My Ego Is No Longer With Us. *tear*

My Ego Is No Longer With Us. tear

October 4th, 2007 @ 9:28 am by Mrs. Kiwi

The other day I got two packages from Bed, Bath and Beyond, all registry gifts. The UPS guy, who had been here a long time, remarked, “Another one?” To which I replied, “Well, I’m getting married in a month, so there will be more.” Grin. To which he said, “Don’t do it!” and left.

Today we got another package, and he said nothing to me. Not a word. When I thanked him, he grunted. It’s happened: I’ve got married woman stink. I smell unavailable. And yes, while I AM unavailable (and have been for 4 years), the UPS guy gave me my weekly, “wooo, I must look cute today!” feelings. And yes again, it is very nice of him to respect me and my marriage by grunting, but at least say “You’re welcome!”.

I remember a Seinfeld episode where George started wearing a wedding band to test his attraction factor. His theory was, a wedding band shows a man who is willing to make a commitment, and in wearing one, he was a good guy. The ladies were all over him, and proved him right, although it proved him a pig if he tried to hit on them. Tough break, George! Ironically, I’ve been wearing this ring for over a year, and UPS man never noticed. Damn me and my “I’ve got presents!” attitude.

All of this is said in jest with a smile, but tell me: once you’re married, do the free drinks stop coming, and the mailman quits bringing up your mail for you? Please, married gals- is there hope? Or am I destined to have to put my own cart away in the grocery store from now on? Well, until I’m elderly. Hopefully, I’ll have myself a rascal then!

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10 Responses to “My Ego Is No Longer With Us. tear”

Guest

I’ve been married for 2 months. I would say the free drinks have stopped, but guys flirt a whole heck of a lot more. Even my DH’s friends flirt more with me now. I think its cause its fun, yet they dont have to worry about it ever happening. I dont know, men are strange.

10/4/07 @ 10:19 am (reply)

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Mary

Funny you should mention this. I recently watched a rerurn of Scrubs in which Carla feels she’s lost her sexiness because guys have stopped flirting with her, and only after removing her engagement ring (which she had recently received) did she realize it was because guys considered her “off limits.”

10/4/07 @ 10:28 am (reply)

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Mrs. Snow Pea

The free drinks still come! I don’t think guys look at the hand. Then again, I am still in college and most guys wouldn’t think I’d be married.

10/4/07 @ 10:38 am (reply)

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Lynn

Don’t worry, Winter is coming. You can wear gloves and get hit on again
I get sort of irratated when I do get hit on. I want to ask if they didn’t both to look for a ring, or if they saw it as a challenge.
The harmless casual flirting still happens. That doesn’t end until the baby belly shows up. Then you give off the mommy stink which is much more powerful.

10/4/07 @ 10:47 am (reply)

Bee

Mrs. Bluebell (message) 294 posts, Helper bee

Haha, I think the opposite is true for my coworkers since they don’t want to have awkward potential sexual harassment suits by being sketchy with a single woman, but once I got engaged they started making lots of lewd flirtatious jokes. (Only guys that I am friendly with obviously, not in a seriously sketchy way.) Being off limits just took the pressure away so they now feel free to say whatever they feel like saying.

But that doesn’t apply to the random stranger flirtations. I guess my exposure to those greatly decreased when we got an actual receptionist so the delivery guys don’t talk to me anymore! :’(

10/4/07 @ 11:02 am (reply)

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Angel

hahaha…mommy stink. Yes! Nothing says “I’m not available” like spit up, a diaper bag, and lack of sleep.

10/4/07 @ 11:33 am (reply)

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jayypeeee

Lynn’s quote cracks me up!!!! love this post! i haven’t gone out with the girls since i got engaged, so i haven’t been able to test this theory out… hmmm!!!

10/4/07 @ 12:32 pm (reply)

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Tea

i have an ongoing debate about this with a coworker. he says some guys are more likely to flirt because they know there are no strings attached. i know when we went to my best friend’s bachlorette party the guys were SWARMING!! and one even propositioned her!

but maybe the ups guy was having a bad day. let’s see what happens next time he swings by. lol

10/4/07 @ 1:15 pm (reply)

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Kathy

I wait tables, and there were two men, arguing over who would take me for a ride on their bikes, I laughed it off, and went over to my 24 year old son, and told him what they were saying. He said, “What, do you want me to tell Dad?” I replied, “NO, I just wanted you to know that ……..I still got it!!” Big smile.

10/4/07 @ 3:24 pm (reply)

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Kate

Totally! I got engaged in February so didn’t really notice at first - Toronto winters mean gloves. When spring came I noticed that no one gave me a seat on the subway anymore. One guy almost got up, noticed the ring and then stopped. Made me laugh.

10/4/07 @ 3:44 pm (reply)