I understand the mixed signals debate. I actually never thought about how those two things might be perceived together. I tend to make these decisions in a vacuum, separate from one another (it's bitten me in the @ss before). I should probably take a more holistic approach to these kinds of decisions - something to think about in the future.
The ring is an external symbol - everyone can see it. Its' purpose is to broadcast my unavailability.
The pictures are internal to my house, which I now live in by myself 50% of the time (dogs don't count). Their purpose was to serve as a reminder of the past, something I'm not entirely interested in at the moment.
Her perception to the "message" wasn't part of the equation when I made those decisions. She was already spending a majority of her time at OM's house when I took the pictures down (and all the cutesy sh!t we had put up).
