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Coolhandluke's avatar

Do you innocently flirt?

Asked by Coolhandluke (2422points) April 20th, 2020

Or do you not-so-innocently flirt with someone other than your spouse/friend?

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Coolhandluke's avatar

What a boring answer…

ARE_you_kidding_me's avatar

I’m not exactly a hit with the ladies so not really.

SQUEEKY2's avatar

Once in awhile, especially with the ladies at the bank,I never hide it from Mrs Squeeky.

lucillelucillelucille's avatar

I’m friendly more than I am flirty and that often doesn’t matter to those who like to read things into stuff that isn’t there.

KNOWITALL's avatar

Yes, I enjoy it and I adore men, generally speaking. It’s all in good fun though.

@ARE_you_kidding_me Really? Why is that? I have a great time talking to you on the rare occasion we both have time.

Zaku's avatar

Boredom is in the mind of the bored, and its lack of imagination and/or self-entertainment skills.

ARE_you_kidding_me's avatar

@KNOWITALL Not sure, I tend to be brutally honest and I guess that could be a turn off. When I was 22 and in great shape from working in the lumber yard I got plenty of attention. At 43 and just a little overweight not so much.

KNOWITALL's avatar

@ARE_you_kidding_me Crazy ladies I guess!

ARE_you_kidding_me's avatar

Aren’t they all though?

ANef_is_Enuf's avatar

Yeah, I’m a huge flirt. I’m also friendly which is frequently mistaken for flirting.

gondwanalon's avatar

I’m much to shy.

ucme's avatar

Only with the saucy maid from below stairs.
In reality, I flirt all the time, including my gay friends…I can get extremely camp :D
Always a mutuallly understood, banter form of flirt though & only then with close friends I know will appreciate it & take it as intended.

KNOWITALL's avatar

@ucme Its about time mr flirty pants!

Dutchess_lll's avatar

No.
But what @lucillelucillelucille said. If you’re simply nice some men read a come on that isn’t there.

ARE_you_kidding_me's avatar

@Dutchess_lll It’s honestly hard for some guys to tell the difference. So when you are in default avoidance mode to get around that then some will label you a bitch. This is especially cumbersome if you are even slightly attractive. You cannot win here, it’s a fine line to navigate.

ucme's avatar

@KNOWITALL Sshhhh…you know how the riff-raff gossip :D

KNOWITALL's avatar

@Dutchess Absolutely! The hotter or richer guys are the worst about thinking its more than friendly banter. Or guys in large numbers.

Dutchess_lll's avatar

@ARE_you_kidding_me and it can get downright dangerous. There is a thin line between rage and sex.

ARE_you_kidding_me's avatar

@Dutchess_lll I guess, it’s an extreme minority of men who are dangerous. This is why it is important to report incidents when they happen so things don’t move on to someone else. It’s hard to do at times but important even it evades belief. They are so prolific in getting away with things that I seldom know a single woman who has not been affected by one of them in one way or another. That minority gets away with so much it gives every man a bad name. I can’t describe how mad this makes me. Most guys just legitimately want to know where they stand and are not a threat at all. There is just a communication barrier that makes this hard and there is that “not knowing” component for women too.

Demosthenes's avatar

I can be flirty with straight girls but it’s more just a personality thing that comes out in certain situations; it’s not sexual and I might call it “innocent”. Otherwise my non-innocent flirting I reserve for times when I’m around other gay dudes. :P

Dutchess_lll's avatar

I agree Kidding. My encounters happened in the 70s, 80s and 90s. We just did nothing. That’s how it was. If we had reported it it would have been blown off.
Fortunately it’s different for my grand daughters.

RabidWolf's avatar

I was once told that I flirt very low-key, usually with my eyes. Never did figure that one out. There were times I was accused of flirting, and I was in shock at the accusation. I was being a gentleman and not allowing a female co-worker to lift something that was heavy. One of them was pregnant. She thought it was sweet of me to care about her wellbeing. The boss referred to me as her protector. But back to the topic: I never realized it but I wink, but I was told it isn’t a wink it’s the look in my eyes.

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