I have been chatting to a man virtually every night on facebook for a couple of years. He's a family friend, we occasionally cross paths. Our conversations on there are mildly flirty every so often but neither of us like to progress into anything uncouth online.
Every night otherwise, near enough, talk about anything and everything. We don't use the Chat function or send private messages to eachother (Ok, about 2 each in two years), my reason mainly because he's already told me things like everytime he logs on, particular women always instantly send him messages, so I don't want to be like that. I also agree with him that there's nothing we can't say in 'public' on facebook, so no need for private messaging.
At a family wedding, we had our first real opportunity to sit and talk to eachother for several hours, having previously only been in the company of other family members or similar, here we were pretty much together most of the night, having both drunk, but him only a couple of pints, I gave him the usual hug goodbye and a kiss on the cheek, but he gave me a quick peck on the lips. It wasn't a misjudged aim.
What does that peck mean?
Everyone says that he likes me, but if this is alluded to in facebook conversations we both deliberately ignore it and try to change the subject!
We are both single by the way and in early 40s, both out of very long-term relationships exactly two years ago, both of us.
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A quick peck on the lips from a male friend, what does it mean?
waitingfornaru · 11/08/2011 16:50
Alternatively, he could be aghast at the thought of just him and I on what could be construed as a 'date', so instead the (teenage) nephew being there gives some distance and formality?
He's been to the pictures before with one of my sisters and the nephew, although they are just friends, so this could be considered the same, harmless situ by him, rather than me wanting to absolutely get him alone again! 
Even if he's not interested in me (which is unlikely) I certainly don't feel he's ready to start dating again, having only just packed off his ex of donkey's years 200 miles away, the last thing he would be thinking about is dating again so soon.
So now I have to re-think the Nephew before Tuesday... 
Nagoo you are right, it is a safety blanket to keep me being hurt (rejected). If I fluff up on this it will be too awkward to ever talk to him again on Facebook surely and for just under two years I never fancied him at all, I just thought he was similar to me, fascinating and friendly. Once you cross the line into fancying someone, it all goes pear-shaped, doesn't it?
fellationNelson neither of us have ever been married. I have very young children, he has adult stepchildren.
But yeah, we're both a bit old-fashioned in some regards so the circa. 1890-stylee anticipation has been going on a while now!
HappyHubbie it was only a peck on the lips, no big deal. In my head, I'd like it to be a big deal. Two years of talking to someone virtually every night online, yet we live barely 2.5 miles from eachother. I figure he hasn't formally asked me out because he doesn't actually like me in that way
AF I'm two years out of a violent relationship that I left 4 weeks after my youngest was born. I'm Taking My Time.
I'm a regular under a newly registered ID, I normally appreciate your frankness, but this isn't something to be sighing about 
Well tomorrow will tell at any rate 
I hope such a thing as old fashioned romance still exists in this day and age actually.
I want you to find that romance, OP, but you seem determined to sabotage it at every opportunity 
Wow HappyHubbie, that's inspiring
Trouble is, he has been to the pictures with my sister before (and the nephew) as platonic friends and she told me a few days ago he did actually kiss her on the lips goodbye too (peck). So, looks like it does happen amongst platonic friends, just not very often. Although they have a very brief shared history I suppose you could call it, in that he's convinced they snogged once in their 20s in a club but she adamantly denies it.
I know for a fact she isn't interested in him as she's attached now and at the time they went to the pictures, she was vocally referring to him as her 'BFF' and that she never fancied him at all.
Well anyway, I just Fb messaged him earlier stating that if my nephew pulls out it will just be he and I and he's not made any indication along the lines of, 'Oops sorry just remembered I may not make it after all, pressing work issues' sort of thing so it hasn't fazed him it seems.
ithastobedone Thankyou for your well wishes and I know, I have been following the shy man thread eagerly hoping for inspiration
OK, one last idea before I truly decide on the Nephew~or~No ;
if Nephew does come with us, in that scenario conversation will be more open to discussing films and means I could suggest going to see another in a couple of weeks (er, cinema ain't cheap nowadays is it 
£8 a ticket!) to which he might hopefully reply he wouldn't mind seeing that to, then I can say let me know when you're not busy and perhaps we'll go. Except definately we will be on our own that time? What do you think?
Ooo, just had a message back right now, he has listed the film show times. Keen!
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What 'set up', fellationNelson?
I live in the same village as my sister, our siblings and parent live within 5 miles of us, there are many nephews and neices between us. We sometimes socialise together. Why is that 'not British?'
This man already knows I fancy him. He knows from our online conversations from the hints, our family and friends teasing us about 'getting a room', I also sent him a Valentine this year which he received graciously and er...(sorry, but I did say we were a bit nerdy) we've exchanged some binary code 
which converts to text sying 'I fancy you something rotten'.
At the family wedding function a few weeks ago too, he was with me the whole night, his body language was very open and expressive, knees touching, etc. And then of course 'the kiss'. Peck on the lips goodbye.
My instinct is that he likes me, but may not fancy me at all nor be ready for a relationship or even dating yet. Although I must admit I highly doubt I would kiss someone goodbye on the lips if I thought they were ghastly looking and didn't like them much
Do people really think it would not be better to just go this once with the nephew/chaperone and on our own next time???
Though I've just realised there's a bar in the cinema (never knew they were licenced, been years since I've been to a cinema), so is it inappropriate to go for a quick drink before/after the film, bearing in mind he's driving? Does anyone else have a quick drink before a film?? Like if they're on a date?
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