCoffin]

They wouldn't even do that or would wear those even if they just want the man to try harder. A lot of women use those excuses as a test to see if the guy will try again and others just don't want that particular guy. It's backfiring more often. The "Me too" movement also messed that up as well. Many things can be taken as possible sexual harassment if you keep going. No means no and they stop, while they may mean, yes but try harder, it's safer to just move on.

Then you also have supposed unwritten dating rules.

Wait 2 or 3 days after first date before you talk - my first though of something like that is why on earth wouldn't you call sooner if you like the person?
They're a colossal waste of time and a HUGE turn off.

However, they love that sort of romance game, back and fourth courting is quite thrilling for them. It's like an evolved courting ritual, changing over the centuries. Exchanging letters back and forth before meeting ( sort of an old version of LDR but can be close, too) , aristocrat women using fans to denote feelings to gentlemen, simple conversations that lead to dating with a chaperone present, and various other things.

I like a woman that says what she means and means what she says.
If I've asked you to go out and you said some form of no, unless you explain and offer an alternative, I will never ask you again - EVER.

I take things at face value and assume you are not interested.

[FunkyMonkee]

Where did I say something about waiting 2 or 3 days?

[CozyCoffin]

You did not. I just brought it up.

[SotiCoto]

Wouldn't work.
If there were such a thing, guys would wear it even if they weren't single as an attempt to cheat... and girls wouldn't use it even if they were single because they wouldn't be able to lie to guys they're not interested in about having a boyfriend.

It is a nice idea in theory, but in practice it doesn't work because people are lying, scheming, manipulative d0uchebags... and it would be misused into meaninglessness even faster than dating sites were.

[FunkyMonkee]

What's the difference, they already take off their wedding ring.
Mostly it'd be for girls that want to find a guy.

[HelpfulWoman]

ironically there was a thing to "advertise" your single-ness that went onto the uk's dragons den (shark tank tv show) XD didn't get any funding though

[NathanDavis]

there you go... probably 12 bucks on Amazon or something

[FunkyMonkee]

Cool but, it kinda begs too much It's more desperate.
I'm thinking more of a sold single coloured necklace so, you don't really have to broadcast but it let's someone else looking know that you're available without something screaming "FUCK ME, PLEASE!!" If someone doesn't know what it is, it's just neck wear rather that something so very obvious.

[NathanDavis]

trying to be subtle about this... might be more desperate, lol

[Charliefretz329]

Lack of wedding ring should help… but there is no engagement ring for guys. And many mechanics 🧰 won’t wear rings due to safety concerns…


I don't know, good question… I like the idea