What does it mean when a man hides his wedding ring in front of you?

September 2, 2018

I'm close friends with a married man and I'm single. I was telling him something that had been bothering me lately and I asked him for a hug. He gladly accepted by opening his arms and I went in for the hug. Both of our bodies were completely touching. I had my arms placed under his arms and his arms were placed on my upper back and both of our heads were touching. At first his hug was gentle, but then he slowly brought his arms down towards my lower back and he pulled me in tighter. He placed his head over my shoulder and rested his chin near the back of my neck. After a few seconds, he moved his head away from my neck and rested his chin over my shoulder. Then, he let out a deep breath and held me for a little bit longer. At the end of the hug, he released me by slowly letting go of my waist.

Another time while he was talking to me his voice suddenly got deeper while he was looking at me. We were both sitting in front of each other and he was kind of close to me, but not extremely close. He'd usually look me in the eye just fine, but during that moment he wasn't able to look me in the eye. He kept glancing up at me then looking down at the ground then back up at me again. In the middle of a short sentence, he paused for a moment to take a deep breath then he slowly let it out while he finished the rest of his sentence and he used one of my unique phrase that I'd usually use whenever I'd talk to him. Near the end of the conversation while I was listening to him, I had my head tilted to the side and I was smiling to show him that I was paying attention to what he was saying and to appear friendly. Then he started tilting his head off the side in the same direction as my head was. He also breathes heavily whenever I'm near him. If he's just standing there and I walk up to him to talk to him, he starts taking these deep breathes at first, then it'd go away later.

He copies me whenever he's around me. I'd usually have my legs crossed and I'd sometimes tap my foot that's on the floor. After I had done this, he started doing it a minute later or sometimes it'd be at the same time. If I see him the next time around and he's sitting like that, he'd tap his foot exactly the way that I'd tap mine, except he'd be the first one to start doing that action rather than me tapping my foot first. He'd push his hair off to the side after I'd push my bangs off to the side. He copies a few of my facial expressions.

One time, he and I were saying goodbye to each other and he followed me out of the front entrance. I turned around because I had a feeling that he was watching me and he was. He was standing by the door with this huge grin on his face, watching me walk away. After he saw me looking at him, he said bye to me again.

I don't have any intentions on messing up his marriage, but I'm just curious to know if this guy has some sort of feelings for me or if this is absolutely nothing.

September 2, 2018

You have said that you don't have any intentions of inserting yourself somewhere that you do not belong - his marriage. Thus, it means absolutely nothing. Full stop.

If he is married and you are not interested, why does it matter to you whether he is attracted to you, or not?

Edited September 2, 2018 by BaileyB

September 2, 2018

You need to cool it. You're toying with a married man. Oh, married man often have feelings for other women -- below the belt.

September 2, 2018

Being "close friends" with a married man is not a good idea, in my opinion. I've lived long enough to know that most married men that will allow you to be a "close friend" are probably looking for an opening to have sex.

And if you are very honest with yourself you might see that you are enjoying the attention, not as a "close friend" but as an ego boost.

Again, just my opinion.

September 3, 2018

I wouldn’t put another thought into it. He’s married. Enough said.

September 6, 2018

I'm a woman who's single and I've been friends with a married man for a few years and we know each other well. At one point, while he was talking to me alone, I noticed that he had his right hand over his left. He was holding onto his wedding ring but appearing as if he were trying cover it up so I wouldn't be able to see it.

September 6, 2018

It means you are observant enough to know better.

He has every intention of betraying his wife if he thinks he can get away with it.

September 6, 2018

Are you sure he was trying to hide it or just had one hand over another?? If not there are three possibilities that come to mind:

(1) Some men play with their wedding bands out of habit. I knew one gentlemen that would spin it on his finger utilizing his thumb. It was a nervous habit and he didn't even realize he was doing it.

(2) He was hiding it because he didn't want you to know he was married.

(3) He was hiding it because he thought you would hit him over the head and try to steal it.

Take you pick... personally I think number one, since he was holding on to it. Some people just have difficulty communicating and have little nervous habits or ticks. Again, they don't realize they are even doing it.

September 6, 2018

If you've been friends with him for years and already knows he's married why would he try to hide his ring from you? You would know this answer better than any of us.

September 6, 2018

He knows that you know he's married. Therefore, I highly doubt that he was trying to "hide" his ring from you. My bet is that he was simply comfortable with his hands in that position. My second thought is that your (over?) analysis of this indicates to me that you've got a thing for him and should back away out of respect for him and his marriage. Seriously, watching someone's arrangement of hands and trying to analyse if they are covering their ring is a step too far.