{"id":8909,"date":"2012-06-29T14:05:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T18:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=8909"},"modified":"2012-06-29T14:05:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T18:05:35","slug":"youve-been-branded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/29\/youve-been-branded\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;ve been branded?!?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8910\" style=\"margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px;\" title=\"anti cheating ring\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/anti-cheating-ring.jpg?resize=175%2C131\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"131\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>by<\/em> <strong>Madison James<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s one that will have tongues wagging. I was watching a morning show yesterday when they started talking about a ring. According to the show, it\u2019s a new &#8220;anti-cheating&#8221; titanium wedding band, sold for $550 on TheCheeky.com, has the words \u201cI\u2019m Married\u201d carved on the inside. The site promises that the engraving will imprint the wearer with the phrase, thus preventing them from simply taking off their wedding band and cheating. Okay, doesn\u2019t this ring beg many questions, including.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Wouldn\u2019t the imprint fade in like, 20 minutes, giving the wearer ample time to carry out their, um, business?<\/li>\n<li>What if the person who is cheating with the wearer simply doesn\u2019t care that they\u2019re married? (Or, as an especially observant Twitter user pointed out, what if they can\u2019t read?!)<\/li>\n<li>If you feel the need to purchase this, shouldn\u2019t you reexamine your relationship (The most obvious and biggest question of them all?)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So who would be purchasing this ring? I\u2019m assuming a woman who doesn\u2019t trust her man or a man who is trying to say his relationship by assuring his woman that he won\u2019t cheat again? And where is the men\u2019s version to this ring? I searched the website to no avail. There is so many layers to this story, where do you start?<\/p>\n<p>What do you think publicity stunt or marketing strategy for the website? Genuine option for a strange or niche market for married couples? If you were unsure of your relationship would you buy your man this ring? Weigh in, <strong>comment and enter to win THE CAPTURE OF THE EARL OF GLENCRAE by Stephanie Laurens.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/2012\/historical\/feb-capture-of-the-earl-of-glencrae-stephanie-laurens.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8912\" title=\"captureoftheearlof\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/captureoftheearlof.jpg?resize=170%2C274\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-8909\" data-postid=\"8909\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-8909 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Madison James Here\u2019s one that will have tongues wagging. 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