This one can trick people into thinking it’s more innocuous than the thigh. After the guy has made the recipient wonder if there’s anything deeper going on in the friendship, he bolts and leaves the recipient baffled and stressed. The common followup to the thumb on the thigh is a pretty straightforward ghost. But if the thumb starts moving, it changes the intent from mindless objectification to flirting.

For most, a hand on the thigh alone can be written off as a thoughtless move. Now, for men who have no sense of right and wrong, setting a hand on an unsuspecting victim’s thigh just so he can placidly move his thumb around on the surface with no explanation is a go-to move. Let’s go through examples of some classic times guys will do the thumb thing. In other times, however, it can be extremely misleading. In most cases the thumb thing is harmless - a nice little gesture by your counterpart to display he’s enjoying the physical contact. Herald Halloween Contest proves dicier than presidential election With mail-in, absentee and early voting, I’m shocked America has yet to adopt the most equitable, democratic voting method - Read…

I must cause more disorder, because that’s what my gender does best.” It’s conscious when you’re on a date and the guy thinks, “Oh, and now I will do the thumb thing.” It’s subconscious when the guy is an unestablished romantic prospect and he thinks, “Hey, I don’t think I’m confusing her enough right now. This action can be motivated by the conscious or subconscious mind. It’s like “river symbolizes change” except it’s “man moves thumb symbolizes he-has-crush-on-you.” Moving their weak, lame little thumb back and forth on their date’s hand is their archetype. You know how archetypes are the collective unconscious? The thumb thing is the collective unconscious for men. I’m 1000% sure this sort of movement is a universally inherited genetic reflex for all men.

Why is your thumb not a finger