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Man with sick wife being flirty

43 replies

JoanThursday1972 · 05/12/2023 10:27

I'm in a hobby group and it has a Facebook page. There are about three admins, I am Facebook friends with all of them. One of them is a man who's almost 65. He posts regularly on the group page and is friends with many of the members, he is a very friendly and knowledgeable guy. He's an active and a good poster. Though sometimes he has what he refers to as a "cheeky" sense of humour. There are often flirtatious comments on posts by women on the group page.

His wife has cancer for the second time. They have grown up children and some grandchildren and have had a really good life and marriage. I don't know the prognosis as he doesn't share very much other than to say it was stable. I've noticed some posts he is making recently that show him going to concerts with "my mate" who's a rather attractive woman, I guess she is about 50.

He's sent me a few PMs asking how I am and puts kisses on them. He commented on a picture I had taken at the gym. It wasn't in any way revealing but he made a remark. I didn't challenge him on it but I didn't respond to it or like it either.

AIBU to think he is looking for someone in case his wife doesn't make it? Maybe that is dramatic. I am not going to say anything to him or to anyone else either except here,m but I feel a little uncomfortable. I try not to interact with him unless it is in a group. Thank you.

OP posts:
TarantinoIsAMisogynist · 05/12/2023 15:19

So, given you are a group admin and in a position to try to do something about it - what do you plan to do?

WhateverMate · 05/12/2023 15:36

TarantinoIsAMisogynist · 05/12/2023 15:19

So, given you are a group admin and in a position to try to do something about it - what do you plan to do?

OP hasn't said she's a group admin.

TarantinoIsAMisogynist · 05/12/2023 15:42

True, I must have misread. In that case I'd report him to the other group admins.

TarantinoIsAMisogynist · 05/12/2023 15:44

And if she's not an admin she definitely doesn't need to be FB friends with this sleaze. She can defriend and block him with no consequences.

JoanThursday1972 · 05/12/2023 16:03

I'm not an admin. There are three admins, this man and two others, all are men. Being Facebook friends is historic, I have been friends on Facebook with them from the start. This over the top sleazy stuff has only just begun over the last few weeks or so.

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ComtesseDeSpair · 05/12/2023 17:34

If you find his interaction with you over the top and sleazy, then it’s completely fine to say so. I’ve never had a problem with being direct. “Hey, dude, comments on my body are neither funny nor appreciated. We’re all here for the cycling, so let’s try and keep things on topic, yeah?”

Beyond that, what he does with his friends in his spare time or how other women in the group choose to engage with him is up to them and not really your business.

JoanThursday1972 · 04/02/2024 21:31

This has reared its head again I'm afraid. I ignored it and forgot, with the run up to Christmas and preparing, so life went on and also in this group as usual. Then on Saturday I received a picture from this man. He sent me a message saying he was watching boring TV in his shorts and to check out his sexy legs. I could see the message but I didn't open it. Then he sent another one apologising and saying that he understood why I hadn't replied because he hadn't realised there was a bulge in his shorts. Blocked now. I'm still continuing in the group, though I don't think anyone else can see that I have blocked this guy, but he will certainly know. So sick of this kind of thing.

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Whoopaday · 04/02/2024 21:34

Ew that’s properly horrid. Men sending unsolicited dick pics should be considered a form of assault

JoanThursday1972 · 04/02/2024 21:40

Whoopaday · 04/02/2024 21:34

Ew that’s properly horrid. Men sending unsolicited dick pics should be considered a form of assault

I didn't look properly but I don't think it was exposed. That would probably be his defence if challenged, which is a load of rubbish.

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Whoopaday · 04/02/2024 22:55

JoanThursday1972 · 04/02/2024 21:40

I didn't look properly but I don't think it was exposed. That would probably be his defence if challenged, which is a load of rubbish.

Exposed or not, he wanted to send you a picture of his erection. I still don’t understand what goes through a man’s mind to send a picture to someone who has not asked for it

ManateeFair · 04/02/2024 23:34

That is a fairly significant incidence of sexual harassment, and I would consider letting the group admins know. My guess is that he is doing this to other women too (or soon will). Creepy bastard.

RockyRogue1001 · 04/02/2024 23:52

All I can think to say is
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮

MrsGarethSouthgate · 04/02/2024 23:59

Whoopaday · 04/02/2024 21:34

Ew that’s properly horrid. Men sending unsolicited dick pics should be considered a form of assault

It became an offence on 31/01/2024 (not in OPs case though as his were covered).

Man with sick wife being flirty
bradpittsbathwater · 05/02/2024 09:22

Eurgh I hoped some men still wouldn't be like this in their 60's.

Whoopaday · 05/02/2024 09:26

MrsGarethSouthgate · 04/02/2024 23:59

It became an offence on 31/01/2024 (not in OPs case though as his were covered).

Oh that’s great news! Thanks for that and I hope it’s widely publicised

SecondUsername4me · 05/02/2024 09:33

Grim as fuck. Make sure to block and remove him from all of your socials.

UtterlyButterly2048 · 05/02/2024 09:49

Rancid bastard! I think I would have had to reply with “fuck off, you revolting, creepy weirdo” then blocked him and reported to admins in the group. Vile! WHY do they think it’s ok to do this shite 🤬🤬🤬🤬

ViscousFluidFlow · 05/02/2024 10:01

You need to shut this down and call him out in a very clear manner. I was recently harassed by a man in a hobby group he grabbed me round the waist he is just this sort of oh it’s just banter and I’m such a fun loving chap. He made a massive mistake because he was told in no uncertain terms to never ever touch me again. Apparently no one else had never complained, he was taken aback. He has been spoken to and will be removed from the group if he steps out of line again and it was taken seriously. I do wonder if over his many decades all the women that oh they didn’t mind had actually minded but just didn’t feel able to express it.

Will add some people including women were very much oh it’s a generational thing as he is older, he is in his sixties I am not having that as an excuse.

What a guy sexually harassing women while his wife is possibly dying, absolute scum.

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