I'm a freshman in college and most of the people in this particular class are at least sophomores, but mostly juniors. Anyways, we do a lot of group work in this class. Steve and I usually end up in the same group(the prof. Picks groups). Ever since I've been in this class, he has been very. Friendly. He usually sits behind me and I think that the first time we were in a group, when the professor went thru the answers, he put his hands on my shoulders and wanted me to turn around and see if I got the same answers. He always finds some reason to touch me, like my arm or hand and whenever I come in the class, he'll put his hands on my shoulders. He's very friendly and we talk about classes(we have the same major) and life. He seems like a nice guy and I don't really mind the touching because it's not inappropriate. But I recently added him as a friend on myspace and it says that he's 'in a relationship'. I don't know what to think of this. Is the myspace status the sort of thing that is unreliable and I shouldn't pay attention to? I don't notice him touching the other girls in my class. I just don't know what to make of this. Please tell me what's happening!
I would say don't worry about it. It might be because he wants to look cool, or because he wants to get rid of all of the stupid girls on myspace that go around asking random men out. What ever the case don't take it seriously. I would ask him about it just to be sure. Make it a little joke.
"So your in a relationship according to your myspace page. Are you really or are you just trying to look macho? "
Personally I wouldn't pay too much attention to myspace stuff. But on the other hand, there's no reason for a guy to make himself "appear" taken because if he's single, he mostly likely want a relationship of some sort. the best thing to do is probably just ask him. Especially if you like him back. You two seem to know each other some what well now, and it shouldn't be too awkward of a question if you find the right moment to ask.