Why are married men attracted to me?
Hi everyone I have a big problem especially at the moment. I seem to attract married men Why I don't know? I'm no good with social cues and reading body language or facial expressions it's
been my NT male friends who have told me when they have been with me around this guy that he is attracted to me I wouldn't even know. I don't do anything to attract them at all. The situation I'm in at the moment concerns a guy who is a retail assistant who is now the manager of a local retail store near me he has been married for four years he is now about to become a father his wife is 8 months pregnant. I've known this guy for two years and not once did he ever try to hit onto me at all, he basically Ignored me and was professional until 8 months ago when my male friend who came into the shop with me noticed this guy getting all worked up and giving him a death stare because he stood next to me and the fact that this guy could not stop staring at me for what my friend said hours. I didn't think much of what he said it ended my male friends friendship with me he said that this guy made him feel really uncomfortable he felt intimidated by him it kept on happening every time he came into the shop with me. In the last three weeks has been how can I describe it like living in hell this guy has been driving me Insane and that's being polite to the stage I ended up going home and drinking a bottle of Jim Beam because it was just too confusing and overwhelming his behaviour towards me. He has been touching me on the arm very gently he wants to hold my hand all the time, he always wants to stand beside me all the time especially if there is a bunch of guys in the shop he is standing right beside me he gives guys a death stare if they talk to me or stand too close to me one Sunday when there was a Tournament my male friend stood beside me and this guy came nose to nose to my male friend and just about hit him when one of the guys pulled him away I was standing beside my male friend who also has Autism and saw what this guy was doing. Everytime I look at him he is full on staring at me with eyes like saucers at me which freaks me out and he is talking to me really softly he even kicked people out of the shop so he can be with me alone one lunchtime I felt so uncomfortable and freaked out that I left. Four days ago his wife who I am friends with came into the shop she was very upset and very tired and stressed understandably because she is 8 months pregnant she came up to me ready to bite my head off which never happened she worked out that this guy had been acting weird, out of character at home that she walked into the shop I talked to her like I usually do and then she realised that I did not do anything and that I wouldn't know anyway because she knows that I have Autism and she knows I wouldn't get it anyway she was more angry at him than me just before she left this guy said see look your my b***h then she left when she left this guy was back staring at me, flirting with me that's the word I was looking for mind you I am so freaked out by his behaviour that I was more frozen in my chair to even talk little lone do anything. This situation has caused me to drink which is totally out of character for me I had no sleep for two days and I ended up turning up at the shop where everyone said I looked awful I wanted this guy to see what his been putting me through he ended up saying I should go home because I looked like beep he kept on staring at me and he held my hand and was constantly looking at me to see if I'm ok because I have gone quiet which isn't normal for me I talk alot and be cheeky and laugh to see me quiet and very uncomfortable is totally out of character for me I am honestly at a loss of what to do my parents know about this and have told me not to go down to the shop when he is there is this behaviour normal for guys who are about to become a father for the very first time or is the not normal mind you he is always complaining about his wife the boys kept om telling me even when I first came into the store two years ago that this guy wasn't getting it much time with his wife and wasn't getting any that he can't go anywhere or do anything or his wife will get mad at him. All I want is what's going on to stop it's driving me nuts.
been my NT male friends who have told me when they have been with me around this guy that he is attracted to me I wouldn't even know. I don't do anything to attract them at all. The situation I'm in at the moment concerns a guy who is a retail assistant who is now the manager of a local retail store near me he has been married for four years he is now about to become a father his wife is 8 months pregnant. I've known this guy for two years and not once did he ever try to hit onto me at all, he basically Ignored me and was professional until 8 months ago when my male friend who came into the shop with me noticed this guy getting all worked up and giving him a death stare because he stood next to me and the fact that this guy could not stop staring at me for what my friend said hours. I didn't think much of what he said it ended my male friends friendship with me he said that this guy made him feel really uncomfortable he felt intimidated by him it kept on happening every time he came into the shop with me. In the last three weeks has been how can I describe it like living in hell this guy has been driving me Insane and that's being polite to the stage I ended up going home and drinking a bottle of Jim Beam because it was just too confusing and overwhelming his behaviour towards me. He has been touching me on the arm very gently he wants to hold my hand all the time, he always wants to stand beside me all the time especially if there is a bunch of guys in the shop he is standing right beside me he gives guys a death stare if they talk to me or stand too close to me one Sunday when there was a Tournament my male friend stood beside me and this guy came nose to nose to my male friend and just about hit him when one of the guys pulled him away I was standing beside my male friend who also has Autism and saw what this guy was doing. Everytime I look at him he is full on staring at me with eyes like saucers at me which freaks me out and he is talking to me really softly he even kicked people out of the shop so he can be with me alone one lunchtime I felt so uncomfortable and freaked out that I left. Four days ago his wife who I am friends with came into the shop she was very upset and very tired and stressed understandably because she is 8 months pregnant she came up to me ready to bite my head off which never happened she worked out that this guy had been acting weird, out of character at home that she walked into the shop I talked to her like I usually do and then she realised that I did not do anything and that I wouldn't know anyway because she knows that I have Autism and she knows I wouldn't get it anyway she was more angry at him than me just before she left this guy said see look your my b***h then she left when she left this guy was back staring at me, flirting with me that's the word I was looking for mind you I am so freaked out by his behaviour that I was more frozen in my chair to even talk little lone do anything. This situation has caused me to drink which is totally out of character for me I had no sleep for two days and I ended up turning up at the shop where everyone said I looked awful I wanted this guy to see what his been putting me through he ended up saying I should go home because I looked like beep he kept on staring at me and he held my hand and was constantly looking at me to see if I'm ok because I have gone quiet which isn't normal for me I talk alot and be cheeky and laugh to see me quiet and very uncomfortable is totally out of character for me I am honestly at a loss of what to do my parents know about this and have told me not to go down to the shop when he is there is this behaviour normal for guys who are about to become a father for the very first time or is the not normal mind you he is always complaining about his wife the boys kept om telling me even when I first came into the store two years ago that this guy wasn't getting it much time with his wife and wasn't getting any that he can't go anywhere or do anything or his wife will get mad at him. All I want is what's going on to stop it's driving me nuts.
I don't think the issue here is married men being attracted to you. Heterosexual men are attracted to women. I think the issue here is the fact that this guy touching you and acting in an imposing manner when that is not ok with you and I think you should stay away from him and let him know you are not ok with being touched by telling him so. He has breached your boundaries.
He shouldn't have touched you, though, and it's no excuse to say the his wife is currently "in dry dock" due to pregnancy. A real man stays loyal to his wife.
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He sounds like a real psycho and I wouldnt be able to work in a place like that tbh. I think you need to raise it with his superiors if you do wish to carry on working their, otherwise look for another job and make someone aware eg the police in case the behaviour continues once you have left.
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He shouldn't have touched you, though, and it's no excuse to say the his wife is currently "in dry dock" due to pregnancy. A real man stays loyal to his wife.
You're understating this. This guy is bloody dangerous. Call the police. Let them deal with him.
I think it's also important to also point out that his behavior is not her fault! Too many women stay silent because they think that they have done something wrong, or because they fear that Society will declare that they somehow "asked for it".
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I think it's also important to also point out that his behavior is not her fault! Too many women stay silent because they think that they have done something wrong, or because they fear that Society will declare that they somehow "asked for it".
The OP is 45 years old, I think she is old enough to know that it’s not her fault, and that man is nut.
Am I mistaken, OP?
Outside consenting roleplaying games I would agree. She's not consenting; it's abuse. The guy is the kind that hurts women.
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Pepper spray is illegal to carry in (almost all of) Australia. Been illegal since at least 1990.
Shucks I didn’t know that.
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