Think aloud
It’s probably confusing when your gut’s telling you that you’re seeing signs a married man cares for you. It can be quite an awful feeling to experience because you don’t want to be someone’s reason for doing this to their wife.
However, you also know that it’s not your fault, as a man is more than capable of making his own decisions.
He’s the one who has to stay truthful to his wife. He made an oath to her.
Now that he’s showing some kind of interest in you, you can see what kind of a man he truly is. Nonetheless, you can’t be completely sure that this is what’s going on and you don’t want to assume anything until you have proof of your suspicions.
I can see how he can be alluring to you. He’s confident, he doesn’t have to prove himself anymore and when he talks to you, he probably does so in a very innocent manner.
That’s part of the reason why you’re so confused with what’s going on around you. You don’t want to think that he’s attracted to you or that he wants something more from you but you can definitely let yourself believe that he cares for you.
If it turns out that you’re seeing real signs that he cares for you, then it’s up to you how you’ll react from that point onward. You have the right to make a decision for yourself and act the way you believe is right.
17 signs a married man cares for you
As strange as it sounds, a married man may be in a phase in his life where he feels that he’s not happy with the way his love life currently looks. At that point, he’ll start to look for love outside of the marriage and maybe, just maybe, he’ll stumble upon you.
You may feel like he cares for you but you don’t think it’s really possible. “He has a wife. Why would he care for me?”
But trust me, if you feel like he’s showing any of the signs of care and affection, then it’s probably real. You’re not making it up.
That’s why I’ve put together a list of 17 signs a married man cares for you. These will make it easier for you to realize whether he truly cares for you or if he’s simply being nice.
1. He always asks about your day
We’ll start with one of the small signs first.
I know that it’s not a huge deal when someone asks about your day. You and your co-workers and friends care enough about each other to always check in.
However, he seems to be a little bit more interested than others. You can see that he goes out of his way to come up to you and ask you how you are.
He also wants to know small details about you. He remembers when you tell him that you have something special on a particular day and that’s why he comes up to you, just to ask you about it.
Everyone else is quite casual about these things. He, on the other hand, doesn’t walk past you without taking a second to talk to you.
2. He’s anxious about your health
One of the clear signs a married man cares for you is when he’s anxious about your health. If we’re talking about a man who’s a regular customer or someone you work with and he notices that you’re absent, then he’ll definitely reach out to you.
You’ll get a text message – or maybe even a phone call if he’s confident enough – to ask you what’s going on. He’ll seem very nervous and he’ll want updates on your health.
If you end up in hospital, he may even find a way to visit you and be there for you. He’s genuinely concerned and he doesn’t even think about the fact that it may come across in a weird way.
A guy who doesn’t care about you, married or not, wouldn’t do this. Of course, you can have male friends who are there for you but for a random guy to do this, it’s quite a different story.
If he didn’t care, the most he would do is send you a text telling you to get well soon and that’s it. He wouldn’t seem this anxious about you for sure.
3. He’s interested in your work
A married man would never be interested in a woman’s job if he didn’t work with her directly. Unless he cares for her, that is.
I know that you don’t want to be the other woman but it’s quite possible that he has secret intentions if he constantly comes to see you to talk to you about your work.
He doesn’t have to do that, especially if you two have completely different things to do. Perhaps you work together but you don’t even work on the same projects but he makes it a point to check in on what you do.
He may even offer you his help. You don’t expect him to offer something like this because he shouldn’t be the one to help you out with this at all but you see, he can’t stop himself.
He just wants to be around you and he knows that this is the perfect way to do that. I’m not saying that a man is head over heels for you if he shows any type of interest in your work but if he’s very invested and doesn’t mind helping you out, then it’s very possible.
4. He’s there for you whenever you need him
One of the signs a married man cares for you is when he starts behaving like he’s the one who needs to be there for you all the time. You make him feel like he’s your hero and he loves the feeling of it.
His natural hero instinct becomes activated when he’s around you. He feels a constant desire to protect you and you can see that by the way he behaves around you.
It’s like he’s always around whenever you need a helping hand, to support you, to give you his jacket so you don’t feel cold, or to simply open the door for you.
He makes an effort to show you that he’ll be there for you, no matter the time or place. The chances are that he will leave his wife in the middle of the night if you call him and tell him that you need his help.
It’s hard to believe this when you know that he has another woman at home and that you don’t have the right to take up any of his time. But he’s the one who makes the decision to always run to your rescue.
5. He looks at you differently
When a married man cares for you, he’ll start to behave differently in your company. Sometimes, you’ll even feel like you’re the only one he sees and that all of the people around you are less important to him.
Maybe he feels like the timing’s not right and he can’t confess his attraction to you right now, which is why he’ll use his eyes to show his feelings. He may look deep into yours and even get lost for a second.
He will follow you with his gaze because he wants to see all of the beauty that you have to offer. They say that the eyes never lie and they’re right.
You can tell a lot about someone from a simple look in their eyes. And if you look into his, you’ll see a man who cares for you and someone who can’t stop looking at you.
6. His behavior changes around you
When you look at him from afar, it seems like he’s the most confident human being in this world but the very moment you come into his view, he seems to be tongue-tied.
His eyes seemed glued to the floor or glued to you. He either avoids your gaze completely or he can’t take his eyes off of you.
Someone whose behavior changes this much because of you is definitely someone who has something that they haven’t told you. You don’t have to be a relationship expert to understand this.
Another thing that you may notice is that he’ll get very nervous so he’ll fidget with the buttons on his shirt or with his wedding ring. He’ll play with his fingers or you’ll notice that he swallows more than usual.
If you’re super perceptive, you’ll even be able to see that he breathes a little bit harder in your presence and these are all tell-tale signs a married man cares for you.
7. He always tries to brighten your day
If he’s always cracking jokes just to make you smile or he notices when you’re feeling down, then this married man cares for you. If he was just being polite, he wouldn’t pay that much attention to your feelings.
Always making sure you’re feeling good and constantly looking for ways to brighten your day are straightforward signs that he cares for you.
You don’t ask people who don’t mean that much to you how they feel on a daily basis. You only do that if you truly care about someone.
If he goes out of his way to make you feel better, then everything’s clear. Honestly, the chances are that this married man cares for you.
8. He never disappears without explaining his reason
When you text someone, they usually just end up ghosting you if they’re not interested. This also happens with people who are interested in you but they’re simply too focused on themselves to care whether you’ll analyze their absence.
If he genuinely cares about you, he isn’t one of those people. It doesn’t matter what type of life issues he may have, he’ll always let you know if he won’t be available.
Even if he doesn’t tell you immediately, he’ll offer a good excuse when he gets the chance to text you again. Otherwise, if you’ve been messaging regularly, he’ll know that you’ll think that you’ve done something wrong.
This man cares about you enough to give you an explanation. He worries that you’ll get angry at him or think that he ghosted you but he just has other things to do and he’ll definitely let you know as soon as he can.
9. He asks for your opinion
When a man likes you, he’ll definitely care about your opinions on things. The same goes for married guys.
This isn’t always one of the signs a married man is in love with you but he definitely does care about you. He will ask for your opinion on his new shirt, on a project of his, or even on the dumbest and smallest things.
He’ll go out of his way to find you to ask you questions on various topics. When he’s talking to someone else about something, he’ll call you over and take up some of your time just to see what you think about it.
He does this because he’s curious about you. He cares about what you think and how you perceive things.
After a while, you’ll definitely start noticing this. In the beginning, it’ll seem like a sweet gesture because he’ll ask for your input but afterward, you’ll realize that there’s something more to it.
You can react to his behavior in any way that suits you but this married man definitely does care about you.
10. He prioritizes you
It seems as if there’s nothing more important to him than you and you feel like you could ask for anything and he’d be glad to deliver. You may believe that this is because you’ve become close friends but you can be sure that it’s not just that.
A married man wouldn’t put another woman before his wife. No one puts a potential side chick as a priority unless they genuinely do care about her.
In a relationship, a woman would always say that she’d want her boyfriend to pay more attention to her. She wants to be a priority to him.
You have that without even asking for it! You can definitely see this clearly when he spends all of his free time talking to you, texting you, or actually with you.
This is one of the signs a married man cares for you because if he didn’t, he’d put his wife at the top of his priority list instead. It seems he cares about you more than he cares about her.
Don’t say that it’s not the truth when all the signs are right there. Your gut will tell you right away.
11. He wants to know what’s going on in your love life
When a married man cares for you, he’ll constantly ask you about your love life. It’s clear that he’s not just being nice and polite if he wants to know all of the details.
Instead, he does this because he wants to see whether he has a chance with you. He wants to know whether you’re dating, whom you’re dating, and what that guy has to offer that he doesn’t.
He always notices when you look a little bit put together and he assumes that you’re going out with someone. That’s only something someone who’s interested in you would do.
He’ll also ask you about your break-up if one occurred recently and he’ll want to know all the details.
It would seem a little bit too intrusive if he didn’t seem like someone who genuinely does care. At this point, you’re probably already used to his questions, so it’s nothing too weird.
12. He gets a little bit jealous
When he asks you about your love life or when you mention something about it, his demeanor changes completely. You can be sure that he’s really jealous and he’s trying to hide it and he won’t tell you that he is unless he’s open enough to joke about it.
If he doesn’t tell you he’s jealous, you can easily spot that he is and is trying to hide it. He will become extremely defensive or even withdraw completely.
Another thing he may do is ask you questions about the guy you’re seeing. He’ll compare himself to him and he may even ask you whether you really find this man attractive more than him.
This is a tricky one because he could just as easily say that he was joking but if he wasn’t jealous, you wouldn’t be able to spot the difference in the atmosphere around you.
And women are extremely intuitive, so don’t sell yourself short. Trust your gut.
13. He compliments you
There are certain signs a married man cares for you that you’ll be able to notice right away. One of these is when he starts to constantly compliment you.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s about your new haircut, your work ethic or simply to tell you that your smile is beautiful. He’ll seem a little bit apprehensive at first but once he sees that you’re very open and receptive to his compliments, he won’t feel bad about it.
Of course, a married man can compliment you without having an ulterior motive but it becomes something more when he starts noticing the smallest details about you. He doesn’t care to hide his fascination with you.
He’s always first in line to congratulate you on your achievements and he makes his compliments extremely authentic, so it’s clear that he cares about you.
14. He points out your similarities
When a married man likes you, he’ll try to point out any similarities between you two. It could be something cheesy, like when you wear matching shirts by accident or it can also be something more than that.
He’ll make sure to point out that you two listen to the same type of music or that you like the same movies. When this happens, he makes sure to remember these details about you so that he can mention them more often.
He won’t shy away from starting a whole conversation with you about what you have in common, which is definitely one of the signs a married man cares for you. It’s obvious when he mentions these little things to you as an attempt to get your attention.
15. He pays for you
Have you ever been out with your friends and someone paid for your drinks? You looked over your shoulder and there he was, waving back at you, while the waiter explained to you whom the drinks were from.
Do you truly believe that someone would do this if they weren’t flirting with you? He’s a married man who has other things to take care of but he’s also spending money on you and he doesn’t seem to be bothered by it at all.
When he decides to pay for things instead of you, this doesn’t just have to be drinks in a bar that you found yourself in, as he could also spend money on you in other ways.
For example, when he buys you things that you’ve mentioned or if he even tells you that he will loan you money when you tell him that you’ve been struggling financially.
Yes, he has a wife at home but he doesn’t mind spending this money on you, which is one of the first steps toward an extramarital affair.
16. You can see it in his body language
You don’t even have to look for the obvious signs a married man cares for you because his body language will tell you everything you need to know. When you see the signs, it doesn’t have to mean that he automatically wants to be a part of your life but he’s certainly trying to make an impression.
He’ll keep holding eye contact with you but he’ll also let his eyes roam your body. Another thing that you may see him do is lean into you and that’s when he may even make physical contact with you.
It’ll be in the form of small gestures, like touching your arm or putting your hair behind your ear. Nothing too crazy, because he’s married and people talk.
Single men do these things too so it’s no surprise that a man in a serious relationship (or a marriage) would let his body language speak for him. If he lets himself be completely casual around you, imitates your movements, and so on, he may already have romantic feelings for you.
This doesn’t mean that he thinks you’re his one true love but he really does care for you.
17. He opens up to you
He has a wife waiting for him at home but he still chooses to open up to you. Instead of her, he decides to tell you his deepest secrets and wishes.
Maybe he even knows that what he feels is wrong but he can’t stop himself. To make you understand why he’s behaving the way he is, he may tell you all of the problems he’s been going through.
He will share some of the rough periods of his married life with you because he’s not afraid to be vulnerable in front of you. He cares about you and he wants you to see his real personality.
At the same time, he doesn’t want you to see him as a cheater who has someone else at home but as a person who needs love and isn’t getting it.
If a married man you’ve been having interactions with is showing most or all of these signs, the chances are that he cares for you.
You don’t need actual relationship advice to know that you need to be careful about it.
Don’t get yourself in trouble just because you like the idea that you’ve attracted the attention of a married man.
Also, before taking the next step, you need to be sure about his intentions. Just because he’s spending time pursuing you, it doesn’t mean that he’s serious.
Is he playing with you or is he willing to make a relationship work by making all of the right moves? Does he just care for you or is he really in love with you?
