Guys, if a female friend offers you a back rub too thank you for a favor such as carrying a heavy bag for her, do you take it as flirting?

[Anonymous]

Yup

Nope

[DaveJord]

The thank you would have been enough. The back rub is a little over the top, and easily construed to mean something else. So, if you are romantically interested or even seriously open to a possible of more with a man, best to safe that back rub for someone else. Because honestly the expectation is for a thank you and that is it. Anything more could be taken to mean more.

[MrOracle]

Unless she is a professional (massage therapist or whatever), then, yes, it seems inappropriately intimate unless she is intentionally trying to be.

Something cold to drink is a more appropriate "thank you" if you are platonic.

[TommyMountainFigure]

No of course not. In fact, my friends ( some are her friends too) will phone up my missus and say guess what I'm doing.. I'm giving ************* a massage. She would say great.. saves me having to do it when he gets home!

[Kaneki05]

Well she's gotta like me a bit more than normal to do that.

[jahaims]

I would tell her that is crossing a line and I'm not okay with it.

[spartan55]

Uh... yeah...