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Journeyman

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8. Definitely. But there's plenty of issues of substance on which to hold him to account . . .

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 12:08 AM

Oct 2016

a wedding ring -- no matter how illustrative of trust and partnership -- is not one of them.

Could you guess the genesis of the wedding ring?
Mesopotamian cyclinder seals were altered by Egyptians
into the shape of a ring with the sacred horned beetle,
or scarab, carved on top and some personal design
incised on the undersurface. So, if a ring was reversed
it would serve very nicely as a seal of ownership;
and a man who placed one on his wife’s hand
signified that he was entrusting to her custody
all of his possessions. In other words, it symbolizes
not bondage as we commonly suppose,
but absolute trust.

~ Evan S. Connell
Points for a Compass Rose
(1973)

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Has anyone else noticed that Trump does not wear a wedding ring?.... [View all] mrmpa Oct 2016 OP

If we go to the photos, and look at him on his MADem Oct 2016 #1

It effects his grip Johnny2X2X Oct 2016 #2

Maybe it slipped off during one of his groping sessions? Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #3

you beat me to it. Punchline stolen. nt TeamPooka Oct 2016 #4

I almost went too far with it. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #6

Eh. I don't wear one either and I work on a computer. Been married 39 years . . . Journeyman Oct 2016 #5

Neither do I or Mr. Retrograde Retrograde Oct 2016 #7

Definitely. But there's plenty of issues of substance on which to hold him to account . . . Journeyman Oct 2016 #8

Remember he's got tiny little hands. It keeps falling off? aidbo Oct 2016 #9