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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/RepresentativeAd1744 on 2023-09-14 18:27:26.

Okay so for preface I don’t really care that much about being touched it doesn’t really bother me too bad when it’s friendly buT….

Context: I work at an art gallery in nyc. We’re a small staff and we’re all pretty close in the sense there are only 6 of us. I’m the only girl with there being 1 gay male colleague. The rest are straight men (the owner of the gallery is 76 and his son ~my “boss” the culprit~ who is the head director is 37 and my other colleagues are late 20s early 30s)

Like I said we’re close especially my boss as we have lots of nsfw conversations about drugs sex partying etc (as u can assume now there is no HR and gallery scene is very “cool and laxxed”)

Anyways… I’m in my mid 20s and my boss is 37, married, and just had a baby. He’s attractive I’ll say that. I can tell he really likes me as a person and employee and is always very nice and candid with me. I can tell he thinks I’m attractive as well because… well… I am. Not being a narcissist I’m just conventionally attractive to most.

Lately he’s been taking more opportunities to hug me or put his arm around me kind of in a brotherly? Way? (Was doing that kind of often last week while we were working an art fair) and yesterday he asks me how I’m feeling and gives me a little rub on the head like a dog lol (context- 1/2 our staff is sick rn) Today he comes up and we’re talking about some work things and he asks how I’m doing and gives me a slightly brief back rub in the middle of my back.

Idk trying not to feel weird about it but I am a little bit and it doesn’t feel overtly sexual and as I said I don’t mind being touched but in the back of my mind knowing that he secretly finds me attractive makes me feel a little weird and uncomfy. At the same time though I don’t want to say anything about it and cause a rift in our “relationship”

Just here for thoughts 💭 etc.