Is this flirting?

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Two work colleagues who - I would say - have been noticed by others as being very close. Male said: "I'll save your experience for another time (wink & tongue out emoji)" Female responded: "You can have my experience anytime you want (wink & tongue out emoji)".

Yes of course it is

Well that's one way to ruin your reputation at work. Others have already noticed and there will be gossip (and not in a good way).

Thank you. How about a male colleague taking hold of a female colleague's upper arm while standing face to face about 15-18 inches apart? Female immediately reciprocates by taking hold of his upper arm. He playfully asking for her help. Female laughs, leans forward and says something like "If you want me to".

I am observing. Is all. I like them both enormously.

Why are you asking these questions that have completely obvious answers?

I'm curious.

Are they married? Not to eachother obviously

Why does it matter?

I was sense checking. Thank you, all.

I'm struggling to see the point of this thread OP.

Do you want to discuss how it affects you OP?

Is it embarrassing or making colleagues feel awkward?

Bit cringe for everyone to witness. Is either of them married ?

Thank you. I was just sense checking that I hadn't misread. I am friends with both.

So you’re not going to tell us why.

Fair enough.

The mutual grabbing of upper arms sounds like they are about to start wrestling (imagining Monica and Ross in Friends) 😆

No, neither is married.

This is a great analogy. Love it.

Except this is not about a brother and sister! 😂

You’ve bumped your own thread 3 times but still you don’t want to actually explain why you started it.

What do you want from it? 👀

Nothing other than confirmation that I hadn't misunderstood. Thought the Monica Ross thing was funny is all. No intention to bump or not.

I want to talk to one of them about what is happening but I am not looking for advice there.

How did you see their text messages?

They were shown to me.

Sorry OP but you are coming over as quite creepy: Watching what they are doing and observing their body language. Reading their messages. And wanting to talk to them about their relationship.
If neither of them are married what is the issue? Is their behaviour in the workplace so inappropriate they need warning to tone it down?

Wow! Not creepy at all. One asked for advice. That is all. I wanted an outside view of the behaviour. Absolutely nothing more.

If one of them has asked you for advice fair enough. But I still don't understand why you are so obsessively watching them and reading their messages.

Not obsessively watching. I know both of them well. I see them at work a lot. One of them showed me the messages and described the behaviour and asked for advice.