Is it normal that a man i know touches me every time i see him?

I am married and am friendly with a married business associate. By friendly I mean we can sit and talk about business, the kids, people we know in common when we see each other. We see each other in social settings several times a year, it's a setting that he and I are more visible at than our spouses, they kind of both swoop in at the last minute and leave early while he and I are more involved and stay longer. Every time he sees me, he touches me. He'll touch me on the arm to say hello or he'll touch me on the arm while we're talking to punctuate a thought. Normal for a man to touch a woman every time he sees her?

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62% Normal
Based on 79 votes (49 yes)
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  • bluesun

    Some people touches others when they talking to them without even realizing it. that does't mean you have to pull the "pervert alarming". unless he doesn't touch you in an appropriate places then no its not normal.

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  • Stop pretending to be so naive.

    This guy is trying to screw you and you know it.

    He's trash because he's obviously trying to cheat on his wife (and kids?) and he thinks you're trash and that you're going to screw him and cheat on your husband.

    You seem to be ok with it too so shame on you.

    There is no mistake what's going on here :

    Since this guy doesn't do this stuff when your husband or his wife is around then you OBVIOUSLY KNOW HE'S TRYING TO FUCK YOU AND CHEAT ON HIS WIFE.

    Since YOU ALLOW IT you're being a trashy dishonest wife.

    NO man likes their wife or GF being touched by another man.
    Men touch girls to seduce them. That's it.

    If you continue to allow this guy to touch you then you're being a horrible wife and you're intentionally leading this guy on. So say goodbye to your marriage because when you two losers get caught his wife is going to tell your husband and you won't be able to say shit because you led him on. Once you cheat on someone they never trust you again, bye bye.

    He's playing the 'friend' card right now because he's too chicken shit to make a real move on you. He's just waiting until you and your husband get in a big fight or goes out of town then he's going to put a move on you. He'll try to pretend to be your friend and be understanding and pretend to be supportive of you and 'what a jerk your husband is' you deserve so much better than that, etc.

    Think of it this way :
    If your husband had a girl buddy who was always touching him but only when you (his wife) and her husband wasn't around would you be ok with it?

    You're an idiot if you are.

    How do you think people cheat on their spouses?

    Stop being a dummy. Tell this guy to stop touching you or you're going to tell his wife he can't keep his paws off of you but he only does it when she's not around.

    Think she's going to be 'cool' with it?

    If you were my wife and I found out what's going on you'd be in the shit house and then I'd wait until the next company function or I'd show up at work where all the other employees are hanging around and I'd confront him and his wife telling them 'he' needs to stop touching my wife and if he doesn't then get ready for a sexual harassment lawsuit and Human resources report and internet posts.

    Then if he wants to fight I'd knock him the fuck out.

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    • thecowboy911

      this.
      too long but still the truth

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    • robbieforgotpw

      Nice novel bro

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  • MissesAnonymous23

    Some people communicate by touch. It gets emotions across twice as quickly as words. It's also a way of reinforcing his words. But if you get uncomfortable from it, you should drop subtle hints when he does this, such as moving away when he does. Unless you're comfortable just telling him straight up; I would feel awkward doing that though.

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  • AbnormallyAwesome

    It depend's on his character. I'd suggest you watch him to see if he does the same thing to other people or if it's just you.

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    • Sumi

      Nailed it. It is a part of non-verbal behavior we can use to communicate. Not like he will run around tagging everyone but keep an eye on it.

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  • Rachaelraven

    Sounds flirty to me. I personally wouldn't touch anyone if I wasn't trying to make advances.

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  • Terence_the_viking

    Some people are more comfortable with touching others to get their point accross.

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  • blue_avocado

    Is "Indian blanket" code for something?

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  • ColorCrafted

    Well I'm a guy, and every time I see a girl that I haven't seen in a while even a day we would say hey and hug at the same time. So this is kinda like your situation. He just touchs your arm. Almost same thing.

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  • This is exactly the kind of disrespectful behavior that destroys marriages and relationships.

    Here you have a female that is intentionally and knowingly leading on a male coworker that is clearly trying to seduce her and cheat on his family and she hers. Not only has she has formed a 'secret' emotional relationship with this other male but she's also formed a secret physical relationship with this other male. Both are betrayals to her mate.

    Honestly you are not supposed to form emotional bonds with members of the opposite sex talking about private or secret things about your relationship. If you wouldn't talk about it in front of your spouse you shouldn't be talking about it without him/her.

    Why? Because you are forming strong emotional connections to some other person of the sex you're attracted to who is being sympathetic to you to gain your trust and affection which increases attraction. You are also intentionally keeping secrets from your mate by doing that. So you've already emotionally betrayed him/her. Once the emotional connections are made the physical connections - the actual cheating are easy.

    If you're so weak minded and needy that you must talk to others about your personal problems with your mate then do it with someone of the same sex -the sex you're not sexually attracted to so you're not emotionally or sexually tied to them and betraying your spouse.

    How can your husband trust you and why should he?

    Come on OP grow up, tell your husband what's going on then report back here with the truth.

    Women, even young girls are not even this stupid.

    The male coworker is pure garbage and trying to cheat. I'm not excusing his behavior at all but he didn't post here so that's why my replies are geared mostly towards her.

    More reasons to never get married or enter a committed relationship.

    Are people REALLY this stupid?

    FUCK.

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  • blue_avocado

    I'm just getting used to this forum. I either totally missed comments by reading on my phone or there are new comments in the middle of old... Thanks for the feedback. Atlantis, you sound very angry. Sorry if you were hurt at some point. We don't work together, we each own our own businesses and do business together. One of us has a service business that the other uses for their business.

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    • I notice you haven't told your husband yet have you?

      GO ON tell him. Tell him how this guy is always touching you and only you when you two are alone and you've been letting him.

      Tell him how long it's been going on and how long you've been keeping it a secret from him.

      Let's see if your husband gets 'angry'?

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    • Hi.

      It doesn't matter if you're technically working at the same company. The point is you have repeated exposure to one another.

      Look I don't think you're being honest. I think you know and have known he's trying to have sex with you and cheat on his family. Girls are not that naive. You know when a guy is trying to fuck you and so far you've gone along with it encouraging him.

      If you keep letting him touch you leading him on then you're probably going to screw your family over.

      Have you told him to not touch you yet?

      Have you told your husband this guy keeps touching you?

      Probably not.

      Keep us informed what you're going to do, hopefully it will be the right thing.

      And yes, it is upsetting how selfish people cheat and destroy the lives of others and our society as a whole.

      Cheating is like a disease that spreads from one person to another once they've been infected because they often become emotionally scarred.

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  • tripw7

    Danger, Danger. Don't assume that the touches don't mean anything. My brother is the same way, and he touched a women sever times and wound up on an "Indian" blanket shortly afterwards had another kid on the way.....
    Of course he was married to another and they had three that expected that he would support them. Well, he took a plane to Brazil. Haven't seen him for 6 years. Good luck.

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    • MissesAnonymous23

      'Well that escalated quickly.'

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  • TwoThumbs

    I think its probably harmless flirting. Not to be confused with "very direct" flirting. (EX) "We should do 'it' and by 'it' I mean 'the sex'."

    I hug friends male and female (I'm a straight male)...but outside of that I'm not very touchy in normal conversation whereas my best guy friend is a super touchy huggy italian. He's also very straight...but he will throw an arm on my shoulder or just well anything touchy feely people do. Your friend is likely just touchy. That said...maybe he finds you attractive and subconsciously is a little more touchy...as long as you aren't uncomfortable I wouldn't worry. It doesn't seem like this guy is going to make any moves on you.

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  • peterr

    Sounds like a very nice guy but when he touches your cunt you might have to say something.

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  • thegypsysailor

    As a person in a relationship, I am uncomfortable being touched often by a woman other than my own.
    There may or may not be ulterior motives to these actions, but if they make you at all uncomfortable, you might want to mention it to him. If noticed by coworkers, it could be misconstrued, which could have disastrous consequences.

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  • youareaghost

    It sounds like you like it.

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  • blue_avocado

    It's not pervy by any means and I'm not uncomfortable with it-it's my arm or back never boob-age or butt. He doesn't touch other people, I was watching last time I saw him. He doesn't touch my arm if his wife or my husband are around.

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  • KnightTemplar

    It depends on a lot of things. Maybe he doesn't mean any harm at all.. I mean its on your arm.. But you could tell him to quit it if you don't like him doing it

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  • gummy_jr

    As long as he doesn't touch her boobs

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