Playground flirting (harmless or offensive)?

[PizzaHerbs]

NC because I think at treats one of them is a mnetter

Waiting in the playground for the kids to come out of school today with dh.

My good friend is in a happy relationship and can be a lighthearted cheeky flirt. One of her friends (another dad) walks by quickly and pinches her bum, she laughs and and sticks her two fingers up at him. This is how they are and it's harmless. Both in happy relationships and just very jokey. There's nothing covert or hidden about it. It's a running joke if we all go to the pub together.

Anyway Dh is shocked and keeps bringing it up saying that if someone tried that on me they'd be loosing some teeth. I tried to explain it's just a jokey wind up thing and that he doesn't get it.

I don't think any kids saw it. We were still waiting for them to come out but I get your point.

Totally inappropriate behavior at the school gates.

Oh ... unless ... they are actually pupils there (maybe they were very young when they became parents)!

No one at your school gates has younger siblings in tow while waiting for school to come out Pizza?

Ummm, ok they could have seen I guess.

Inappropriate.

rod

Would you? I'll probably cry my self to sleep now knowing you disapprove of my take on this. How ever will I cope?

Falling you are a creep.
You fuck off. To CreepsNet.

If a man pinched my DW's arse I wouldn't be at all impressed.

I'd be unimpressed because I'd expect my DW to police her own boundaries and put a stop to it.

I don't own my DW.

If she declined to stop it, it would be her I'd be having words with, not the man.

It it was a case of assault she would of course have my full support in whatever actions she thought necessary.

They're not nobheads.

They are, really... Pinching bums and swearing while standing in the schoolyard is not cool and edgy, it's very low rent

And your husband too.

Schools have windows. Your friends sound like vulgar idiots.

Seems I'm in the minority but I've got male friends I joke-flirt with, including physical stuff, some have even squeezed my boobs (totally consensually!) and we hug a lot. It is harmless because we don't fancy each other and there's nothing to it other than silly banter. I've even had my male friends sleep in my bed when they visit and nothing has happened! I've also had boyfriends who've been close mates with female colleagues (who also have partners) and are hubby and touchy-feely with them at parties in a jokey way, this happened when I and the other partner were also there and it literally is just them messing about. Nobody was getting into punch ups over it! I think this kind of thing is only harmful when there are deeper undertones to it, and I think I'm a pretty good judge of whether a guy mate is just being silly or actually flirting. I've never slept with or had any desire to sleep with the male friends I act like this with. If everyone's ok with it and knows it's light hearted I don't really see the issue, although doing it in the playground is maybe a bit weird

Hubby? That's a typo. I think I meant 'huggy'

I think you are missing the point sloth

Of course men and women can be friends- hugs are fine.

What is wrong here is behaving like this in a school playground- making a "V" sign, (awful, awful behaviour no matter where) and the OP's Neanderthal husband.

And this He's teaching his kids that pinching random arses in the playground is fun. Go-him

Are they mentally incapacitated? To behave as such, in a playground?!

@Lass I do agree that the fact it's taking place in a playground sounds inappropriate. What I was saying is that flirting between male and female friends, including some physical contact (as long as neither party feels uncomfortable, obviously) doesn't necessarily mean anything untoward is happening

Everyone hates it when their friends indicate they've got themselves a cracker!

Could you make it sound anymore like your friends partners are their property?! Grim

OP - pinching bums and swearing in the playground? You must see how that's totally inappropriate

I think it boils down to the 'what makes you feel uncomfortable' They clearly enjoy this jokey behaviour between themselves. It would be quite another thing if he did it that to a whole row of women doing pick up from school. I'm assuming he does no nor do I think it's an indication of an affair.

I wouldn't like someone pinching my bum but I also would deal with it myself. If my husband threatened to knock teeth out I would be tell the knuckle walker to get back in his cage and play play with the tyre on the rope.

Embarrassing and inappropriate in the playground. Also weird to hear such old fashioned possessive behaviour from partners.

Thisbis all so cringy. Of course the kids know. They will 100% know when they get older.

I would have been mortified if eitger of my parents behaved like this, especially at school.

This bloke thinks its ok to touch another womans arse, in the playground?

This blokes wife is ok with him totouching another womans arse, in the playground?

And this woman is ok with a man touching her arse?

And you all (including them) think its hilarious playground banter?

I bet you anything deep his wife isnt happy with it.

"Seems I'm in the minority but I've got male friends I joke-flirt with, including physical stuff, some have even squeezed my boobs (totally consensually!)

.squeezing your boobs? How revolting!

Pinching each other, sticking two fingers up, "losing teeth" threats. You all sound pretty rough