What does it mean when my male coworker regularly reassures me that he isn't hitting on me?

[Anonymous]

I've been working for my male boss for about a year now and in general, he's super nice to me. He's very busy so other people on the team often have a hard time getting ahold of him but he has always made time for me. He regularly tells me that he thinks I'm really talented and "special." He also will do things like stand really close to me and regularly puts his hand on my arm or shoulder. On the other side, he frequently works into conversation (kind of randomly and without prompting) that he is a very touchy person in general and that women always think he's interested in them when he isn't. It's like he's reassuring me that he's not hitting on me. I'm trying to just take him at his word that he behaves this way with everyone, but I don't see him acting like this with everyone. It's just odd and I don't know what to make of it.

[spartan55]

You aren't around him all the time so... you really don't know. I'm sure you believe it's only you that he does it to though...🙄

[Asker]

lol I never said he only behaved that way with me

[spartan55]

You never said it verbatim, but when you say "I don't see him act this way with anyone else" it implies it.

[Asker]

Nah. You're the one making assumptions lol

[spartan55]

So why would you say "I don't see him acting like this with everyone else". You know what you meant, women pull this half truth often 'he only does it with me' 😂😂😂 keep telling yourself that honey.

[Asker]

You don't know me or truly know many women based on your comment. Me saying "I have not seen X in my experience in my subset of the world" is very different than saying "X does not exist anywhere in the world". They are vastly different statements and there are many different reasons why anomalies may occur. You shouldn't make assumptions about people or the meaning of their words. Hence why I ASKED a question about someone's behavior rather than ASSUMING it meant something. Cheers though!

[Guy13]

He is a dangerous ⚠️ individual. Risk is not an issue for him.

[Iron_Man]

I don’t know why he keeps bringing it up. Why don’t you talk to him why he says it a lot

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't believe a word of it.

[In_Trance]

it means you need to get back to work