I was leaving work today and a male colleague said something odd...

Me: Okay, then. I'd better go or I'll miss the bus.
Him. See ya later then.
Me: Byeeee!!!
Him: Love you.
Me: What?
Him: What?
Me: What did you say?
Him: I said, "Love you".
Me:Oh...
[Vacant stare from colleague]
Me: No you don't.
Him: No, you're right - I don't. I was lying.
Me: Okay. Byeeee!!!
Him: Take it easy, Jus.

He also puts little Xs after his text messages to me sometimes.

He's just having fun. I do that all the time, even with teachers.

he wants yer bod

I dunno, I tell my friends I love them all the time, and I'm not being flirtatious about it. Sooooo I duuno.

MinneapolisFunk said:

You put that marvellously, with so few words. It appears to have been typed with such little effort yet carries so much meaning.

Spookymuffin said:

Christ. Are you blackmailing them or something?

I love it! ... what a lovely conversation.

Sounds flirtatious to me ... how else could you call it?

luv4all7 said:

Are you a bloke though?

Justin1972UK said:

The teachers part was a gag - I'm weird in front of teachers because I like to keep them guessing.
With all my (male) friends I do it though.

I tell people "I hate you" all the time.


I mean it!

jerseykrs said:

You never were subtle.

Reincarnate said:

Hmmm... I don't know. I'll transcribe some texts from him from my phone...

Justin1972UK said:

Whats a bloke?

luv4all7 said:

If I knew the answer to this question, Id be better, no, cleverer, at relationships

Here's some recent texts from him - well, the ones I've kept on my phone...

Hope you got
home safely and
Happy Birthday
mate!

D'ya think i
should wear the
geeky glasses
today?

Day tickets are
£10. I've had a
look on the
website x

I'm going to try
to get time off
after lunch. x

No joy on
getting time
off.

Couldn't be
arsed in the end
Just. Have fun
tho. I'm sure Neil
will answer
eventually...
Enjoy.

You have an ear
pick abusive
obsessive
disorder.

I guess none of them make sense out of context.

Justin1972UK said:

HAPPY FUCKING BIRTHDAY!!!

Anyways, are you gay or straight? And I don't think that x really means much, tbh.

Justin1972UK said:

he likes you

brownsugar said:

i second that

Spookymuffin said:

It was my birthday three weeks ago. I did log-in to view my birthday thread but there wasn't one!

I am gay. He is straight.

Do straight men go clothes-shopping together? We've done that one afternoon.

When we go to a bar, he always buys a bottle of red wine to share - as opposed to two beers. He bought the same glasses as me too - which was a bit odd. He used to wear contacts and then just turned up one day with the same glasses as me.

Justin1972UK said:

Could be either, innocent fun/affection or the lad's making as pass at you Is he guy btw?

Anyways, those little text "X's" can sometimes be a right bugger to interpret, so I know what you mean It's got me muddled up before too

Easy, Justin xx

brownsugar said:

Yup, definitely.

senik said:

senik said:

Is he gay? Well, his girlfriend might have a better angle on that than me.

jerseykrs said:

I know! Everybody's a bloody comedian these days!

P.S. x x x

Justin1972UK said:

i think the guy is gay

Justin1972UK said:

He loves your fine ass

Justin1972UK said:

There's plenty of guy guys out there who are either married or have a girlfriend.

Maybe he's going through a "bi-curious" phase? Maybe he's ready to "switch"?

Does he disconcert you or make you uncomfortabble? Let him know. Otherwise, go ahead and just have some fun.

I think he's trying to come out

Either that or he's one of those people that gets really clos to you and copies everything you do - Harmless, but annoying?

Yeah, I've been through some tough times with my buddies. And, I'd *never* even think of writing the messages or doing the things you've described your pal as doing.