A married man constantly flirts with a woman at work, acting infatuated – he stares at her, acts embarrassed when she catches him, acts nervous when she’s around (even though he’s outgoing), compliments her, touches her arm or shoulder when teasing her (which he said he “loves†to do), keeps shooting her suggestive glances even when he’s out with his wife (and right in front of her), starts conversations with the woman even when she’s just walking by his office,etc.
Then his wife shows up with their baby one afternoon –he’s holding his child, kissing him and staring at the woman over his wife’s shoulder. Then everyone goes to play with the baby in his office except for the woman – she walks by, he stops paying attention to the baby, looks at her, and smiles trying to say hi.
Another day, he was leaving early and started giving her all kinds of details saying he had to go home and watch his child, looked disappointed that his wife had to work and he had to leave, and gave the woman a lot of details she never asked for (like his parents usually watch him but he didn’t want to ask, etc. ) - and he’s in a much higher position than the woman.
Then, she had invited the whole office to a party and he wrote back to apologize profusely and say he couldn’t make it b/c he had “Mr. Mom†duties after work that night… whereas the other people in his position in the office never even replied to the invitation (it is corporate America after all – ranking is huge!). The woman is also pregnant right now.
What is he doing? What is he trying to show her?
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