+1 yWell… kind of I think.
If you are totally disinterested, I think (apart of it being question of “why flirt”) it can tend to become more apparent of either a hidden motive or genuine lack of feeling in the words. You tend to become more goal-oriented than thinking of social or emotional queues, and you also start to understand the person less. It’ll be harder to give compliments, because they’ll all just be words you’d imagine would sound good instead of naturally. It’s like there is cognitive dissonance trying to lie your way into interest.
On the flipside, if you are incredibly interested, you start running into some other issues. For instance…- Nerves and the common results (stuttering, losing train of thought, rambling, etc.)
- Being too engrossed to reject things or push back when you should. On a more mild side, say you’re on a date, and you’ve connected well so far. Your interests all line up. Say she lists a movie she enjoys but you personally dislike. Expressing your own different opinion (in a respectful way of course) can benefit you by humanizing you out of a yes-man type, and it makes you more unique by giving you a quirk of sorts. If you aren’t yourself and just agree, you’ll be rather forgettable. in my opinion, people don’t want to date a person that is a clone. Rather, they want to date a person that is pretty similar but not exact.
- Being too worried to say the wrong thing that you never take any risks with your flirting (which can make you sound boring, ultimately). Example: maybe you become afraid to talk about yourself, so you start asking questions and going down an interviewer-pitfall, or maybe you get frozen up with topic ideas because they all sound stupid to you mentally.
Instead, think vested interest is the ideal situation, like a “this person interests me, but I could walk out at any time and not tear myself up over it later.” This mentality lets you connect with the person on a more social/emotional level better, but it doesn’t let your judgement get overwritten with your emotional state either.
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This is 100% the truth I can talk to any girl I can flirt with any girl and it's fun it's sexy it's hot but the moment that there is a girl that I like I can't even talk to her LOL let alone flirt I think it's funny but it's sad because you're not being yourself and I hate that part of it because my flirting is harmless and you think I'd be able to do it with the girls that I like
Here's the funny part is I don't even have to know the girl I could have just met her online and we talked about 10-15 minutes whatever and I want to flirt with her so bad but I feel this energy coming from her and it's so pure so beautiful and everything that I want and I can't get myself to flirt I've even told them I'm a Flirt and I can't flirt with you there's something holding me back because I liked you for some reason and I mean but it's deep the feeling that I get is just so different and so deep and the girl will even say I liked you for some reason and it's like she can't even flirt that is the truth I'm not saying that I don't respect the girls that I flirt with because I do but with the girls that you like there's this Moment of clarity and respect and you don't want to I guess be known like that but I say forget it I say I'm going to flirt no matter what LOL if it's the girl that I like because the difference between a friends with benefit and the girlfriend is the girlfriend is the girl that you're not able to flirt with friends with benefit you can be so happy-go-lucky feu the real unit cert and tease just be so open about everything best way of relationship should be I've never been able to do that that's what I'm working on right now10 Reply
Anonymous(36-45)+1 yNo, I normally first banter, which if there is chemistry and an interest back evolve into flirting with the person way before I get to a point where I like them, and I don't stop flirting because I start liking them. I don't get real feelings or even just butterflies/a crush unless I sense they like me in some way, and normally it is via flirting if it is beyond friendship.
If you mean just liking the way they look then it also does not matter. If I get a good response back it does not stop me just because they are very attractive to me.10 Reply
If that sentence was true, then it would be due to the fact that the flirter thinks there is a lot at stake. If a person doesn't care much about the outcome, then they won't feel a lot of stress, or be too disappointed about a less-than-ideal outcome.
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+1 yAbsolutely not. I don't understand and don't comprehend flirting at all. To me flirting is walking up and flat out saying I am interested in the woman. Other than that I don't get it at all. All this hoop jumping and beating around the bush. It makes no sense.
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Asker+1 yEveryone has their style... I'm more close to what you described
+1 yTrue!
If you like them you're more concerned with if they like you too!
If you're a little ambivalent/ have fewer expectations, it'd easier to focus on making them comfortable and appearing confident. I find I have more time to think about my responses and I'm more articulate.10 Reply- 301 opinions shared on Flirting topic.
+1 yIt is easier to flirt with someone you don't really care about, because you don't care what their reaction is. If it's someone you like, you hope that flirting with them will elicit a positive reaction... that's the risk you take flirting with someone you like.
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+1 yYes, because if you really fancy them, then you *care*. If you don't care all that much, well, so be it. Hence, the virtue of not being "thin skinned", and not caring.
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Asker+1 ySpot on
Anonymous(25-29)+1 yI can definitely agree with this one.
If I find a Brad Pitt out there like from the MOVIE TROY. I find it difficult to flirt and show my romantic side. I actually become incredibly shy and nervous and can’t even look at a man like that in the eyes.20 Reply
Anonymous(25-29)+1 yI think it depends if you know your flirting. People tend to say I’m a flirt. I don’t even know how to flirt. They take me being nice to someone or complimenting someone as flirting when I’m just being honest and have no interest sexually or even no attraction whats so ever…
So to them it comes easy to me when for me we’re just having a conversation.
If it was someone I was really interested in, I wouldn’t even know how to begin a convo for im shy.10 Reply
+1 yI find flirting very hard to do. Sometimes I genuinely have great conversations with men but it’s not flirting. Men don’t flirt with me ever so I never even attempt to flirt with a guy.
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+1 yYes I mostly agree, mostly as if it’s someone you like, the standards are likely to be higher and you feel you need to ‘win’ them over more so consider your usual flirting tactics more carefully as opposed to casual fun flirting
10 ReplyNegative. I find flirting easier when I actually do care about someone. I love flirting in general though. For me it is hardest with someone who takes it seriously when its being playful.
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+1 yI would flirt only with a person i like a whole lot
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Asker+1 yStandards... That's really nice
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Yeah
I only "flirt" with people that i like, so i'd have to disagree lol.
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+1 y“You do everything right when you have low interest level”
- Doc Love17 Reply
Asker+1 yLol that's true
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This might sound like a dick move but I have gone on dates with women i wasn’t at all attracted to in the past. I still treated them nice but it was insane how much more they liked me only because I didn’t care one way or another.
Asker+1 yNot a dick move if you're not hurting anybody.. But damn this is so true
Asker+1 yPerfect analogy
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@medhat-m I did pay for these dates. Not a lot but still. Women go on dates they with guys they have little or no attraction to all the time. But they usually benefit from some free meals and drinks in those bs situations.
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@medhat-m but I did feel a pinch of guilt getting those girls hopes up. I had my mind up I wasn’t physically interested before I went. Some of them really liked me. But I needed some experience just conversing with women in general more at the time
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+1 ydepends on what you are thinking:)
so yes, for me it was hard, until I learned to let go of the fears. ultimately, I think its self image challenge...10 Reply
+1 yNo, it's easy regardless depending on the atmosphere however your confidence would probably take a dip because if you like someone sometimes you put them on a pedestal above yourself
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+1 yIt's all about the confidence. I actually find it easier as when you like someone, you tend to know a bit more about them, thus allowing more targeted or person-specific flirting.
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+1 yIt is always easy for me, so easy that even when I shouldn't be doing it, I do it despite not wanting to do it.
20 ReplyI take you point , YES I believe its certainly tougher if you genuinely like the individual for sure..
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+1 yYou're either a flirt or you're not. If you are then it's easy to flirt with anyone whether you like them or not.
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+1 yYes. I'm always super smooth when I don't care or am helping a friend.
20 ReplyI don't flirt with anyone I don't like. It's a waste of time and mostly done for self validation.
I'm confident, so I don't need to play this game at the expense of someone else's feelings. I subtly show my care about the one I really like.00 Reply
Anonymous(25-29)+1 yFlirting is easy for me if I’m having an exceptionally good, chill day xD if it’s a typical day in the life…it won’t get past a simple hello and a short, awkward comment lol
10 ReplyNow that I think about it, yes, I can agree to this.
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+1 yI don’t agree. Flirting is easy enough with anyone, However if I couldn’t stand a person then it would definitely not be as fun.
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*flirts* ;)
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::smiles then moves on to the next question:: 😊
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See you there ;)
Asker+1 yYou would flirt with someone you can't stand? Lol
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Yes, I would sometimes have done it to cause issues between a guy who was a player and whoever his flavor of the day was then
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Lol nice
Flirting is hard for me regardless.
I guess with most people, the fact that it's their crush adds extra pressure and that's what makes it harder.10 Reply
+1 yDefinitely, I am always more closed off with anyone I actually fancy.
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+1 yI'm pretty good at it whether it be someone I like or someone I don't kno
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+1 yIt's still easy, it's just... easier when you're not really into someone
10 ReplyNo, it's way harder to flirt with someone I despise.
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Asker+1 yWhy would you even flirt with someone you despise lol
+1 y💯, my flirting get not impressive generally speaking. Something something along the lines of "so do you like bread"? This is my very best pick up line 😃
And if i like the person I am as good as mute03 Reply- +1 y
You're married. You shouldn't be flirting with anyone anyway.
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I never did.
That's exactly the point I am making I got no game 😂 - +1 y
I'm not buying that. I think you're full of shit.
"If I like the person."
That's present tense.
When you don't have to worry about being rejected or thought of as undateable, you can say whatever you want without worrying.
10 ReplyWith someone I like, it comes out.
With someone i dont like, it never comes out.10 Reply
+1 yNo. It does not matter if you like the person or not, it all depends on the person.
10 ReplyFlirting is easy so long as both parties like eachother. If not only one person is playing and the other makes it awkward asf. Flirting is lame though, always found it boring. As if making sexual innuendos isn't the most easy thing ever >.>
00 ReplyI wouldn't recommend flirting that way. If you flirt with someone from the opposite sex,... there's always that possibility you're going to give off that wrong impression and wrongfully lead that person on in that wrong way.
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+1 yNot really, I don't think I've ever conciously flirted though.
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+1 yYes its different. Much more overthiniking and nervousness
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+1 yYou mean flirting isn't easy unless it's somone is interested in you
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Anonymous(25-29)+1 yAgreed. Although I don’t usually flirt with people I don’t like or find attractive, just to avoid giving people the wrong impression
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+1 yMe personally I just can’t flirt with someone I don’t like
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+1 yTrue... I become more conscious if I tried to flirt with someone I love
10 ReplyFlirting is easy when we have the same thinking and exposure
00 Reply925 opinions shared on Flirting topic. that's middle eastern wisdom right there 👍
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Asker+1 yLol 😄
I don't know what it means anymore.
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Asker+1 yThat's deep
+1 yTrue. It can be. You don’t want to blow it.
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+1 yI don't flirt with anyone i'm not interested in
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+1 ynaw, flirting is easy period
10 Replymaybe for some people
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+1 yhaha yeah
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Asker+1 yYeah
+1 yAgreed upon
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+1 yWhy would I flirt with someone I didn't like?
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+1 yTotally agree
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+1 yTrue
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+1 yI totally agree.
10 Reply True af dude
20 ReplyDAMN AGREE!!
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+1 yyessss
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+1 yI don't know go away
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