So, CEO. (Sorry Jeff- there's going to be a lot of CEO in this post). and sorry everyone- it's long, and I'm venting a bit.
- on Thursday a work-related conversation about our team event last night (we were going to watch England play Portugal at Wembley Stadium) ended with CEO and I laughing at a joke about my former boss thinking an invite to the football was a euphemism for something else. It was good natured laughing, but a bit odd (?) to be laughing at a joke about that. CEO obviously thought it was amusing enough to tell a couple of other people about the joke, but WTF?
- yesterday we had our team outing. On the way to the tube station, CEO walked off in front, then turned around, waited for me and put his unbrella hirizontally under my bottom to draw me alongside him as we walked forward. It then started raining and he shared his umbrella with me (this is new behaviour- he usually shares nothing). - on the escalators going down to the train CEO stood below me and faced looking right into my eyes while we spoke - on the tube CEO guided me onto the train by putting his nad in the small of my back. It was crowded so we stood close together. I could tell exactly, but it felt as though he was relaxed against me, rather than the more formal contact you sometimes have with people on the tube - when we got seats CEO sat next to me with his leg against mine - when we arrived, CEO and I had to wait for another person. CEO told me a story about a girl he's been texting and her not responding well when he told her his age - sitting at dinner, CEO had his leg against mine and periodically touched my arm - going down to the football, CEO got me to go along with him and periodically touched me on the arm to get my attention. He sat with his leg touching mine during the match. I playfully slap him a couple of times. - second half and the interval, we didn't speak - after the match we sit drinking tea while the others are drinking drink. CEO looks over and catches my eye as he speaks to the person on the other side of me. Legs touching under the table again. I touch CEO's arm twice (like a pinch as he's said he has no body fat, and scientifically that can't be true). - on the way back to the tube station, we walk alongside each other laughing at the drunk people (our colleagues). CEO tells me about another girl who's just propositioned him by text, and then later challenges me to race up some stairs against him. (this seems a bit of playground flirting behaviour?) - when the group splits, I get hugs and a kiss (cheek) from the other guys. CEO kisses the other girls - the last three of us sit on the tube. CEO is diagonally opposite from me and our legs end up with one of his legs between mine (not touching but close). Like we are making leg sandwiches with each others' legs as the filling (if this makes sense?) - I get no kiss goodbye from him (on the cheek), and I don't hug him either. He seems a little surprised when I say 'this is my stop' and go to leave (I may be imagining this).
So, it all seems a bit odd to me. It's flirtatious behaviour, but I can't interpret it (again) because it goes so far and then stops. He doesn't sit in physical contact with the others as far as I can tell. On the other hand, if he actually meant anything as a serious flirtation, he could have kissed me on the cheek yesterday. In fact it was more odd that he kissed the other girls and not me (and vice versa for me and the other boys), if that makes sense?
*sigh* his chin doesn't seem so icky today. That can only be bad news. I'm not really sure what he means- whether he sees this as being friendly, or if he knows he's being flirtatious. I guess he can't be intending to flirt as he talks about other women with me. On the other hand, no kiss on the cheek when the others all got one suggests.... what? I'm not really sure.
Anyway, so it's all very confusing. I feel confused. I really had such a good time last night- it was really good to go out and laugh and be in the company of a guy who flirts with me (even if he doesn't realise that he does). I wonder if my other colleagues notice anything a bit odd about all of this, or if there's nothing to notice and it's just me. If anyone has enlightening words of wisdom on the topic they'd be much appreciated! And very muchy appreciated anyway if anyone got through all that.
