Yes, it does.  Another reason NOT to remove your wedding ring.  Its worth its weight in gold!  If your single, go get yourself one.  Maybe some wallet sized kid pics too.

I also find being a hobbyist has helped in picking up the non-providers.  Notice I didn't say free.  Woman are never that, in any walk of life.  Anyway, if I do strike-out at a club, hotel bar, etc - I know a woman is a phone call away and I don't have to go through the mating ritual/dance again in socializing.  Its a confidence booster.  I haven't had that butterflies-in-the-stomach, knock-kneed feeling when asking a girl out (or to my room) in decades.  Its more like, "Next!".

'perceived value' - No women wants what another woman would not have.

It makes me hotter. . . if that's possible at all. (eom)

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If a guy started hitting on me while talking about his wife and new baby I'd think he was a total asshole. Using having a wife and baby like that is not acceptable, IMO.

If he wants no-strings sex that's up to him but he wouldn't be having it with me.

Hi bopper! Yes, I think it's a "power move" for horny, loose women to become home-wreckers...

Often times the woman gets a "rush" of artificial self-worth if she can get "chosen" over the ball & chain... The guy isn't thinking an inch ahead of his dick at the moment, but the sexual experence is a complex issue in the mind af a shallow woman, the layer are complex and difficult to unfold, but girls are like cats, and men are like dogs is the simplest way to look at it IMHO...

Not something I would brag about, but in his case I guess it worked..

20 years ago was a tall, good looking blonde lawyer - happily married for 3 years, working for a prestigious firm in CT for 2. I spent a weekend with him while his wife was away with her sister. We went to a downtown bar frequented by young professionals. A very slinky brunette stood next to him to order a drink and started a conversation with him; being an experienced wingman, I kept out of it. Although he enjoyed the attention, he was a fairly shy guy and had no intention or desire to cheat on his wife, so as they were talking he kept his hand with the big gold ring highly visible.

She insinuated herself closer as they were talking, and without breaking stride took his hand in hers and brought it to her face. She took his ring finger into her mouth, slid the ring off with her teeth, and tongued it into his hand. Then she closed his fingers around the ring, kissed him on the cheek, whispered "call me" into his ear, slipped her card into his pocket, and walked away.

I took the number away from him. He's still married. I remind him every time I see him.