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From: nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe)
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Subject: Re:  wearing rings
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Date: Wed, 23-Jan-85 11:50:13 EST
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> How widespread is this checking for wedding rings phenomenon?  Perhaps I've
> been seriously underestimating the importance of this social mechanism!
>                            Tracy Tims    {linus,allegra,decvax}!watmath!...
From the experience of two people close to me :
1)brother-in-law, whose work causes him to remove his ring, which he sometimes
forgets to put back on right away, reported that when he was in bars, women
paid much more attention to him when ringless.
2)wife, after our marriage, noted that men, even our old friends, seemed more
aloof.
Like whoziz said, you need a certain number of hugs (generalize to positive
human contact) to get by.  Even married people.
Nemo