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"I&amp;amp;#8217;ve always wondered this, so I asked my single guy friends, as well as random men I encountered in New York City bars, to find out. And wow, did their answers surprise me! Almost every guy I talked to said they notice ladies&amp;amp;#8217; engagement rings! I had always assumed they were oblivious! But here&amp;#x27;s something else I didn&amp;#x27;t know: Just because they see the bling doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t mean they won&amp;amp;#8217;t try to do their thing. (Shudder.) &amp;amp;#8220;An engagement ring is the first thing you notice. You want to know if she&amp;amp;#8217;s spoken for. But it&amp;amp;#8217;s not really a deterrent. If she still shows interest, I proceed. It&amp;amp;#8217;s not my fault if there&amp;amp;#8217;s something wrong with her relationship.&amp;amp;#8221; -Jon, in his 20s &amp;amp;#8220;Five years ago, I never thought to look. Now I notice all the time. At this age, you have to look. We&amp;amp;#8217;re in that stage now.&amp;amp;#8221; -Conrad, in his 20s &amp;amp;#8220;Any guy over 30 notices an engagement ring. I look for it&amp;amp;#133;but not until the next morning.&amp;amp;#8221; -Susheel, in his 30s (He&amp;amp;#8217;s not a jerk, so I&amp;amp;#8217;m pretty sure he&amp;amp;#8217;s kidding with that &amp;amp;#8220;next morning&amp;amp;#8221; line.) &amp;amp;#8220;Of course I notice engagement rings. I even notice the tan lines when a woman&amp;amp;#8217;s not wearing hers. Why bother hitting on her at that point?&amp;amp;#8221; -Carl, in his 40s &amp;amp;#8220;First, I see if she&amp;amp;#8217;s pretty. Then I&amp;amp;#8217;m like, &amp;amp;#8216;Does she have a ring?&amp;amp;#8217;&amp;amp;#8221; -Shawn, in his 20s &amp;amp;#8220;I didn&amp;amp;#8217;t used to look for it, but it&amp;amp;#8217;s a natural thing now. I&amp;amp;#8217;m like &amp;amp;#8216;Hey, oh, never mind.&amp;amp;#8217; When you get older, you don&amp;amp;#8217;t have time for wasted investments.&amp;amp;#8221; -George, in his 30s &amp;amp;#8220;I always look.&amp;amp;#8221; -Raj, in his 20s (He told me he saw mine from across the room!) &amp;amp;#8220;At some point, I got old and started looking for engagement rings.&amp;amp;#8221; -Anthony, in his 30s &amp;amp;#8220;I absolutely look, but she becomes more enticing. It&amp;amp;#8217;s more of a challenge if there&amp;amp;#8217;s an engagement ring.&amp;amp;#8221; -Derrick, in his 20s &amp;amp;#8220;I used to not notice them when I was newly single. Then a woman brought it up to me. Now I notice.&amp;amp;#8221; -Joe, in his 20s &amp;amp;#8220;If I go up to a girl, and she responds to me, she&amp;amp;#8217;s fair game. I don&amp;amp;#8217;t look for engagement rings. It doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t matter. But sometimes, yes, I just happen to notice.&amp;amp;#8221; -Shaun, in his 20s Are you surprised by how many guys notice engagement rings? Does it shock you that some don&amp;amp;#8217;t care if you&amp;amp;#8217;re taken? Have you ever been hit on while wearing your engagement ring? More From the Minds of Guys Would You Propose to a Girl Who&amp;amp;#8217;s Been Engaged or Married Before? What It&amp;amp;#8217;s Like to Propose Wedding Gown Features That Confuse Guys Photo: Jupiterimages "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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