2006-07-21 07:41:27 · 15 answers · asked by mapenzi 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I always thought it was a motherly instict, my boss says that's not it and there's more to it than that???
2006-07-21 08:19:28 · update #1
I didn't straighten my bosses tie, we were just discussion it, but he wouldn't let on what it meant
2006-07-21 09:08:46 · update #2
Personally I think it's quite an intimate gesture, I would do so for my husband but I don't think I would for anyone else.
It's almost like a way of saying, yes you look great but I want everyone to think you look *wonderful* but they'd better know that part of the reason that you are looking so good is because I'm here to look after you...
Sounds old fashioned probably, but that is what it seems like to me.
2006-07-21 10:38:59 · answer #1 · answered by dashabout 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You didn't straighten your bosses tie did you?!
It is a bit outdated, but it suggests that you are willing to look after a man. Which could be taken as motherly, or it could be taken as something else (which is why it is outdated, the idea that the woman in a relationship is supposed to look after her home and her man). If you did do this with your boss, I think you have two options: If he is someone easy to talk to then just make it clear that you didn't mean it to carry this message, If he is less open then maybe just let it lie so you don't embarass him by talking.
2006-07-21 16:04:16 · answer #2 · answered by guest 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its because the woman wants the man to face the world with confidence. Motherly connotations.
2006-07-25 12:08:15 · answer #3 · answered by Superslims 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a man is nothing without a woman to look after him
2006-07-25 12:28:53 · answer #4 · answered by gin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phallic attention!
2006-07-21 14:52:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probly sumat 2 do wi being in control of what he looks like when he goes out....typical woman
2006-07-21 14:49:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
she does not want to be seen with a scruffy sod
2006-07-21 14:50:39 · answer #7 · answered by browneyed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sub-consciously she wants to strangle or hang him ;-)
2006-07-21 14:49:50 · answer #8 · answered by Gone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a reassurance thing- "dont worry, im here to keep you in shape" kind of statement
2006-07-21 14:45:22 · answer #9 · answered by enigma_variation 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She wants your donger... unless it's your mom.
2006-07-21 16:02:26 · answer #10 · answered by Stephen D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋