Interesting take, if a bit long (took me weeks to finally get through it fully).

I'm happily married but I lift weights a lot and my wife doesn't. This means I meet a lot of women when we're both sweaty and not wearing a lot of clothes (at least in the summer).

I can tell well enough if a woman is interested in me or not. Particularly when neither of us is drinking and we're not in a crowded bar/club. I've had women tell me that they have a boyfriend, but it is clear they are looking. When I was dating, then it became an issue of what does she mean by "boyfriend."

How relationships start is usuall how they end. If a woman was living with a guy, or married, I had no interest. If she was in an allegedly committed relationship, but willing to cheat, what could I expect if we got together and hit a rough patch?

If she's just dating a guy, then maybe. But the best relationships I've had are those that started when both my partner and I were both single and happy - like my relationship with my wife.

Not unironically for this post, I make it a habit early on conversations with women I meet more often to mention my wife. I just want to make it clear that I'm not hitting on them, I'm just being friendly.

That being said, my eyes will always be single. My wife can do whatever the hell she wants with Hugh Jackman...in her head. I'm cool with that. And she's cool with me checking out that spandex clad hottie on the glute bridge rack. No foul no harm. :-)