Sexual tension & plain old awkwardness?

[getoverit]

How does one differentiate between sexual tension and plain awkwardness? It might get really uncomfortable if I were to mistake the signs...

[ArtistBboy]

Sexual tension has a positive energy, awkward tension has a negative energy..

Example of sexual tension

Him: "Yeah, I'm not working right now and it's a real bummer"

You: "Well ask yourself what you could do with money and how bad you want it"

Him: "What? Haha"

- The emphasis being that he misinterprets your conversation/behavior and busts your balls over it... You could drop your head going "oh my god!" or you could laugh, etc.. But it's often pleasant and leads to further dialogue. That is to say, both parties are listening to one another

Example of awkward tension:

Him: "I have a dog"

You: "Oh my god and I just got back from my sisters birthday party!"

Him: "Uhh, how was the party"

You: "Slow"

- Then silence follows; well that indicates that there's ineffective listening. It closes off the dialogue between two people and there's nothing there to really enjoy. It's a diversion of the energy that the conversation possesses, ultimately crashing down and leading both parties to awkwardly avoid further dialogue

~ ArtistBBoy

[Lifesbeautiful]

You'll be able to tell teh difference! Trust me! Awkwardsness makes you both kind of like, " well anyways!... **silence... and back away slowly**... Sexual tension you both look deep into the others eyes and your breathing is quicker and like eveyrthing around you kind of zones out and your whole body is sensing something... Yeah... there's a BIG difference. You will be able to tell :)

[1diamond]

When it's sexual tension you feel the fireworks!