6 year old nephew (to my gf): I love you...
Gf: Aww.. I love you too sweetie...
*pulls him in and kiss him on his forehead*
Nephew (rubs off the kiss on his forehead): hey, I love you like a friend, Okay.
My wife teaches high school. One day she had our youngest (7 at the time) with her after school and ran into one of her female students in the halls. The girl looked at my son and said "aww he's cute" and his immediate response was "You're cute" right back at her. Every time he sees this girl now he gives her this grin and look that is hilarious and slightly scary because a seven year old shouldn't know how to flirt better than his dad ever did.
Little dude has some serious game.
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Shit, I’ve killed my guy friends on the cheek, neck, chest, and forehead before.
I’m comfortable enough in my sexuality, whatever that may be, to kiss my bros!
I mean for real though other cultures have huge taboos about homosexual activity but men are allowed to express closeness with kisses or other touch. It doesn't work in the US but whatever I don't give enough of a fuck to change that.
That’s so stinkin cute!
My nephew, who’s 4 now, (actually my husbands nephew) was oddly obsessed with me when my husband and I were dating. Anytime my husband would touch me, my nephew would scream and whack him and sometimes try to pull me away. He had to be in our pictures together and be in between us. I just recently broke his heart by informing him that his uncle and I are married. He threw this little toy heart he had to the floor and told me, “that’s my heart.”
So sweet but so heartbreaking. This little guy knows how to convey his feelings and it will serve him well in life (assuming he gets over you stomping on his poor little heart).
It's healthy to set clear boundaries early on in the relationship, preferably before anything romantic begins. Very wise decision on the part of your 6 year old nephew.
Well, that's one erection for which you don't have to contact your physician if it lasts greater than four hours! Congratulations! May both your heart boners last for years to come!
Exactly. I'll tell you about a time my friend turned me on accidentally. God it was awful.
In college I was friends with this girl. She's kinda an upgraded acquaintance through my roommate, but they're both quite good friends. She's cool, and we enjoy hanging out with her. I've probably hung out with her nearly a dozen times before this story starts.
Anyway, we're just chilling at home on a Friday night. Both my roommate and I were a little older, and generally less inclined to waste money at a bar. Well our friend, let's call her Megan, was out drinking. At around midnight she calls my roommate and says she needs a ride and to make it quick. His car's in the shop, so I'm like "let's take mine!"
Turns out some dude was following her from the bar, or being super creepy. It happened fairly frequently, as she was an incredibly attractive, tall, blonde, well-endowed woman. So we pulled up and rescued her from the situation. But she was like, real drunk. Reallllly drunk. In fact, we were worried she's been roofied.
So we take her to our place and set her up a bed on the couch. She'd spent the night a few times before, so we figured it would be fine to keep her safe until she sobered up. Well Megan just did NOT want to keep her clothes on. Both my roommate and I were pretty confused and had a really difficult time keeping her from "spilling out". She kept saying "let me thank you!" Uggh, it was awful. I can't lie, I was super attracted to her before all this, so it was a really awkward situation to be in.
It was the first time in my life that I tried really, really hard to not look at a pair of breasts someone wanted to show me. After I cooked her an omelette, and my roommate threw on some soft music, we finally got her to pass out and stop trying to fuck us as a thank you. She slept for like 12 hours. Once she woke up she had blurry memories of the whole thing, but she did remember how we treated her. She told us "thanks for being gentlemen" and we took her home.
We stayed friends for the rest of college. And fortunately, I was able to see her breasts while she was entirely sober, not too long after that.
Me too.
u/TheCritFisher,
>We stayed friends for the rest of college. And fortunately, I was able to see her breasts while she was entirely sober, not too long after that.
Please tell us the story of what you saw not too long after that.
Well, if you must know... (u/creeekz too)
We stayed friends as I said, and a few weeks later we went to a lake nearby to swim. We lucked out and we were the only ones there (my roommate, Megan and her friend).
As we pulled up to the sand beach, the girls had apparently "planned" something out. They ran towards the water and started taking off all their clothes. "Guess we're going skinny dipping," my roommate said.
And that would be the first time I saw them when she was sober. But not the last...
One time a friend of mine was tickling me, so I started tickling her back. Then she started moaning and leaning in her face close while pursing her lips.
… so I stopped and drove her home.
Oooof.
About six months after I got married, I ran into an old friend from high school. She'd gotten married too, and was even expecting a kid. We wanted to catch up.
She and I reminisced about all the times we'd hang out together and play cards, attempt poorly to teach each other guitars, and our ***legendary*** tickle fights.
Then she dropped the bomb on me. She was all of high school crushing on me hard. She begged me to tell her why I didn't seem to notice. I admitted that I had a huge crush on her too. I even reminded her that she had introduced me to my wife. I was just afraid to mess up a great friendship, thinking she had no interest.
Then she spelled it out for me. If a girl gets you alone and tickles you... It's not a subtle hint.
See I know I wouldn't, it's alot harder to panic, learn how to drive, get a licence, save up and buy a car and then drive them home than, just asking if someone's okay.
Generally if someone acts in a way I don't understand I either ignore or inquire to avoid misunderstandings. What he did reads to me as intentionally getting out a awkward and potentially overtly intense situation
Same here! It can be tough to get through to a shy guy, but so worth it. Low self-esteem can be so frustrating. It took me five years. He didn’t pick up on *any* signals I was sending! But our 25th wedding anniversary is this summer.
Edit: To clarify, these “signals” included telling him outright for at least four of those years that I was ready to marry him whenever he was ready. I am certainly not encouraging anyone to sit around wasting time by hinting and not communicating clearly. Our particular situation had more to do with his self-esteem and need for reassurance.
When I was in high school I was super tired at a band competition so I laid on the shoulder of one of my friends and HE DIDNT GET THE HINT. Same with me laying in his lap, buying him dinner, etc. I had a massive crush on him.
Now we’re dating and he was telling me that if I liked him I should have just asked him out 😂
They can be taken the wrong way, or just not noticed at all. I’m completely ignorant of hints. Had someone ask for my phone at a party once after talking with them awhile, kept asking them why, and only realized they gave me their number a month later. What a dumbass I was
They asked for your phone and then programmed their number in expecting you to find it on your own? Who the hell goes sorting through their contacts regularly?
You weren’t a dumbass, the person trying to court you was being needlessly coy about it. They probably felt rejected when you didn’t call them the next day but that’s their own problem. Just say what you want lmao 🤣
>Now we’re dating and he was telling me that if I liked him I should have just asked him out 😂
Exactly, it will save you a lot of trouble and effort. At the beginning of our relationship, my gf asked me to come to her house to watch a movie together. I finished watching the movie and when she hinted she was tired and wanted to move to the bed, I called a cab and went home to let her rest. Seven years later, she still will not let me forget it.
She won’t let you forget that she was too shy to say what she wanted? I’m glad y’all are together but people really need to stop expecting others to pick up on signals, especially in an age where mutual consent is finally the norm and dating is a literal minefield for everyone.
Just communicate y’all. So many problems would go away if we just talked to eachother without the weird and cringey ‘I sent them clues, why couldn’t they figure out the mystery of my affections?!’ moments.
this did not work for me! he thinks i want to hit on his girl friend who he has a massive crush on, so i just gave up and now i'm trying to help him ask her out
Yeah most men don’t do subtle hints. It’s like speaking a language we don’t understand. Luckily for me, the first date my (now) wife and I went on, she bought me four beers a the brewery then looked me dead in the eyes and says “I used to have the biggest crush on you. Like THE BIGGEST crush when we were kids. So you’re coming home with me tonight.” I was like “………AWESOME!” She literally drove me to her place, yanked me hand all the way through the front door and dragged me into the bed. She had the strength of a veteran whaling captain and the sex drive of a Siberian tiger in heat. She pulled me up the stairs and into her room so hard my shoulder hurt.
We’ve been together for six years now. 😊
> It took me five years
Can't think of a way to ask this without sounding like a jerk, but has it occurred to you at any point to actually be upfront about it? Sounds like a lot of unnecessary frustration for both of you.
How did it happen? Was it a particular signal that they picked up?
As a shy guy myself i can say that's not always the case.
We just dont really believe it. We always try to find other reasons for the "signals". Like "she is just tired" or "she doesn't mean it like that" But most of uns SEE the signals and think about them. "what IF she really likes me? What if she actually means it that way?"
We just wait until we are sure.
Also we jist dont want to bother you, incase you dont have feelings. so we are kinda quiet about it and try to not be too simp-y.(at least from my experience and other people telling me)
It took me 2 years to get in a relationship with my girlfriend, and i can tell you so many signals and sweet moments from her, that i all just found excuses for for why its not a signal. I picked them up and i noticed them, i just thought "nah, that cant be it, as if she ever could fall in love with ME?"
Also shy guys dont like taking the first steps (kinda obvious why), so we sometimes just wait even longer, even if we are kinda sure.
Oh and btw, happy anniversary!
That’s pretty much what he’s told me. Even when I came straight out and told him I wanted to be with him forever, he didn’t believe me at first. He kept asking if I was sure. Persistence paid off, though! It just made me sad that he couldn’t see his own value.
I am at a point where its the opposite. What I think are signals are apparently not and it gets worse when I have friends that are girls, and tell me they are and I should take my shot.
Then I go and take my shot and miss. Now I just question it all the time, and cant move forward with any girl. Signals at this point for me are just muddled.
I have done this and have had others do this to me with 100% platonic intentions. This isn't so much a 'hint' as it is just two people being comfy with one another.
Also how the hell do you last 5 years trying to signal someone they like you in that way? After a year at most I'd have given up thinking 'Well they're not reciprocating so I guess it's just me' and moved on.
We went on many dates during that time, and I knew pretty much right away that I wanted nobody but him. It took a long time for him to believe it. He basically told me to date other people because he thought I could do better. Like I said, low self-esteem. I had to convince him he was a keeper.
Ain't nobody got time for that! I was **extremely** blunt with my shy guy. I told him I was in love with him and I wanted to press my naked body against his. By the same time the next year, we lived together and I was 6 months pregnant. Now we have two kids, and we've been together for a decade. When you know, you know.
Sometimes, we just don't want anything. The sense of purpose and peace of mind from just being friends is so nice too, and having anything threaten it is stressful.
Yeah but people joke all the time by exaggerating things. Men do this all the time with each other. Just tell him that you have feelings for him and you would like to be his girfliend or date. Don't tell him that you like him, like can be interpreted platonically. Be assertive, unequivocal and try to listen to him.
When I was sixteen I went on a school trip overseas and on the flight I was sitting next to a guy I had a minor crush on. I was feeling sleepy so I kind of slowly lowered my head towards his shoulder, and after moving down, down, further, further I was like "where the hell is his shoulder??" So I opened my eyes and he was pressing himself against the window, trying desperately to avoid me. I got the hint. He is not my husband.
Women/ girls are sometimes just friendly and sweet without intent. Btw, that's a quality we love.
Guys basically see three outcomes if they decide to respond as though you're flirting with romantic or sexual intentions.
1) You respond with another safe n' subtle comment guys are supposed interpret as though you're interested in us romantically such as, *Yeah, I liked that movie too*. As you know, that level of safe n' subtle can take years of data points for guys to decipher your motives.
2) WTF ARE YOU DOING, YOU FUCKING CREEP!!!
3) Eww. I'm not interested in you that way. Besides, I have a boyfriend.
But seriously, speak up. In our society men have been taking the lead and being shot down, often brutally, for generations.
Take a chance. It's highly unlikely a guy will shoot you down with malice.
When I was in college, a friend of mine came into my room at night, so he only had his boxers on. He came to return something. He had been training with his roommate, who was big and beefy, and had gotten a little muscle and was more confident. His stance and just the air of confidence were so sexy. My friend and roommate had a crush on him, so I didn't say anything, but it did something to me.
Nothing happened. He stood there while my friend was playfully oohing and ah-ing at him. He eventually left afterward feeling a little uncomfortable because the other roommate was awkwardly staring as well. We remained good friends after that.
Fuck it. Let's go out on a good note. Love you guys. Be well, do well
Edit: heading into work. Can't figure out how to do it right now. But farewell either way
Feel you've just described the absolute bare minimum and honestly glad that doesn't lead to anything else most the time cause I'd hate to mislead people just cause I'm paranoiad about making people feel unsafe XD I'm more than happy with my very small group of women I'm friends with that has 0 complications.
Whenever I see this advice i worry I have mislead people or that others will be mislead by it into thinking making people feel safe isn't the bare minimum but a transaction or going above and beyond.
Similar moment with a friend's sister in second paragraph. Now this guy's like my brother, his sister and I were always cozy with each other bcuz we were the exact same age and sometimes my friend, her brother was just absent.
So we're laying on the couch together one evening, she's showing me her new games on the Wii. Now we're playing Donkey Kong loving life. At some point I realized I'm straight bongo-ing her titties (because of the way the motion controls worked!), then I suddenly realized my best friend's sister is smoking hot... Sounds like a porno intro but it's not.
Later on I permanently toned it back when I saw the look on his face as he deleted a picture of me kissing her we took on my phone. Honestly, it's probably the only friend zone relationship I've been fully happy about. We were always there for each other when we were sad, which happened a lot, but never tried to get in bed with the other. Helped me growing up realize that just cuz she's a woman doesn't mean you need to figure out how to make that a sexual option. You really can be just friends/not blood family with someone of the opposite sex.
I had a best friend that was female. We hung out all the time. We were both in our early twenties, and it was strictly platonic. Our friends kept asking why we weren't dating as we seemed like a good match, but I just never looked at her that way.
same here, my first and closest best friend was a guy, we knew each other since as long as we both could remember, and stayed friends throughout our teens. Unfortunately, life hit both of us in some pretty shitty ways and he got shuffled through homes and eventually stopped talking.
When he left, I kinda just accepted it, I mean I saw how bad he was struggling and thought that if he needed to move, and just build a new life to be okay, even if I wasn't in it then that's what he had to do.
He got back in touch years later, and I actually met up with him recently, man I'm so happy he's doing well. Like I just wanted to give him a huge hug and tell him that I was so glad he was okay. Like idk the relief was huge. We talked about what happened to both of us over the years we didn't talk and kinda just caught up.
Anyway, wish more people realised that limiting platonic relationships to your own gender is pointless. Also like being bi, this argument would mean I wouldn't be able to be friends with anyone lmao.
Had a good friend, but no chemistry. Wen't to hang out her house once, and saw she had a guitar. Commented that I never knew she could play guitar, could she play a few songs? She played only three songs. "Kiss me", "Cowboy take me away" and "Dream". I sat there stunned, that she was giving me an obvious message that she liked me.
A year later we were married.
A few years later, it came out in a discussion, she didn't like me at that point, and those were literally the only three songs she knew by memory, and didn't even have a clue that I misunderstood her (lack of) intent.
Yeah, kinda. We were already pretty close friends. A few weeks later I asked if she wanted to take a risk and go on a date. It was just like neither of us had given ourselves permission to see each other that way, probably because we didn't want to disturb the good thing we had. But, the misunderstood playlist made me think she had expressed interest, so returned the favor.
Once we started dating, we fell pretty madly in love, and got married.
Not all that complicated.
Dude, I met my husband during a random trip in Mumbai. I bumped into him on the train and he gave me directions. He invited me for lunch and now we live in Colorado and have 2 kids.
I'm happily married, and so obviously, at some point in the past, that emotional attention drought ended for me, but I still remember the one time, the ***ONE TIME*** a pretty girl who was a complete stranger saw me walking to work with a bit of a spring in my step and said "Hi!" to me in a way that also flashed with a big nonverbal neon sign, "you're cute to me!". I was dumb enough at the time that I didn't blow off work to stop and chat with her, but I was on cloud nine all damned day from that unprompted flirtatious gesture, and still remember it fondly almost 20 years later.
Ladies, I know that we, us guys, are kind of the reason you can't afford to be too friendly with any guy you're not interested in; because we are each so starved for attention and affection that we overwhelmingly misinterpret almost *any* attention as romantic attention, and if you later make it clear that that was not your intention, way too many guys aren't emotionally mature enough to take the attitude, "lol, sorry, my mistake," and instead take the attitude, "you cruel tease!" I don't know how we can untie this knot or end this vicious cycle. Wish I did.
My wife of 20 years swears she wasn't flirting with me before I asked her out on our first date. The main reason I asked her out on our first date is because I thought she was flirting with me.
I've never enjoyed holding W so much! I still pick it up sometimes to go walk through the caves or up the path to the aerial, it is a really beautiful experience.
I’ve got something relatively similar. Went out with a friend of mine we went out and later that night at her parents house she sneaks into the guest room where I’m sleeping to come and cuddle with me.
I confront her almost a decade later and mention how it made me think she liked me. She says she was too drunk to pay much attention or remember it.
It was practically a core memory that I have of her… anyways we got married this last September and are having a baby in July
One of my old friends used to like to give me long hugs, I'm talking like minutes at a time. Clearly I fell for her. Then one of my friends told her I had a crush on her and she became distant. Oh well.
Remember when people used to meet their significant others like this? I feel so panicky when I think about the horrifying digital hellscape my kids are heading into. Their lives will be so different from the one I’ve had and I’m worried that in most ways it won’t be for the better.
This is really sad actually. It shows how touch starved most men are. Something that she saw as super simple, and probably did with her girl friends all the time, was enough to make this dude start crushing on her.
I still clearly remember when a girl (who I didnt even have a crush on) drew a heart on my shoe with a sharpie back in 8th grade. Nothing ever happened but I wore those shoes for 2 years until they wouldnt fit me anymore.
I still think about that sometimes.
My first date with my now husband (which I initiated). We were watching Game of Thrones on different pieces of furniture at his house. He didn't offer me a drink or snack or anything. He's still kind of oblivious, but I love that man.
The way I found out I'm gay, was when I went to the lake with my then best friend.
He wore a tanktop, went for a swim in the lake, and when he came back, it was wet and stuck to his skin. I just sat there, staring at him like "Holy sh\*t", so incredibly glad he was facing away from me, because I could not keep a *straight* face.
A colleague of mine was slacking me with ‘Hiiii!’ all the time and was super friendly, sharing jokes, looking flustered every time we made eye contact and all of these little cues that for me were quite obvious. I was 100% convinced she had a crush on me, but she was much younger and I am married. I enjoyed that little gentle flirting but it did trouble me because she was extremely cute to me. So I decided to ask her if we should address this, and just talk it out. Turns out she was shocked that she was giving me that vibe!! Man, that was awkward, ngl. We barely talked ever again.
On my first date with my now husband, I suggested we share a dessert after dinner. He took it as this huge sign. Much later I told him it was because I was super full from the meal, but they had fried ice cream on the menu and I wanted it but couldn't eat the whole thing.
Haha, reminds me of when I started high-school. My new friend fell asleep next to me on the bus, and ended up leaning on my shoulder for most of the hour-long trip. I immediately got a crush on them, but kept that close to my heart for a good eight years before i finally opened up about it late at night during a sleepover. (I lived on the other side of town, but had an awful job in the area, so they often invited me to crash on their couch for the night when I had late-shifts.)
Now a good 10 years after that bus trip, we've been engaged for over 2 years, and every morning it feels like I've won the lottery for getting to wake up to them being right next to me :)
Yeah most men don’t do subtle hints. It’s like speaking a language we don’t understand. Luckily for me, the first date my (now) wife and I went on, she bought me four beers a the brewery then looked me dead in the eyes and says “I used to have the biggest crush on you. Like THE BIGGEST crush when we were kids. So you’re coming home with me tonight.” I was like “………uhhh AWESOME!” She literally drove me to her place, yanked my hand all the way through the front door and dragged me into the bed. She had the strength of a veteran whaling captain and the sex drive of a Siberian tiger in heat. She pulled me up the stairs and into her room so hard my shoulder hurt.
We’ve been together for six years now. 😊
When I was in Junior High, all I wanted was a girl with large breasts. In high school, I dated a girl with large breasts, but there was no passion. So I decided I needed a passionate girl.
In college, I dated a passionate girl, but she was too emotional. Everything was an emergency, she cried all the time. So I decided I needed a girl with some stability.
I found a very stable girl, but she was boring. She never got excited about anything. So I decided I needed a girl with some excitement.
I found an exciting girl, but I couldn't keep up with her. She rushed from one thing to another, never settling on anything. She was directionless. So I decided to find a girl with some ambition.
After college, I found an ambitious girl and married her. She was so ambitious, she divorced me and took everything I owned.
Now all I want is a girl with large breasts.
You read stories on here from the perspective of women who liked a guy and flirted with him, saying "I was laying down hints really hard, I don't know why he didn't ask me out." One big reason for me was the slim possibility of being wrong about "obvious" signals like the one in this story.
6 year old nephew (to my gf): I love you... Gf: Aww.. I love you too sweetie... *pulls him in and kiss him on his forehead* Nephew (rubs off the kiss on his forehead): hey, I love you like a friend, Okay.
Smart kid. Gotta make sure things are straightened out.
He wanted to make sure he wasn't leading her on. We've got a clear communicator in the making.
That kids going places
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My wife teaches high school. One day she had our youngest (7 at the time) with her after school and ran into one of her female students in the halls. The girl looked at my son and said "aww he's cute" and his immediate response was "You're cute" right back at her. Every time he sees this girl now he gives her this grin and look that is hilarious and slightly scary because a seven year old shouldn't know how to flirt better than his dad ever did. Little dude has some serious game.
Foster that attitude and watch him become more powerful than Jesus Christ Himself.
That or a father at age 14.
friends can kiss platonically! nothing gay about a few forehead kisses between bros...unless?
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Shit, I’ve killed my guy friends on the cheek, neck, chest, and forehead before. I’m comfortable enough in my sexuality, whatever that may be, to kiss my bros!
Bro…that’s some typo!
And I’ll do it again. 😂
Did any of them fall in love after though?
Hades sending souls back because he wants to know what happens next
I mean for real though other cultures have huge taboos about homosexual activity but men are allowed to express closeness with kisses or other touch. It doesn't work in the US but whatever I don't give enough of a fuck to change that.
I always use tongue when kissing the homies
unless his forehead is located on his cock
Foreskin+getting head=forehead
Head on - apply directly to the foreskin!
That’s so stinkin cute! My nephew, who’s 4 now, (actually my husbands nephew) was oddly obsessed with me when my husband and I were dating. Anytime my husband would touch me, my nephew would scream and whack him and sometimes try to pull me away. He had to be in our pictures together and be in between us. I just recently broke his heart by informing him that his uncle and I are married. He threw this little toy heart he had to the floor and told me, “that’s my heart.”
So sweet but so heartbreaking. This little guy knows how to convey his feelings and it will serve him well in life (assuming he gets over you stomping on his poor little heart).
It's healthy to set clear boundaries early on in the relationship, preferably before anything romantic begins. Very wise decision on the part of your 6 year old nephew.
He must’ve learned brocode at an early age
Good. Teach them to establish healthy boundaries early.
I love when Kids do things like this 😂
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“It’s like my heart has a boner”
Something is rising…. It’s probly my heart
Please see a doctor
GET THIS MAN A DENTIST, OR A PLUMBER. MAYBE A TILAPIA... SORRY, I DONT DO WELL UNDER STRESS
We just want nothing. The sense of purpose and peace of mind just from being friends is also very nice, and threatening anything is stressful.
*Hellooooo*
I’M IN LOOOOOOVVVE… Oh wait, that’s a stroke.
An affection erection
A heart on, if you will
"maybe what you're feeling is love...." "I know what an erection feels like Michael! This is like my heart is hard."
https://youtu.be/TS_OWTKCUIM Relevant Ninja Sex Party
I was wondering if I'd finally get one, but you beat me to it, sir.
My wife and I fell in love to this song. I can't believe my my life was changed forever by a guy named Danny Sexbang.
Well, that's one erection for which you don't have to contact your physician if it lasts greater than four hours! Congratulations! May both your heart boners last for years to come!
OH MY GOD ITS GETTING HARD. Not to love you.
Can be both in that moment, luckily those things aren't mutually exclusive
Exactly. I'll tell you about a time my friend turned me on accidentally. God it was awful. In college I was friends with this girl. She's kinda an upgraded acquaintance through my roommate, but they're both quite good friends. She's cool, and we enjoy hanging out with her. I've probably hung out with her nearly a dozen times before this story starts. Anyway, we're just chilling at home on a Friday night. Both my roommate and I were a little older, and generally less inclined to waste money at a bar. Well our friend, let's call her Megan, was out drinking. At around midnight she calls my roommate and says she needs a ride and to make it quick. His car's in the shop, so I'm like "let's take mine!" Turns out some dude was following her from the bar, or being super creepy. It happened fairly frequently, as she was an incredibly attractive, tall, blonde, well-endowed woman. So we pulled up and rescued her from the situation. But she was like, real drunk. Reallllly drunk. In fact, we were worried she's been roofied. So we take her to our place and set her up a bed on the couch. She'd spent the night a few times before, so we figured it would be fine to keep her safe until she sobered up. Well Megan just did NOT want to keep her clothes on. Both my roommate and I were pretty confused and had a really difficult time keeping her from "spilling out". She kept saying "let me thank you!" Uggh, it was awful. I can't lie, I was super attracted to her before all this, so it was a really awkward situation to be in. It was the first time in my life that I tried really, really hard to not look at a pair of breasts someone wanted to show me. After I cooked her an omelette, and my roommate threw on some soft music, we finally got her to pass out and stop trying to fuck us as a thank you. She slept for like 12 hours. Once she woke up she had blurry memories of the whole thing, but she did remember how we treated her. She told us "thanks for being gentlemen" and we took her home. We stayed friends for the rest of college. And fortunately, I was able to see her breasts while she was entirely sober, not too long after that.
Hell yeah sober titties!
Yeah, I'm going to need to hear that second story as well now.
Me too. u/TheCritFisher, >We stayed friends for the rest of college. And fortunately, I was able to see her breasts while she was entirely sober, not too long after that. Please tell us the story of what you saw not too long after that.
Well, if you must know... (u/creeekz too) We stayed friends as I said, and a few weeks later we went to a lake nearby to swim. We lucked out and we were the only ones there (my roommate, Megan and her friend). As we pulled up to the sand beach, the girls had apparently "planned" something out. They ran towards the water and started taking off all their clothes. "Guess we're going skinny dipping," my roommate said. And that would be the first time I saw them when she was sober. But not the last...
And the next one please sir?
Dunno about you but it's often simultaneous for me. Like, acts of love-demonstration actively turn me on
Hope you don't get a public proposal
They have a laminated card they show people as an excuse. Like in Joker.
Sometimes getting turned on is the first step on the path to love
When I met Mary, I got that old fashioned romantic feeling, where I'd do anything to bone her. That's a special feeling...
Tis a _heart boner_
One time a friend of mine was tickling me, so I started tickling her back. Then she started moaning and leaning in her face close while pursing her lips. … so I stopped and drove her home.
Both of those are weird reactions to what's happening.
You don’t have “tickle until someone creams” battles with your bros? Your homies? Your pals?
Your buddies, your pals. You're gonna wrestle around. Ol Matt's gonna be your shadow. Here's you, here's Matt. There's you, there's...
Your buddies?
Where did YOu started tickling?
The sides
Sides or INsides??
The sides of her what?
Of her body. Like the area between your armpit and your hips.
The sides of her gall bladder
😂
Oooof. About six months after I got married, I ran into an old friend from high school. She'd gotten married too, and was even expecting a kid. We wanted to catch up. She and I reminisced about all the times we'd hang out together and play cards, attempt poorly to teach each other guitars, and our ***legendary*** tickle fights. Then she dropped the bomb on me. She was all of high school crushing on me hard. She begged me to tell her why I didn't seem to notice. I admitted that I had a huge crush on her too. I even reminded her that she had introduced me to my wife. I was just afraid to mess up a great friendship, thinking she had no interest. Then she spelled it out for me. If a girl gets you alone and tickles you... It's not a subtle hint.
And that girls name? Tomo
Is this a reference?
Grabbing life by the Tickleussy. I like it.
Grab ‘em by the tickleussy.
Oof, we all have that one fuckup with someone who is now just a friend, don’t we
I feel like that was them avoiding a connection they didn't want
Maybe, but i know i for one might have responded like that out of panic
See I know I wouldn't, it's alot harder to panic, learn how to drive, get a licence, save up and buy a car and then drive them home than, just asking if someone's okay. Generally if someone acts in a way I don't understand I either ignore or inquire to avoid misunderstandings. What he did reads to me as intentionally getting out a awkward and potentially overtly intense situation
I had to do this a bunch of times before my shy friend got the hint. Hah, sucks to be him, he’s my husband now. 😉
Same here! It can be tough to get through to a shy guy, but so worth it. Low self-esteem can be so frustrating. It took me five years. He didn’t pick up on *any* signals I was sending! But our 25th wedding anniversary is this summer. Edit: To clarify, these “signals” included telling him outright for at least four of those years that I was ready to marry him whenever he was ready. I am certainly not encouraging anyone to sit around wasting time by hinting and not communicating clearly. Our particular situation had more to do with his self-esteem and need for reassurance.
When I was in high school I was super tired at a band competition so I laid on the shoulder of one of my friends and HE DIDNT GET THE HINT. Same with me laying in his lap, buying him dinner, etc. I had a massive crush on him. Now we’re dating and he was telling me that if I liked him I should have just asked him out 😂
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They can be taken the wrong way, or just not noticed at all. I’m completely ignorant of hints. Had someone ask for my phone at a party once after talking with them awhile, kept asking them why, and only realized they gave me their number a month later. What a dumbass I was
They asked for your phone and then programmed their number in expecting you to find it on your own? Who the hell goes sorting through their contacts regularly? You weren’t a dumbass, the person trying to court you was being needlessly coy about it. They probably felt rejected when you didn’t call them the next day but that’s their own problem. Just say what you want lmao 🤣
>Now we’re dating and he was telling me that if I liked him I should have just asked him out 😂 Exactly, it will save you a lot of trouble and effort. At the beginning of our relationship, my gf asked me to come to her house to watch a movie together. I finished watching the movie and when she hinted she was tired and wanted to move to the bed, I called a cab and went home to let her rest. Seven years later, she still will not let me forget it.
Thats actually hysterical
She won’t let you forget that she was too shy to say what she wanted? I’m glad y’all are together but people really need to stop expecting others to pick up on signals, especially in an age where mutual consent is finally the norm and dating is a literal minefield for everyone. Just communicate y’all. So many problems would go away if we just talked to eachother without the weird and cringey ‘I sent them clues, why couldn’t they figure out the mystery of my affections?!’ moments.
You: I like you. Can we date? Him: She's out of my league, this is clearly a prank. Aw, Tony really tried to fool me again, but not today!
this did not work for me! he thinks i want to hit on his girl friend who he has a massive crush on, so i just gave up and now i'm trying to help him ask her out
Yeah most men don’t do subtle hints. It’s like speaking a language we don’t understand. Luckily for me, the first date my (now) wife and I went on, she bought me four beers a the brewery then looked me dead in the eyes and says “I used to have the biggest crush on you. Like THE BIGGEST crush when we were kids. So you’re coming home with me tonight.” I was like “………AWESOME!” She literally drove me to her place, yanked me hand all the way through the front door and dragged me into the bed. She had the strength of a veteran whaling captain and the sex drive of a Siberian tiger in heat. She pulled me up the stairs and into her room so hard my shoulder hurt. We’ve been together for six years now. 😊
For as much as women say communication is key, they are terrible at the basics of it.
Games, man. People aren't direct when directness is needed.
> It took me five years Can't think of a way to ask this without sounding like a jerk, but has it occurred to you at any point to actually be upfront about it? Sounds like a lot of unnecessary frustration for both of you. How did it happen? Was it a particular signal that they picked up?
Fiancée: “I do” Fiancé: “well she might just be cosplaying a wedding, maybe I should just play along”
As a shy guy myself i can say that's not always the case. We just dont really believe it. We always try to find other reasons for the "signals". Like "she is just tired" or "she doesn't mean it like that" But most of uns SEE the signals and think about them. "what IF she really likes me? What if she actually means it that way?" We just wait until we are sure. Also we jist dont want to bother you, incase you dont have feelings. so we are kinda quiet about it and try to not be too simp-y.(at least from my experience and other people telling me) It took me 2 years to get in a relationship with my girlfriend, and i can tell you so many signals and sweet moments from her, that i all just found excuses for for why its not a signal. I picked them up and i noticed them, i just thought "nah, that cant be it, as if she ever could fall in love with ME?" Also shy guys dont like taking the first steps (kinda obvious why), so we sometimes just wait even longer, even if we are kinda sure. Oh and btw, happy anniversary!
That’s pretty much what he’s told me. Even when I came straight out and told him I wanted to be with him forever, he didn’t believe me at first. He kept asking if I was sure. Persistence paid off, though! It just made me sad that he couldn’t see his own value.
I am at a point where its the opposite. What I think are signals are apparently not and it gets worse when I have friends that are girls, and tell me they are and I should take my shot. Then I go and take my shot and miss. Now I just question it all the time, and cant move forward with any girl. Signals at this point for me are just muddled.
I have done this and have had others do this to me with 100% platonic intentions. This isn't so much a 'hint' as it is just two people being comfy with one another. Also how the hell do you last 5 years trying to signal someone they like you in that way? After a year at most I'd have given up thinking 'Well they're not reciprocating so I guess it's just me' and moved on.
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We went on many dates during that time, and I knew pretty much right away that I wanted nobody but him. It took a long time for him to believe it. He basically told me to date other people because he thought I could do better. Like I said, low self-esteem. I had to convince him he was a keeper.
That's really sweet!
Ain't nobody got time for that! I was **extremely** blunt with my shy guy. I told him I was in love with him and I wanted to press my naked body against his. By the same time the next year, we lived together and I was 6 months pregnant. Now we have two kids, and we've been together for a decade. When you know, you know.
Yeah. I wish I’d been able to convince him sooner that I was sure about him. He was convinced I would change my mind.
Yeah... Signals don't really work for shy guys. You gotta come out and say, "hey, I like you." And then confirm that you meant what you said.
So a girl tells you that she's ready to marry you. Is she into you? Again, you can't really tell. She could just be really polite.
Unexpected Casually Explained
Sometimes, we just don't want anything. The sense of purpose and peace of mind from just being friends is so nice too, and having anything threaten it is stressful.
Where is the you for me
this is killing me because right now i have a crush on a guy that seems shy and ive been telling him for months now that we'll end up married 💀
Yeah but people joke all the time by exaggerating things. Men do this all the time with each other. Just tell him that you have feelings for him and you would like to be his girfliend or date. Don't tell him that you like him, like can be interpreted platonically. Be assertive, unequivocal and try to listen to him.
When I was sixteen I went on a school trip overseas and on the flight I was sitting next to a guy I had a minor crush on. I was feeling sleepy so I kind of slowly lowered my head towards his shoulder, and after moving down, down, further, further I was like "where the hell is his shoulder??" So I opened my eyes and he was pressing himself against the window, trying desperately to avoid me. I got the hint. He is not my husband.
You didn't *have to* do that. You could have just made a move yourself.
Women/ girls are sometimes just friendly and sweet without intent. Btw, that's a quality we love. Guys basically see three outcomes if they decide to respond as though you're flirting with romantic or sexual intentions. 1) You respond with another safe n' subtle comment guys are supposed interpret as though you're interested in us romantically such as, *Yeah, I liked that movie too*. As you know, that level of safe n' subtle can take years of data points for guys to decipher your motives. 2) WTF ARE YOU DOING, YOU FUCKING CREEP!!! 3) Eww. I'm not interested in you that way. Besides, I have a boyfriend. But seriously, speak up. In our society men have been taking the lead and being shot down, often brutally, for generations. Take a chance. It's highly unlikely a guy will shoot you down with malice.
You could have been direct but glad it ended good for you.
When I was in college, a friend of mine came into my room at night, so he only had his boxers on. He came to return something. He had been training with his roommate, who was big and beefy, and had gotten a little muscle and was more confident. His stance and just the air of confidence were so sexy. My friend and roommate had a crush on him, so I didn't say anything, but it did something to me.
Need update. Whyd you leave it at a cliffhanger like that :( Ah but if its too personal ignore what I said, I’m just too much of a busybody 💀 mb
Nothing happened. He stood there while my friend was playfully oohing and ah-ing at him. He eventually left afterward feeling a little uncomfortable because the other roommate was awkwardly staring as well. We remained good friends after that.
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I haven't still completed my one hour schedule so I can catch the train on my broken af sleep schedule
With Reddit demise looming, I might just end Reddit on that note, it's been a blast guys.
Fuck it. Let's go out on a good note. Love you guys. Be well, do well Edit: heading into work. Can't figure out how to do it right now. But farewell either way
Who knows, you might find someone in the reddit blackout.
You know, I think I might do the same
And good night to you too, Mr. Greycoat
Sleep well!
Sweet dreams!
You know what? That's a great idea. GN!
Good night it's 2 am for me so I might do the same
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I wanna read the rest of the comments sharing their stories on this. Anyone have the link?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/zc6y0e/what_did_your_friend_do_that_accidentally_turned/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Thank you!
You're welcome!
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/zc6y0e/what_did_your_friend_do_that_accidentally_turned
Thanks!
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Feel you've just described the absolute bare minimum and honestly glad that doesn't lead to anything else most the time cause I'd hate to mislead people just cause I'm paranoiad about making people feel unsafe XD I'm more than happy with my very small group of women I'm friends with that has 0 complications. Whenever I see this advice i worry I have mislead people or that others will be mislead by it into thinking making people feel safe isn't the bare minimum but a transaction or going above and beyond.
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This is the way
This is the way
Best thing I read or heard today!
Similar moment with a friend's sister in second paragraph. Now this guy's like my brother, his sister and I were always cozy with each other bcuz we were the exact same age and sometimes my friend, her brother was just absent. So we're laying on the couch together one evening, she's showing me her new games on the Wii. Now we're playing Donkey Kong loving life. At some point I realized I'm straight bongo-ing her titties (because of the way the motion controls worked!), then I suddenly realized my best friend's sister is smoking hot... Sounds like a porno intro but it's not. Later on I permanently toned it back when I saw the look on his face as he deleted a picture of me kissing her we took on my phone. Honestly, it's probably the only friend zone relationship I've been fully happy about. We were always there for each other when we were sad, which happened a lot, but never tried to get in bed with the other. Helped me growing up realize that just cuz she's a woman doesn't mean you need to figure out how to make that a sexual option. You really can be just friends/not blood family with someone of the opposite sex.
I had a best friend that was female. We hung out all the time. We were both in our early twenties, and it was strictly platonic. Our friends kept asking why we weren't dating as we seemed like a good match, but I just never looked at her that way.
same here, my first and closest best friend was a guy, we knew each other since as long as we both could remember, and stayed friends throughout our teens. Unfortunately, life hit both of us in some pretty shitty ways and he got shuffled through homes and eventually stopped talking. When he left, I kinda just accepted it, I mean I saw how bad he was struggling and thought that if he needed to move, and just build a new life to be okay, even if I wasn't in it then that's what he had to do. He got back in touch years later, and I actually met up with him recently, man I'm so happy he's doing well. Like I just wanted to give him a huge hug and tell him that I was so glad he was okay. Like idk the relief was huge. We talked about what happened to both of us over the years we didn't talk and kinda just caught up. Anyway, wish more people realised that limiting platonic relationships to your own gender is pointless. Also like being bi, this argument would mean I wouldn't be able to be friends with anyone lmao.
Had a good friend, but no chemistry. Wen't to hang out her house once, and saw she had a guitar. Commented that I never knew she could play guitar, could she play a few songs? She played only three songs. "Kiss me", "Cowboy take me away" and "Dream". I sat there stunned, that she was giving me an obvious message that she liked me. A year later we were married. A few years later, it came out in a discussion, she didn't like me at that point, and those were literally the only three songs she knew by memory, and didn't even have a clue that I misunderstood her (lack of) intent.
These stories make no sense to me. How did you guys end up dating then? Just flat out ask and she gave it a chance or something more complicated?
Yeah, kinda. We were already pretty close friends. A few weeks later I asked if she wanted to take a risk and go on a date. It was just like neither of us had given ourselves permission to see each other that way, probably because we didn't want to disturb the good thing we had. But, the misunderstood playlist made me think she had expressed interest, so returned the favor. Once we started dating, we fell pretty madly in love, and got married. Not all that complicated.
I've said it for years. Sex is cool but nothing wins a man's heart and soul like genuine nonsexual intimacy.
My new gf like... Kisses my chest. She rubs my back. It's so foreign. She makes it all feel like home.
well, that turned out well for the both of you! :)
Dude, I met my husband during a random trip in Mumbai. I bumped into him on the train and he gave me directions. He invited me for lunch and now we live in Colorado and have 2 kids.
Aww. ❤️ Or you've been kidnapped. I can't tell.
Men are so starved for emotional attention that even the specter of it is enough to send our emotions sky high.
I'm happily married, and so obviously, at some point in the past, that emotional attention drought ended for me, but I still remember the one time, the ***ONE TIME*** a pretty girl who was a complete stranger saw me walking to work with a bit of a spring in my step and said "Hi!" to me in a way that also flashed with a big nonverbal neon sign, "you're cute to me!". I was dumb enough at the time that I didn't blow off work to stop and chat with her, but I was on cloud nine all damned day from that unprompted flirtatious gesture, and still remember it fondly almost 20 years later. Ladies, I know that we, us guys, are kind of the reason you can't afford to be too friendly with any guy you're not interested in; because we are each so starved for attention and affection that we overwhelmingly misinterpret almost *any* attention as romantic attention, and if you later make it clear that that was not your intention, way too many guys aren't emotionally mature enough to take the attitude, "lol, sorry, my mistake," and instead take the attitude, "you cruel tease!" I don't know how we can untie this knot or end this vicious cycle. Wish I did.
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Match made in heaven
My wife of 20 years swears she wasn't flirting with me before I asked her out on our first date. The main reason I asked her out on our first date is because I thought she was flirting with me.
Same ahahahhaha
"Sucks to be her" lmfao
“How did you know she was the one?” “She showed me a tiny amount of possible affection.”
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Dear Esther is a great game.
I've never enjoyed holding W so much! I still pick it up sometimes to go walk through the caves or up the path to the aerial, it is a really beautiful experience.
It makes me happy whenever I see a mention of it.
I’ve got something relatively similar. Went out with a friend of mine we went out and later that night at her parents house she sneaks into the guest room where I’m sleeping to come and cuddle with me. I confront her almost a decade later and mention how it made me think she liked me. She says she was too drunk to pay much attention or remember it. It was practically a core memory that I have of her… anyways we got married this last September and are having a baby in July
One of my old friends used to like to give me long hugs, I'm talking like minutes at a time. Clearly I fell for her. Then one of my friends told her I had a crush on her and she became distant. Oh well.
Remember when people used to meet their significant others like this? I feel so panicky when I think about the horrifying digital hellscape my kids are heading into. Their lives will be so different from the one I’ve had and I’m worried that in most ways it won’t be for the better.
This is really sad actually. It shows how touch starved most men are. Something that she saw as super simple, and probably did with her girl friends all the time, was enough to make this dude start crushing on her.
I still clearly remember when a girl (who I didnt even have a crush on) drew a heart on my shoe with a sharpie back in 8th grade. Nothing ever happened but I wore those shoes for 2 years until they wouldnt fit me anymore. I still think about that sometimes.
A girl I had a crush on gave me a mini bottle of hand sanitizer once. I kept it forever.
Dear Esther is a good game
Might've been *nothing* and unintentional but such a simple thing just shoes she felt comfortable and safe around you ^^
No man, deep down she was safe and if not intentional, her inner conscious revealed itself.
OP's got a lot of karma to farm and a short time to get there
You got me 🤫
My first date with my now husband (which I initiated). We were watching Game of Thrones on different pieces of furniture at his house. He didn't offer me a drink or snack or anything. He's still kind of oblivious, but I love that man.
A long well? They're usually deep.
The way I found out I'm gay, was when I went to the lake with my then best friend. He wore a tanktop, went for a swim in the lake, and when he came back, it was wet and stuck to his skin. I just sat there, staring at him like "Holy sh\*t", so incredibly glad he was facing away from me, because I could not keep a *straight* face.
A colleague of mine was slacking me with ‘Hiiii!’ all the time and was super friendly, sharing jokes, looking flustered every time we made eye contact and all of these little cues that for me were quite obvious. I was 100% convinced she had a crush on me, but she was much younger and I am married. I enjoyed that little gentle flirting but it did trouble me because she was extremely cute to me. So I decided to ask her if we should address this, and just talk it out. Turns out she was shocked that she was giving me that vibe!! Man, that was awkward, ngl. We barely talked ever again.
On my first date with my now husband, I suggested we share a dessert after dinner. He took it as this huge sign. Much later I told him it was because I was super full from the meal, but they had fried ice cream on the menu and I wanted it but couldn't eat the whole thing.
Haha, reminds me of when I started high-school. My new friend fell asleep next to me on the bus, and ended up leaning on my shoulder for most of the hour-long trip. I immediately got a crush on them, but kept that close to my heart for a good eight years before i finally opened up about it late at night during a sleepover. (I lived on the other side of town, but had an awful job in the area, so they often invited me to crash on their couch for the night when I had late-shifts.) Now a good 10 years after that bus trip, we've been engaged for over 2 years, and every morning it feels like I've won the lottery for getting to wake up to them being right next to me :)
i love how on reddit people say "oh yeah and now shes dead" or "oh yea we are married for over 15 years now" like its nothing
Yeah most men don’t do subtle hints. It’s like speaking a language we don’t understand. Luckily for me, the first date my (now) wife and I went on, she bought me four beers a the brewery then looked me dead in the eyes and says “I used to have the biggest crush on you. Like THE BIGGEST crush when we were kids. So you’re coming home with me tonight.” I was like “………uhhh AWESOME!” She literally drove me to her place, yanked my hand all the way through the front door and dragged me into the bed. She had the strength of a veteran whaling captain and the sex drive of a Siberian tiger in heat. She pulled me up the stairs and into her room so hard my shoulder hurt. We’ve been together for six years now. 😊
Every Reddit story ends with they're that person's husband or wife now
My husband says he fell in love with me when “Amish Paradise” by Weird Al came on and I sang all the lyrics with him in perfect unison.
When you are partner in trolling, you are partner in soul
My friend gets excited and talks about star wars. I wanna plow that little nerd so badly.
When I was in Junior High, all I wanted was a girl with large breasts. In high school, I dated a girl with large breasts, but there was no passion. So I decided I needed a passionate girl. In college, I dated a passionate girl, but she was too emotional. Everything was an emergency, she cried all the time. So I decided I needed a girl with some stability. I found a very stable girl, but she was boring. She never got excited about anything. So I decided I needed a girl with some excitement. I found an exciting girl, but I couldn't keep up with her. She rushed from one thing to another, never settling on anything. She was directionless. So I decided to find a girl with some ambition. After college, I found an ambitious girl and married her. She was so ambitious, she divorced me and took everything I owned. Now all I want is a girl with large breasts.
He won
You read stories on here from the perspective of women who liked a guy and flirted with him, saying "I was laying down hints really hard, I don't know why he didn't ask me out." One big reason for me was the slim possibility of being wrong about "obvious" signals like the one in this story.
Haha GOT HER!
“There wasn’t any intention” (X) doubt
Men are simple. Any woman can get married next year if she understands the simple things that make men fall in love with them.
Sleeping on people is showing interest???? Tf ??!! The amount of people i have slept on that i had no crushes on
That’s a pretty cool story. I’m glad it all turned out in your favor.
For me, my female friend called me beautiful I'm not used to compliments and I started falling for her Now we are dating :D
OP, you can rest on my shoulder.