What is flirting?

[whaywardj]

Like a fish in water. Never pay the stuff any attention.

[Rosebud]

well that's not good...that's really not good!!!!

[whaywardj]

Yes. We've noticed this, me and my hungness.

[indigosoul]

Oh, Gawd. Shall we rename you Kong-Dong2, brother to Shamu??

[shh!]

Oh, Gawd. Shall we rename you Kong-Dong2, brother to Shamu??

This post made me snort.

[Tone]

i don't know if you are really cancer or not (i don't believe in that crap either), but i am cancer, and if you are too, then that's just NUTS, because we are so similar!

July 11, 1982.

^_^

[Only-virgins]

That a damn good question because I have been accused of flirting with girls before even though I was not. Iw as just acting silly around them..not flirting.

[lilwing89]

flirting is a dumb word that i believe orginated in highschool somwhere from 1900-present day 2005 in the US.

apparently its when you talk to any girl at any given time.

[whaywardj]

Oh, Gawd. Shall we rename you Kong-Dong2, brother to Shamu??

I don't know. Let me ask it.

[Mish]

"Everybody does it, but what IS it? What makes flirting, "flirting"? Like: If someone's flirting, does that always mean they want more than just that? Or, what about the person who tries to flirt, but fails? What makes what they do NOT flirting? Or, how is flirting any different from making a romantic advance on someone? What are flirting's defining qualities? Thoughts, anyone?" by whaywardj

Good question. I think it will depend on defenitions of both Flirter and Flirtee. My thoughts on this interesting trait of modern social science:The Flirter, initiates the flirt with a subconscious intention of making the flirtee feeling good about him/herself to a. Make her/him more approachable b. Break the ice c. Create a friendly environment for post flirting activities. Flirtee as the recipient of the flirt has a choice to return the flirt to aknowledge the reciept of interest and the aboundance of such in the originator or dismiss the flirt in order to distance him/herself from the flirter. It has been understood that the sharing of the flirt indicates the first stages of interaction between potential couples and if applied successfuly can also lead to successful mating.

Contiual overuse of the flirt however can have a negative impact on the initiator, creating a perception of a player. For these purposes, some of the tools at flirters disposal capable of masking the flirt from recongnition and enabling to cast flirt deception is humour. Thus, in the hands of a skilled Flirtlitarian an unsuccessful flirt becomes a humourous joke and a successful flirt becomes a catalyst for post flirting activites.

My 2 Cents

[FrenchMaid]

Everybody does it, but what IS it? What makes flirting, "flirting"? Like: If someone's flirting, does that always mean they want more than just that? Or, what about the person who tries to flirt, but fails? What makes what they do NOT flirting? Or, how is flirting any different from making a romantic advance on someone? What are flirting's defining qualities? Thoughts, anyone?

Its a playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest, or close to it!

[indigosoul]

I don't know. Let me ask it.

Multiple personality disorder, huh W? I was wondering...