If I am only attracted to guys who are taken — and I won’t do taken guys — I guess I’m screwed or, more accurately, not screwed.

Water, water everywhere. Not a drop to drink.

There should be a law forcing them to wear signs, or just tattoo it on their foreheads. Maybe they should wear uniforms, or ankle bracelets like parolees.

Just a simple branding: “I am taken.”

Besides wedding rings, there is no way to tell if someone you are interested in has a significant other. Worse yet, married people don’t always wear their rings, and some people don’t care if their lover is married. This is where the saying “I’ve never seen a ring that could plug a hole” comes in.

This makes the rest of us look bad and, in turn, feel bad. If I hit on a guy, flirt with him or make a sexual comment, it shows I am interested. If I find out that this guy has a girlfriend, then it all stops and I wonder why no one told me.

The most common response is “I thought you knew.” No, I didn’t know, or I wouldn’t have wasted my time flirting with him.

Also, I am of the rare few remaining women who will not hit on a taken man. I have friendly and I have flirty. Men with girlfriends or wives never see flirty Devon. The last thing I want is a girl to think I would be disrespectful of her relationship.

I hate confrontation. I would never attempt to steal another woman’s man, and too many women feel dating is a competition.

My problem is that all of the men I have been attracted to or have liked lately have turned out to have girlfriends. Also, married men show interest in me all of the time. This disgusts me.

I have always been viewed as more of the mistress type than the wife type. Therefore, most women dislike me immediately, and married men think I will be game for whatever torrid affair will take the dryness out of their everyday lives.

I seem to attract men who are taken or have commitment issues. Although the commitment-phobic are great for short spurts of dating and can be a lot of fun, falling in love can be dangerous.

Women who go after men with wives or girlfriends have an even bigger problem. Very few men leave their primary for their mistress, and even if they do, everyone will hate the “home-wrecker.”

I am sick of one-night stands (I have had a few in my day), but I don’t want to fall into that sexual rut. If I am only attracted to guys who are taken — and I won’t do taken guys — I guess I’m screwed or, more accurately, not screwed.

There is something about dating lately; everyone seems to be doing it. I remember when one only dated someone if they thought this was it.

All that seems to be around lately are other women’s men. Where are their women? I see men and women out without their better halves all of the time. Why don’t these couples go out together? Do they not really like each other? Are they that culturally inept and needy that they need to be in a relationship at all times, regardless of whether they like the other person? (Vomit, I hate these people.)

I am sick and tired of wasting my time flirting (up to months) with someone who is in a relationship. It is too presumptuous to introduce yourself with, “My name is and I have a boy/girlfriend.”

Perhaps, though, those who are taken can mix it into the conversation. Use the favorite pronoun of the taken ones, “we.” Put out the taken vibe. If that is the case, so I won’t bother flirting with you.

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