flirting

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Email flirting = nightmare as some people always sign with kisses or terms of endearment and if you don't know you might think 'wahey, I'm in there'. Whereas you're not.

(i ain't sayin a word...)

No. of IL* flings and ex-relationships that I know of: classified har.

Internet crushes aren't the same as real crushes, thank goodness.

But I'd forgotten that Isabel has posted (three whole times) so 4 I suppose.

RickyT: list on its way.

We need a separate ILE supporting cast thread.

I plan on utilizing the Testaburger Method the next time I work up enough cojones to go out and Meet Women (i.e. Brave the Ninth Circle of Hell).

She: "Hi."

Me: BLLLLEEEEARRRGGGGGHHHH! *cue pea soup*

She: "Ew! Gross!"

Cartman: "Come sail away..."

Assuming people do sometimes turn you down after just one look at your cock which, of course, may not necessarily be the case.

Give yourself much more credit than that. Especially considering you had a guy just give you a ring and all. :-)

No. of IL* flings and ex-relationships that I know of: classified har.

For which I duly thank you, Mr. Ewing. ;-)

Flirting? My cunning stunt was to release sixteen albums of titillating smut. Eventually the world realised I was flirting with it.

these seem to be things i do, but never make a conscious effort, i just can't really control how i act when i'm flirting, its like some other persona takes over. i wish i could BE MYSELF around people i have seedy intentions towards.

We have been texting back and forth almost all of the last 3 days

this usually isn't a bad sign homie

yeah, come on, get on with it already

i really am this dense when it comes to women. it is not an act.

(waiting for first person to edit out the 'when it comes to women')

think now's a good time to say the L word, let me know how it goes down

4. she told me I made her blush when I used a pickup line from Back to the Future on her.

Let me guess: "You are my density?"

You need to sing "Power of Love" to her at karaoke while you make eye contact w/her the whole time –– it will seal the Back to the Future deal & lead to some enchantment under the sea.

don't need a credit card to ride this train

lol totally identifying with the "let me ask of my friends to reassure me that this girl likes me even though its too obvious to even mention". i think i do this every time i start on with a girl.

"yeah, we've been touching knees under the table and we keep maintaining insane eye-contact"
"dude...dude: GO FOR IT"
"oh golly...i don't know...."

Sorry Abbbottt, it's "Don't need no credit card to ride this train"

now I'll never know what's not needed to ride a train

everything on earth apart from a valid ticket Abbbottt, that's all you need to know :)

WHAT IF I SING THE RONG LYRIX

You'll get corrected politely if the above is any indication.

hey baby

wanna see my admin log

it's gone next level now. i've said things I've never said to anyone. I feel things I haven't felt in years. this has me all discombobulated, stuttering, and nervous to the point where I feel like throwing up, yet it's a pleasurable feeling.

that my friend is LOVE

I'm reviving because we need more eroticism in 2018

This is actually well timed for me cause I have gone on two... outings with someone and I still have no idea if they were dates, or whether the flirting I thought I perceived was just ordinary friendliness. Long periods of singlehood mess you up.

homosexual otm

I think my flirting gland has been broken for some time, and I kinda don't know how much I care.

go ahead and test it out

you know how to... secrete substances such as hormones, don't you?

I practice flirting at buffets

theres a built in ice breaker!

I try to flirt. I get no discernible response. FUCK YOU SIDEWAYS WITH A CHAINSAW.

we both reached for the cherry tomatoes at once!

after you

no after you

i chat up people everywhere, but i'm just friendly so not sure if it's flirting....?

girl asked me out tho recently so maybe it worked, but always preparing for failure tbh

I caught his eye through the sneeze guard

so you like sneezing do you?? filthy

OTOH I've been informed by third-party observers that it sure appeared to them as if I were flirting when I thought I was just engaged in friendly-but-innocuous interaction so who even knows. I do know that I also used to know how to do it consciously before I became an old and broken down shell of a man.

As someone who has dated women from different cultures, i find eroticism can vary widely and wildly in meaning depending on your age, culture and moral compass

I’m definitely a highly sexual and flirtatious man

But people will either love your style or find it gross

and with some women it depends what time of the month it is

It’s crazy — there are so many variables to it that the best thing to do is develop a style you like and that works with the type of people you are attracted to and ignore the people that don’t like it

Kinda involves dating more than people would like, i feel, though

pretty much what you said old lunch

Ross...congrats on getting asked out

thanks man :)

did you go out with her?

she told me to contact her, but i haven't yet (it's been 3 days)...probably do it soon...

she goes to school where i work so it works out well

honestly i just want friends and if it works good..been single for a long time

Understandable. I'm going on a decade and it's a tough thing to consider exiting

sorry exiting which Simon? 5 years here...

got it duh xpost

Sadly, my flirting style tends to veer to easily from fun and sexy to cranky misanthrope.

*too easily

theres a large gray spectrum between single and attached and I encourage you to explore it!

this is an unpopular opinion I guess but I fucking hate flirting, banter, etc. being direct and being earnestly yourself, rather than an idea of a Flirting Person that you probably borrowed from aziz ansari anyway (at this point I've probably gotten the whole foods pickup line a couple dozen times), is always infinitely more attractive

you're otm katherine

usually i go with what the person is passionate about, ex. if they say they're getting into kate bush i start to pick their brain (gently) about which, cuz i'm nerding out

I don't think flirting has to be an act or a bunch of corny lines. For me, it's much more about projecting interest, enthusiasm, and confidence in your conversation and body language. There's no reason any of that should not also include realness and honesty.

a friend of mine is a real master of unintentionally flirting. she has very bad social anxiety and is shy, but at some point she made like a new years resolution to force herself to talk to people. so, when she talks to dudes she has to get kind of close because her voice is very soft and quiet, and then she asks said person a ton of questions but blushes and is embarrassed the whole way through. I'd say like 80% of dudes are way into it, but I don't think this approach would work if she weren't really cute and a woman.

OTOH I've been informed by third-party observers that it sure appeared to them as if I were flirting when I thought I was just engaged in friendly-but-innocuous interaction so who even knows. I do know that I also used to know how to do it consciously before I became an old and broken down shell of a man.

as the kids say, big mood right here. I try to err on the side of assuming that I can't flirt and that no one is flirting with me, ever.

That is usually my assumption, as well, despite the fact that history has demonstrated that I am maybe just very very bad at picking up on what the other party perceives to be very overt signals of interest.

I flirt with everyone except for those who i actually have an interest in. its pretty dumb.