The Little Loop on the Back of Your Shirt

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Did the Loop Really Reveal Your Relationship Status?

According to a long-standing piece of campus lore, the locker loop supposedly became a subtle way for students to communicate their romantic status.

 

The story goes something like this:

 

An intact loop meant you were single.

 

A loop that had been deliberately torn off supposedly signaled that the wearer was already in a relationship.

 

 

And there was an even more dramatic version of the story.

 

A student might supposedly remove the loop—or have it torn off by a romantic partner—as a