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black man shoe shoppingOkay, just because a guy LOOKS single doesn’t mean he is. But when you think about it, there really are more than a few telltale signs that the man of your interest doesn’t have a steady girl in his life. Below, The Frisky gives us 8 ways to tell if he’s (probably) single.

The absence of a wedding ring isn’t a tell-tale sign that cutie you’re crushing on is single. So here’s eight definite ways to tell if he’s single, you know, because we don’t want you to be embarrassed or heartbroken. And if you have any signs to add, let us know in the comments.

1. His Ikea cart is loaded with dishes and pots.

2. He’s in the frozen food aisle buying Hungry Man dinners. The rest of his cart is filled with beer and cereal.

3. He’s standing in front of the washing machine at the laundromat, confused look on his face, clearly wondering why there’s only a card slot, not a coin slot.

4. He still works out.

What are four other ways to tell if he’s probably single? Click here to find out.

So what do these single men look for in a woman, anyway?

Not sure if he’s really single? Find out if you’re the other woman.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cooosta/ cooosta

    okay, how about this one, if he is single he has failed and looking for an opportunity, to redeem himself, the best way to find someone single that should be in a relationship is to see how many times he refers to others besides himselfs, how many times situations involving teamwork comes out of his mouth, ask him some questions, see if his outfit is working together for starts, lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/applehctud/ applehctud

    If he gives you his cell phone and home number he is single. If you get the cell only watch out ladies!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tha_Realest_101/ Tha_Realest_101

    I actually dont agree with some of these statements “he still work out” they gone work out regardless if thats what they want to do.
    Far as the cell and house number thing i can agree with to an extent the real truth is if you can come over or even be invited over because most people dont have house phones and use cell as both.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lucky_Jester777/ Lucky_Jester777

    None of these are true signs….
    I must be the most self-reliant brutha out there! LOL My daddy taught me how to cook…real food! Moms taught me how to clean and do laundry… i learned about thread count the hard way . I still workout, but not like i used to because of my little girl. I think that would be a bit hard without getting to know that persons habits first. I mean he could have just got kicked out of the house from his girl,ex or whatever and all he had was a hand full of undies.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dragon_whips24/ dragon_whips24

    they were just trying to strike up a conversation. no one works out anymore.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MaDeMaN2005/ MaDeMaN2005

    I totally disagree with these signs ladies if you follow them you will never find what you looking for! Trust in God he will lead you!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MaDeMaN2005/ MaDeMaN2005

    I totally disagree with these signs ladies if you follow them you will never find what you’re looking for! Trust in God he will lead you!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/deno142/ deno142

    I’M SINGLE AND I DONT SHOP FOR CEREAL AND BEER AND I’M NOT CONFUSED ABOUT DOING MY LAUNDRY.AND I DIDNT LEARN HOW TO COOK BEING IN A RELATIONSHIP I LEARNED HOW TO COOK FROM MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.SO THERE IS NO EASY WAY FOR A WOMAN TO TELL IF A MAN IS SINGLE BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO TELL IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LADY4UBO/ LADY4UBO

    wow, i must say i don’t look for any of those signs to tell if a guy is single sometimes you really must have a desent conversation with someone to get a sense of who he really is ladies this is not the way….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cfour829/ cfour829

    this is so stupid,,,none of these things are a sign of a single man. I know how to do laundry at home & the laundromat…Women this is why u cant tell if a man is single. U can’t tell if one is single but u can tell if he’s not.
    If u can’t meet his friends, if he isn’t comfortable with u in public places other than the movies, and if he comes out and tells you of course. Women stop reading these dumb articles written probably by women that don’t know sh*t about men

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DITTTY2004/ DITTTY2004

    SEE THAT’S THE PROBLEM PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO ANALYZE US AS MEN AND IT’S NOT HAPPENING, EVERY INDIVIDUAL SITUATION DEPENDS ON WHAT A MAN KNOWS, HAS LEARNED, SO THIS DOES NOT PROVE TRUE, I CAN COOK, MORE THAN CEREAL, I CAN SHOP FOR MYSELF AND EAT NICE, AND I CAN SEPARATE AND WASH MY CLOTHES, SO LISTEN TO WHOEVER THIS IS BUT YOU WON’T GET FAR ESPECIALLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Folaz1/ Folaz1

    HA! HA! HA! Do females really read and believe these things!! OMG!! My brothers all cook, clean, do their own laundry and they learned from being around our mother, our aunts and grandmothers!! Good gracious!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GDUB2008/ GDUB2008

    EXCUSE ME MS. APPLEHCTUD, IT GOES BOTH WAYS. IF I DON’T GIVE A WOMAN MY CELL, I AM A LIAR, BUT WHEN ASKING A FOR HER CELL NUMBER YOU HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS. WHY, IS IT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE SAFE. AT BARS, CLUBS AND ON THE STREET THEY SAY ” I DON’T GIVE OUT MY NUMBER GIVE ME YOURS”. WHOSE HIDING WHAT NOW.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    The ARE guys out there who DOES cook. clean and do laudry and COOK, too(like ME), so this article is ALMOST like PROFILING on us, IJS……..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hotgurl69/ hotgurl69

    The best way for me to tell if a guy is single is to ask him and then if we start to hang out, getting to know him; it works pretty well for me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/laquitathodge Laquita T. Hodge

    This is dumb and very stereotypical of a single guy. My older brother and my uncle are both single and they cook. So you wouldn’t find a frozen dinner, beer, & cereal in their shopping cart. 

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/iNaturalista/ iNaturalista

    This is one of the most stupidest things I’ve ever read.. It’s like you’re saying men are retarded.. what in the world? this is a mess.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BakkByPopularDemand/ BakkByPopularDemand

    I hope this is just a cute, humorous article…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ambitious_balla/ ambitious_balla

    If this is TRULY what women look for, then ya’ll are up s**t creek!

    Ikea card? Who’s checking purchases on people’s credit cards? I’ve YET to have a woman approach me on some “excuse me, you caught my eye, so I thought I’d come over and say hello. But first, I need to statement of your last few Best Buy purchases.” Who does that s**t?

    I cook like a damn chef. Bake from scratch, saute, grill, etc. Don’t drink and cereal for me, is for “emergency” or snack purposes. So nope, try again on this one as well.

    Laundry isn’t that hard. Most men are just too lazy to separate. But again, I separate, use proper temperatures, and know which cycles to use on which garments. Epic failure #3…

    “He still works out?” So the author is implying that involved men simply say “to hell with it” and let themselves go? I work out religiously…5 days per week on the weights, and a minimum 3 days per week of combat conditioning with my troops. I don’t do that because I’m trying to attract a woman or because I’m bored. I do it because I CARE ABOUT MY HEALTH!!!

    PLEASE don’t have me believe that women are THIS simple-minded. If so, I’m PROUD to be single and I’m just gonna say “f**k it,” buy me a dog, and call it a lifetime!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SwtChocLady3/ SwtChocLady3

    Most REAL men cook; thier mothers made sure of that by also saying,’ Son, you need to learn to cook, these ‘modren hussies’ won’t do it for you!’…   AND,  do laundry, lots of men are doing EVERYTHING women do, even raising thier children single with one hand tied behind thier backs..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SimplyComplex_87/ SimplyComplex_87

    what the f**k…

    *sigh*

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dkh2/ dkh2

    This recycled article is tickling me.  I can think of a number of instances in which married men could still be doing things on this list, i.e. working out.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/The_Rilla/ The_Rilla

    All you have to do is go up to the guy and ask him its too simple.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Cc88/ Cc88

    You see this is the kind of crap that light my arse on fire!!  The person who wrote this article should be fired and taken out back and shot in the head for sexism and misandry!!!  Does this person actually think that men can’t take care of themselves?!!!  What a sexist moron!  I could go the rest of my life without the company of woman and be happier!!!!  I can cook a woman under the table, I could qualify for a licensed contractor, I can fix/repair almost anything, I’ve been doing laundry since the age of 6, my body is “rock solid muscle and cut”,  I get a physical every year, I’m college educated, good looking and “I don’t sleep around” 98% of the women in this society wouldn’t qualify anyway!!!!  The only thing I would need a woman for is to bear children and after that, I wouldn’t need one for sex either because I’m over “v****a” and I love being “alone” so she need not hang around.  I can paint, draw, cut/do hair.   I’m a wiz at decorating and crafts!!!  So her little “feminine” skills (a woman’s touch LOL!!) are “not needed”  and would be obsolete in my home and with raising children!!!  (WHAT I’VE SAID IS NO LIE FOLKS!!!)

     YES, BYTCHES THIS/ I AM THE NEW “INDEPENDENT” BLACK MAN!!!!  IT”S OUR TURN NOW!!!!  GET IT GOING FELLAS!!!!  In short, “WOMAN”  YOUR FIRED!!!  NOW GET THE HELL OUT, WE’RE TIRED OF YOU AND YOUR CRAP!!!  THE NEW BLACK MAN HAS SPOKEN….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/rexpowers/ rexpowers

    Good gawd, can we as a people do better?  Seriously this is considered journalism??  A serious case of “no news is good news”.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/rexpowers/ rexpowers

    Good gawd, can we as a people do better?  Seriously this is considered journalism??  A serious case of “no news is good news”.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZICFUCLNQ7QHQEM223WD7TWZ34 FedUpWithALLParties

    Annika Harris this article is stupid!!!  Like I am going to stalk a brotha at IKEA (why couldn’t it be WalMart), looking at his pots to determine if he is single……the rest of the 4 is as stupid as the first 4:  Especially Number 8:The thread count of his sheets are low. Very low.    Really Annika, REALLY?????????????????????????????

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WOLVERINE77/ WOLVERINE77

    This is complete and utter bull$hit.
    You know, leading women around with false b.s. like this is going to have them wondering why did they get hooked up with someone that has girlfriend and a wife on the side and the blowout is gonna be that she finds out that she is neither one of those. Probably the only thing that holds true about this article is that I sleep on 250 thread count. 
    Stop with this crap and better yet, encourage people to ask questions about the person they are interested in and stop inducing paranoia into peoples lives. 

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kpamp33/ kpamp33

    Cc88 I have a man friend who sounds like you and I’m very proud of him, you and all the other men that are capable of taking care of business, good luck and take care.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_CASH/ MR_CASH

    whoever wrote this dumbs**t gets fooled evrytime!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1451919303 Steph Simms

    WOW!!! So you dont like women anymore? Damn. Are you turnin gay brotha?? You sound so angry. I took the article as very tongue in cheek. Not literal. Damn, lighten up. Most women know men can take care of themselves. I never met a man who couldnt. SMDH. Chill out.  

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XPGYYPVS35NPIFGOOCN7K6LCLM lina22346

    if a man has children, he never really is single.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Shariese-Hurd/100001852350588 Shariese Hurd

    I agree with you to an extent.  But I think the article was directed toward the ones who are saying they aren’t single and they really are married.  The ones who come back and tell you they have something to tell you.  There is no sure fire way because men are just as diverse as women are.  It is like saying if a women is buying oil for her car she is single.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Shariese-Hurd/100001852350588 Shariese Hurd

    I don’t understand the anger over this article.  Alot of these articles are not the best.  The day is new and we need both so called feminine and masculine skills.  I am glad you can do it yourself and that is what I teach my son.  It is survival skills.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Shariese-Hurd/100001852350588 Shariese Hurd

    Go ahead and handle your business what I tought my son as well.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ALThickMadame2010/ ALThickMadame2010

    *Sigh*  So to make sure I’m understanding what for some reason is coming off as straight up B.S., below is a list of 100% factual observations you can make to know without a shadow of a doubt that a man is REALLY single:

    -He can’t be out shopping somewhere buying dishes, pots, and pans…Can’t add on or upgrade stuff these days huh?
    -He can’t cook or just for that day or because he wants to just freakin’ do so, innocently go and purchase frozen food items…I mean, is it so bad for him to be buying frozen foods or something?  Okay…Didn’t you say he would be buying dishes, pots, and pans earlier?  If he can’t cook, then what is he WASTING all of that money for?
    -He doesn’t know how to clean/does have his own washing machine and dryer at home and doesn’t know how to use them at laundromats
    -If he works out to begin with (cause all men don’t workout), he cuts all of that out when he has a girlfriend…
    -He can’t hang out with his friends often or just be generally sociable with his friends…Time to cut them off I guess…
    -God forbid a man displays pics of pets and family in his space…Maybe a pic of his girlfriend is in his wallet OR SAVED AS A SCREENSAVER OR WALLPAPER ON HIS PHONE.  Or…Maybe the pics are NOT within YOUR sight, in a room you don’t have access to…
    -REALLY?  So it’s a sin to go mattress shopping alone or something?  Isn’t it a bed FOR HIM?  She might just be visiting and not living with him.  And even if it’s for a couple, couples can and do shop for low priced up to big ticket items ALONE.
    -What tha?  So if his sheets are comfortable and isn’t concerned about the thread count, he must be single? A single man can’t have high count thread counts or something?  Is it off limits for purchase unless you provide doc**entation that you are single?  Now if my man threw a hissy fit because of thread count, we might not be together after that, but that’s a whole different story.  lol..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SimplyComplex_87/ SimplyComplex_87

    lmao…aren’t grown men SUPPOSED to be independent? that’s no feat…it’s what’s expected.

  • http://profiles.google.com/jonath1984 jonathan M

    What if he knows how to cook and has his own place and keeps it clean and instead of laundry mat he uses the drop/in service.. come on… be more realistic to whoever wrote this

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/A-144K/ A-144K

    Co-sign,..except for da “hussies” part,..my mom wouldn’t say that,…..I was just amazed at what she could do, and b/c of her I can blaze in the Kitchen!

    sn: I think this article was meant to be taken as a joke.  Ok stupid question time: Why is he buying dishes and pots if he doesn’t use them?  Is He throwing them out so He won’t have to wash them, and has to buy new ones?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/champayne11/ champayne11

    Yea probably because you’re gay just like the rest of the down low black men!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hotgurl69/ hotgurl69

    well i’d hate if u had a daughter cuz i guess u’d spew dat talk at her. And i’m sure u could show her how to put a tampon in, explain changes in her body, talk to her like a “woman” would. All ur attributes u mentioned are null and void because it seems ur attitude is garbage. This was a dumb attempt of a vogue magazine article. It should have been funny but was more ” i’m gonna make up some stuff”. Take some breaths, calm down, and don’t type b4 u’ve thought about it for at least 45 mins because what u said was sexist also. But i guess women folk use to dat type of talkin. lol jokin.

  • Anonymous

    lamo…I wondered about the dishes and pots too…I don’t get it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    Why don’t you just AKS HIM???? If you don’t BEIEIVE HIM, keep it movin’……….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/d_easydet/ d_easydet

    this s**t is wack..my mother taught me how to do laundry when i was 8..if a man cant do his own thats a shame… this is a waste of time..and im nutty for reading it lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TheRealSexyDiva/ TheRealSexyDiva

    Wow…this was a waste of intelligence. Get real HB! 

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/quintessentialwoman7/ quintessentialwoman7

    and youre  split second from being Gay if youre not already..LMFAOOOOO (I usually dont even make comments like that but you asked for it). So tell me, How is you and your boyfriend doing Miss?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/d6j8/ d6j8

    After reading this article . I feel the staff of hello beautiful does not think too much of black men . If thats is indeed the case . And todays black men are not deserving of your liking or respect . Thats ok with me as its ok with you too . But keep in mind . There are young boys that have not left their parents homes yet . Guilty of nothing that have to face the obstacles of generalizations like these as they grow . And the young ladies are left with articles like these for advice . I pray the generations to follow us choose to love and prosper in their relationships . While we have chosen to destroy one another.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/up_grade_520/ up_grade_520

    All that’s BS I’m the best cook I know point blank period, I wash my on clothes because I don’t trust a woman 2 make the mistake 2 get beach on them. And I work out with or without a woman. Man Watch Out!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Izzo_21MO/ Izzo_21MO

    lmao true so true

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Izzo_21MO/ Izzo_21MO

    This is truly tha realest response to that crap up there…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2good2bsingle/ 2good2bsingle

    …another Dumb-@$$ED Waste-Of-Time article by HelloBeautiful.. :-/

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/EbonyConfidence/ EbonyConfidence

    ha ha ha ease up CC88  lol

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jayevans20/ jayevans20

    This list is not accurate. I single and the only thing on this list that applies to me is working out. It’s true you can’t believe every thing you read.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kmr72/ kmr72

    Well………….I’m going to give you two snaps, a twist and a kiss. Smoochies!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    Ditto ;)! I do the cooking, cleanmng and do repairs…as the for laudry and the cooking, who wants to STARVE and have DIRT underwear???? Not meee……..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jai_stormy/ jai_stormy

    There are married men that still workout, so I don’t understand that one. This list is so sexiest and offensive. There are men that are single that can cooks and know how to do laundry ,etc. HB, stop with the bs “articles” already.

  • http://www.facebook.com/marvincampbell1983 Marvin Campbell

    The list given is more typical of a gay man than a single heterosexual man. It’s a load of crap.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_F3JVL3VIYNGZB4D2D5CSCGX2GI SR

    i definitely agree!  WTF?

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