I'm 63 and married for 36 years. I never wear my wedding ring except when spousal unit and I are dressing up. In Montana that means clean jeans and shirt and shoes without mud or crap on them.
The no ring thing started when I was much younger doing manual labor and we were encouraged not to wear rings as they could get stuck on something and cause injury. It became a habit that is still with me even into retirement.
But I've had more than a few encounters with local women, ones that don't know me, throwing themselves at me in obvious ways. I get quite the chuckle out of it. Some of these gals are desperate.
I was mentioning this to the gal that cuts my hair and she told me single guys in this area are few and far between and the widows and single mature gals far outnumber them. Those guys don't stand a chance, she said. The gals around here are cutthroat.
I've heard a few comments at events I attend where one woman will make a comment to another (or a group of others...) that so-and-so is hers and the rest better keep their hands off ....
As if we men don't have a choice? ROFL!!!
And then there are the comments about the woman I'm dating (45 years old, from China and very attractive) that just really piss me off. I can handle the derogatory comments about me, that's fine. The comments made about her are just so out of line by stupid, ignorant women that it's obvious why they're still single. If they had half the class, manners and grace she does they'd be much better off.