Seattle is a great place to get hit on. And not in a creepy way, like in Portland where everyone is like “nice ass!” out the window or obscenely gesturing all over the place. Nope, in Seattle, men still have an iota of common courtesy…just an iota. The bus driver says: “Where ya going? Oh…Pike Street? I’ll take you to Pike…in my car after work!” Guys let you go first when you enter the bus too and offer their seat to you so you don’t have to stand up.
Today I bought produce at the Pike Place Market. The produce guy immediately started up some playful banter with moi. He was impressed when I described the spinach feta dip I was going to make with the green onions I was buying. He said, “You’ll have to bring some of that by…” And than he noticed my wedding ring and it all went down hill. At least, I THINK he saw my ring…he was staring at my hand and than got all distant. Here’s the thing: Six years ago I would have brought him spinach feta dip. That’s the kind of girl I was: Determined. I was known to show up at all sorts of locations bearing trinkets, be it origami or a ham sandwich. But those days are over…
The thing is, I have found that a lot of guys don’t even notice the wedding ring…or maybe they just don’t care. I started noticing rings when I was working at Starbucks and looking at a lot of hands. (I saw some pretty impressive rocks, and I have to say: They made a statement). Now, I always check out the ring finger. Granted a lot of married men do not wear rings (my Dad is one of them, Josh is not). Maybe wedding rings are really just a chick thing. ALTHOUGH, I’ve noticed a trend amongst young women involving slapping any old thing on their ring finger be it plastic or cubic zirconium. COME ON, ladies…what the hell are you doing? One of the girls that hates me at work is wearing a diamond ring AND a diamond encrusted band on her wedding finger. I asked, “Hey, are you married?” And she says, “No…these are just promise rings.” PROMISE RINGS? Are you serious?! She’s 20 years old, isn’t a Promise Ring something kids threw around in 8th grade?