I gotta quit phrasing it this way...
 

...or "Babies are the biggest chick magnet ever"

So I'm in the local Barnes and Noble with my daughter. We get the belly button book, and the a new Baby Einstein DVD. The cougar behind the DVD counter instaprowls over to me when I buggy into the media area with the little one. "Can I help you with anything? Oh, she's so cute! Where's her mommie?"

"Mommie isn't with us" (d'oh!)

"Oh gosh, you're so good with her. Single dads are so hot!"

"Er, mommie's not with us in this store at this particular moment "

<embarassed silence and blushing>

I gotta stop phrasing it this way. I go to the bookstore like once a week, often with my daughter. Everytime she's with me, I get hit on by either an employee, or a random customer. I guess if I ever am single, it's going to be book store chicks FTW.

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...or "Babies are the biggest chick magnet ever"

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Yo! First rule of Fight Club!

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You're telling me the second thing she said to you was, "Single dads are so hot?"

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Yes. Our B&N is like a Cougar outlet store. It's very odd, and the women are very aggressive.

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wrong forum.... BBV under BRAG

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walking a dog has the same effect. my gf has a yellow lab, and lives near a college campus. sometimes i end up walking him alone on the campus. pretty much anytime girls walk by they start talking with me, but only one time did i feel i needed to awkwardly end it by mentioning it was my gf's dog.

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wrong forum.... BBV under BRAG

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No I think this belongs in the cougar brag forum.

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You're telling me the second thing she said to you was, "Single dads are so hot?"

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This is confusing me as well. This woman thought you told her that you're a relatively recent widow and your child's mother is dead and her reaction was to tell you you're hot?

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You're telling me the second thing she said to you was, "Single dads are so hot?"

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This is confusing me as well. This woman thought you told her that you're a relatively recent widow and your child's mother is dead and her reaction was to tell you you're hot?

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Struck me as super bizarre too. But sometimes even regular people have a brain fart.

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You're telling me the second thing she said to you was, "Single dads are so hot?"

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Women are nuts for dudes with babies. I don't know if it's physiological or psychological but the reaction is nuts.

OP - it's also fun to respond with things like "We're not together", "Oh, well, I have the baby"

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You're telling me the second thing she said to you was, "Single dads are so hot?"

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This is confusing me as well. This woman thought you told her that you're a relatively recent widow and your child's mother is dead and her reaction was to tell you you're hot?

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She could have just thought he was divorced.

I don't think I'd be particularly upset by this state of affairs.

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You're telling me the second thing she said to you was, "Single dads are so hot?"

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This is confusing me as well. This woman thought you told her that you're a relatively recent widow and your child's mother is dead and her reaction was to tell you you're hot?

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She could have just thought he was divorced.

I don't think I'd be particularly upset by this state of affairs.

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My brother's wife died young (age 23). A year after that he went on a rampage that lasted about 12 years. He had women practically throwing themselves on him when he was out with his young kids. I think there is a difference in how women react to widowers vs. divorced wife beaters.

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"Can I take something out for you?"
"I was just, ahhh, I was just looking at something for my wife, God rest her soul."
"Oh God, I'm so sorry."
"Oh, no, no, she's not dead. We're just divorced. She's history. And obviously she does't wear underwear, and there are plenty of shopping days left until adultery, that is adulthood, which is to say Christmas, as in yule, yule log. Not a log, I don't have a log, but I mean, you know, if I had a log, not in the sense that you think I said I did... Good golly. 'Tis the season to be merry."
"Well, that's my name."
"No [censored]."

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Our B&N is like a Cougar outlet store.

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hahahahha

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So I'm in the local Barnes and Noble with my daughter. We get the belly button book, and the a new Baby Einstein DVD.

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What did you purchase for the kid? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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So I'm in the local Barnes and Noble with my daughter. We get the belly button book, and the a new Baby Einstein DVD.

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What did you purchase for the kid? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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7CSFAP, LDO

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You - "My wife died"
Her - "Ohhh. That's hot."

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codewarrior,

Knowing that I can expect this in a few years has completely made my day.

Thank you,

dcasper70

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codewarrior,

Knowing that I can expect this in a few years has completely made my day.

Thank you,

dcasper70

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Your wife's dying?

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codewarrior,

Knowing that I can expect this in a few years has completely made my day.

Thank you,

dcasper70

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Unless you plan on murdering your wife and reaping the rewards of single-parenthood, I would say this is a much bigger negative than a positive.

Checklist:
1) Married.
2) With children.
3) Finally getting attention from women.

??

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Now I just gotta figure out who will let me borrow their kid...

ME: "Oh yeah her mom is not with us anymore"
HER: "ZOMG single dad <3"
ME: "Oh no I just love kids so much that I babysit for my best friend's kid... I can't wait to have a little one of my own..."
HER: "ZOMG"

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Is it a rule that you talk to other adults as if they were babies when babies are present?

Sorry if that sounds kind of snotish. My roommate just became a single mother and babies are ruining my life (due to having a baby, not the father dying or leaving, he was never there). This is a fairly mild case of some of what I've seen.

OP, congrats on getting hit on.

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Unless you plan on murdering your wife and reaping the rewards of single-parenthood, I would say this is a much bigger negative than a positive.

Checklist:
1) Married.
2) With children.
3) Finally getting attention from women.

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One of life's cruel jokes.
[censored] YOU, GOD.

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Now I just gotta figure out who will let me borrow their kid...

ME: "Oh yeah her mom is not with us anymore"
HER: "ZOMG single dad <3"
ME: "Oh no I just love kids so much that I babysit for my best friend's kid... I can't wait to have a little one of my own..."
HER: "ZOMG"

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HER: This is your lucky day, I already have two!