I typically ignore how my married friends advise me when it comes to single women, but one may be on to something. I recently found myself sitting on a bench with one of those married friends outside a store in a local mall while his wife, my sister and one of their friends did what women do best-shop. But my friend and I were doing what men do best-watching women. I try to even the gender odds for him on the “girl shopping trips” and he returns the favor by pushing me to end my bachelor-hood while pointing out all the available women to talk to. I pointed out to him how difficult it is to distinguish attached women from unattached women. He laughed and said that’s easy, the better dressed women are the single ones. That made me laugh but he may be right. He pointed out how the obviously unavailable women who have men with them were wearing frumpy jeans, sneakers, sweatshirts and the like. Women who were shopping alone were much better dressed. Heels, skirts, fashionable blouses and other trendy feminine clothes. An observation I had never made before but after watching many women he was right. Women who were alone, and presumably single, had put much more effort and thought into what they were wearing. The odd part? Very few of the women who were alone had even made purchases! They were just walking around empty handed. “They are not here shopping for clothes, they are shopping for men” he insisted. Silly as it may seem, it did make sense the more women we saw. So is he right? Do you SINGLE women from here get all dolled up before going shopping and forgo the actual shopping part in hopes of meeting a man that fits just right?
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