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If he's a work buddy then he's keeping it formal and I guess subconsciously has a mental barrier.
It's a bit like when you have a close friend you act informal and jokey.
Take care is what you would say to someone you won't see for a while or if you will it's just he's not that familiar with you to say peace or whatever
Take care is something I would say... It doesn't mean don't want to see you again... Simply, take care!
That sounds formal and usually means he won't be txting for awhile. If a guy says this, dont count of hearing from him for awhile or ever.
It's a way of politely saying goodbye, nothing more than that
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Not necessarily.
"Take care" is a simple closing statement to a conversation in most American socio-cultural cases. It is not necessarily dismissive or an indicator of indifference; however, I haven't any context to manufacture a reasonable answer.
I would venture to guess that's it's something his father or someone he looks up to would say to people in closing. Its really and actually quite innocuous, but I understand the connotation of indifference that you've clearly detected. Again, it is completely contextual to the conversation preceding these feelings, but I don't believe it's worth a whole lot of mental and emotional real-estate as such is consuming.
I could tell someone to "take care" after a fight or after bickering and it means "Deuces!", "Later!" And those could likely mean "F U."
Listen intently to your gut and to your instincts, but follow your heart.
If it FEELS off, well, then something is off and askew and certainly requires evaluatuon. If it doesn't FEEL off, it doesn't mean that everything is necessarily hunky-dorey per se, but perhaps requires a bit of inflection to reasonably deduce what is actually being said.
I, myself, say "take care" and I've never meant it in a "Peace, take care, be well, I'm out" kinda way.
The issue is that you needn't look too deeply into the inane and innocuous as it takes up too many of our vital mental and emotional resources and often fosters animosity and silent seething of one form or another which is damning in the end.
Take care means that he cares for you be it in a colleague way or it's just his way of saying look after yourself
Not that it's relevant but when i end conversations with my boyfriend we always say take care, because anything can happen and it's our way of look after yourself, okay? so
In general, you're right. If I'm saying "take care" to a girl over text, it means I'm not interested in talking to her and trying to send her a hint.
BUT - And there's a big BUT here - if English is not his first language, then he may just not understand the undertone of this line.
Oh good grief. Quit being a girl and and over thinking everything (reading between the lines is one thing but you are reading between the letters and punctuation). "Take care" is just as it sounds, just a polite way to end a convo, phone call, or text. Goodbye is the closest translation, just nicer. Guys tend to say what we mean (and still get over thought by girls, ugh). If he didn't want to see you again he probably would have told you just that and not with a smile instead of "take care".
I feel you are reading too much into it. Maybe he's just changing up the way he says goodnight. Is he talking to you today? If so, then everything's fine. If not, wait until communication occurs and then you'll know. But if you barrage him with questions about this it will likely make him think you are a "crazy" chick.
Take care means to take care of yourself. It's polite in my opinion.
No it means like be carefull like, dont get mugged or somthing haha its meant to be a kind guesture etc
It's a simple salutation. Guys are not that nuanced at what they're saying, certainly not like the girls are. There's no ulterior motive there, it's just a way of saying 'bye'.
It means take care. Of yourself. That's it.
Stop trying to over think and over read. I assure you if the guy had any ulterior words to say, he'd have said them.
You are reading too much into it. Take care means just that, it means "take care". It is not negative nor positive and its just a way some people speak.
I usually say take care when I leave work. When I say it, it’s like saying see you later or goodbye. It’s a greeting. That’s what it means. Are you interested in this guy?
I think he's just bad with his words and thats why he makes you think strange things...
I use it instead of "goodbye". To the point that I have to consciously choose to say "goodbye", my default is "take care".
I don't know about other guys but, with me, I say it because want them to take care of themselves because it's a nice thing to say to someone and I DO care enough about them to say that to them!
Its just a polite way to end a conversation you are over-thinking it
He literally just say that because he cares about you. I wouldn't overthink this
I think you're overcomplicating tings, he's just saying bye.
When I say it I REALLY want to tell the other to take care, not to toss her or him away.
It means take care of yourself so I will be able to see you next time. It also means he cares for you and would like you to care for yourself.
Fronbauer what I've gathered it means take care are of yourself until the next time ya’ll see/talk to each other so there’s no need to freak out if you hear/see that
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