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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:11 pm


Welcome to Flirting 101
Lesson 1

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Flirting is the gentle art of letting a person know that you are interested in them.

Flirting isn’t just a bird call to invite people to a relationship or a booty call; it’s also done to feel sexy, inviting, exciting and desirable. And perhaps, one or two off times, to make your partner feel jealous! But whatever may be the reasons, the fact of the matter is that flirting is tricky. Almost all of us have missed that someone was flirting with us.

Every message you send, intentional or not is important. So your attitude is nearly everything in regards to flirting. We want you to show a certain degree of eagerness, but not desperation. We want you to believe in yourself and demonstrate why we should believe in you too, without you seeming conceited. So let's go over the basics of flirting.

Flirting falls into five distinct styles. Let's review them and see if we can find your Specific style and perfect a method to attract that special someone.
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The Physical Flirt

1. The Physical flirt knows what they got going for themselves and is not afraid to use it.

2. Confident in using their body language to communicate interest, the physical flirt has no problems in touching their crush gently to indicate interest.

3. the physical flirt is not shy about letting a potential partner know how they feel and does so through physicality, non-verbal behavior and physical attractiveness.

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What works for The Physical Flirt:

They have little problem letting people know that they are interested.
They often result in sparking a physical connection with their date, much quicker than the rest.

What doesn’t work for them:

Other people might interpret their everyday manner as more sexually charged.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, people might not be comfortable with their overt physical manner.


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The Polite Flirt

1. Good manners are a must for this flirt.

2. Rule governed and polished, the basic arsenal in their armory is genteel and refined behavior.

3. They are always polite, and may refuse to engage in inappropriate or obviously sexual behavior that might make the other person uncomfortable. This type of a flirt is more likely to invite their potential date to a coffee shop or someplace quiet, as opposed to a noisy club, to get to speak to them at a more personal level.

4. They diligently follow courtship rules and will always choose civility over pushiness.


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What works for The Polite Flirt:

They never come across as looking needy or trying too hard.
They also never embarrass themselves or pass off as appearing too aggressive and insensitive.
They are always well regarded by the opposite gender for their elegant manner.

What doesn’t work for them:

They can seldom appreciate the flirting styles of other people. They may even feel that forward people are rude or impolite.
The Polite Flirt’s approach could be slow paced and quite indirect.
They like to keep their physical feelings in check for the sake of romance.
To the Polite flirt, being out-and-out direct when engaging in romance is simply uncouth. So they might fail to establish a physical connect with their date.


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The Playful Flirt

1. For them, flirting is a game. To the Playful Flirt, it is fun to meet new people, talk them up and make people fall for them.

2.The playful style is bubbly, funny, flirty and fun.

3. Playful flirts do not care how others might interpret their behavior as long as they are having a good time.

Note: Playful flirts can even flirt with someone when they are not attracted to them!
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What works for The Playful Flirt:

They are perhaps the most popular of all among the opposite sex.
They can easily mingle with their date and get a crackling chemistry with them in record time!


What doesn’t work for them:

Getting into a long term relationship is tricky for the Playful Flirt, as they have some big temptations to fight on the way.

For instance, a man who was a Playful Flirt all his life — now flirts with even a waitress when at a restaurant with his wife. He has a daughter too, and is quite loyal to his wife. But he simply can’t get rid of his habit. Now the two have just accepted that he will flirt wherever possible just to get an extra shot of self-esteem!


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The Sincere Flirt

1. They show sincere personal interest. This type of a flirt wants to create an emotional bond with a new crush. Their approach is to share things about themselves and get the other people talking.

2. They take the first rule of socializing to heart: that if you want to be an interesting conversationalist, you must get people to talk about themselves. They pay great attention to a partner’s personality.

3. For them, the best chemistry involves communication and full disclosure.

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What works for The Sincere Flirt:

This approach is highly effective and makes them liked by people immensely.
Seeking an emotional connect with a partner is defined as the most agreeable, desirable and effective of all communications, and flirts of this type usually go on to build lasting relationships.


What doesn’t work for them:

Some people might perceive the Sincere Flirt as boring, as most people like a little bit of fun and danger in flirting.

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The Shy Flirt

1. This Flirt is hard to read and quite until they really get to know you.

2. They are subtle and glance sideways at the object of their affection. They most likely blush when directly spoken too by their crush.

3. Casual contact with their crush can cause this flirt to stammer or mumble an apology.

4. This flirt is the anti flirt.

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What works for the Shy Flirt:

This style of flirting is considered extremely adorable and makes the object of a shy flirts affection feel flattered that the shy flirt, would try to flirt with them.
This flirt generally builds life long relationships.


What doesn't work for them:

The person they are flirting with may never know because of the very subtle style of this flirt.
It is common for this flirt to not make a move and lose the object of their affection.

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:58 pm


yeah....how do you flirt?

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:20 pm


How can I avoid over-flirting(making it awkward)?
PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:08 pm


Mello-Sab
yeah....how do you flirt?


well flirting is all about ur attitude...if we r talking in the real..its all about eye contact, smiles and body language...

if we r talking about here on gaia...its a lil more out going...compliments r important...tell him his avi looks sexy and wink...think of what he would like to hear...is he cute, funny, interesting, smart...what kind of compliments would fit him best...let me give u a sample conversation using the guy I'm dating...I will put it here in the post as soon as I have a free moment...

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:10 pm


XkillerzeroX
How can I avoid over-flirting(making it awkward)?

can u give me an example of your usual conversations?
PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:14 pm


tikitales
Mello-Sab
yeah....how do you flirt?


well flirting is all about ur attitude...if we r talking in the real..its all about eye contact, smiles and body language...

if we r talking about here on gaia...its a lil more out going...compliments r important...tell him his avi looks sexy and wink...think of what he would like to hear...is he cute, funny, interesting, smart...what kind of compliments would fit him best...let me give u a sample conversation using the guy I'm dating...I will put it here in the post as soon as I have a free moment...


As someone that has been on the receiving end, I'd like to expand upon this.

If you're looking for a jackass, which, honestly, is a little over half the male population, the "sexy"'s and the winking will work fine. Some guys, myself included, aren't impressed by these things, though. Some guys like a nice girl, someone with a semblance of innocence. For these guys, just be yourself. Make small talk. Compliment on their intelligence, their wit, their humor, things like that.

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:20 pm


XkillerzeroX
How can I avoid over-flirting(making it awkward)?


In general, this is just plain difficult. Many's the time I've just finished talking to a girl, and I think "Did I really say that? What the hell was I thinking?" The main problem, I think, is just being nervous.

The best I can do is tell you to just relax. She's just a girl, it's no big deal. If you strike out with her, there will be another girl out there tomorrow. It's not life or death, so just play it cool.
PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:22 pm


By the way, sorry for commandeering your thread, lol. Just thought I'd give my two cents on things.

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:23 pm


x_Adriel_x
By the way, sorry for commandeering your thread, lol. Just thought I'd give my two cents on things.

it's no problem...^^...though I disagree about the flirting...but tis ok...I've been with a lot of great ppl and I'm a bit of a flirt naturally...I believe I'm a very nice person and that if u don't make a move then the oppertunity is lost...and the whole point of flirting is to make the person ur talking to feel good about themselves...also to let them know that u r interested in them as more than a friend...so generally simple conversation without sexual banter gets u a friend and not a date...but thanks 4 ur input... 4laugh
PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:26 am


I find it annoying when people try to flirt with me.. it always seems like they are throwing themselves at me.. it starts with the staring, and i ignore it.. then they try to start small talk, and i TRY to small talk back.. though i make it obvious that i'm not interested shortly after by walking away and talking to someone else.. but they return and start getting more physical. like hugging me and touching me as they try the small talk method all over again.
*in one situation i had a girl SIT IN MY LAP doing that... i just didn't hug her back and waited it out until she got off.. i mean, kudos to them for their persistence.. but i don't want to come off as an a**, though i may have already by this point. it just seems (nowadays) its the younger girls doing it.. and it also seems like they are doing it with ONE thing on their mind..
now i'm not going to say what, but i'll give a hint for the hard-headed.. it involves the bedroom with the doors locked.. (or out in public, depending on what your into.. LOL) though with the younger girls i'm much more blunt and tell them to get away.. (for leagal purposes of course)
the guys are a bit worse.. they CLEARLY make it obvious they just want to do the dirty right from the start.. and i'm very blunt about it.. but i'm not so much worried about them..
don't get me wrong.. i DO want to have a good time from time to time.. but not just casually like that..

my question is.. am I really an a** for doing what i do in these situations?
and what kind of advise can you tell me about "easily" letting people down? I try my HARDEST not to be a jerk, i want to be a nice person.. but it almost seems like theres no other way.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:34 am


I find if i flirt with some people they find it very annoying and just walk away and ignore me but if im myself they seem to open up more.
PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:16 am


"Some people THINK before they speak...




At some point...Flirting's annoying at first. Of course, I feel happy when its with a girl I like. :3





...Too bad I'm not some people."

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:27 am


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I find it annoying when people try to flirt with me.. it always seems like they are throwing themselves at me.. it starts with the staring, and i ignore it.. then they try to start small talk, and i TRY to small talk back.. though i make it obvious that i'm not interested shortly after by walking away and talking to someone else.. but they return and start getting more physical. like hugging me and touching me as they try the small talk method all over again.
*in one situation i had a girl SIT IN MY LAP doing that... i just didn't hug her back and waited it out until she got off.. i mean, kudos to them for their persistence.. but i don't want to come off as an a**, though i may have already by this point. it just seems (nowadays) its the younger girls doing it.. and it also seems like they are doing it with ONE thing on their mind..
now i'm not going to say what, but i'll give a hint for the hard-headed.. it involves the bedroom with the doors locked.. (or out in public, depending on what your into.. LOL) though with the younger girls i'm much more blunt and tell them to get away.. (for leagal purposes of course)
the guys are a bit worse.. they CLEARLY make it obvious they just want to do the dirty right from the start.. and i'm very blunt about it.. but i'm not so much worried about them..
don't get me wrong.. i DO want to have a good time from time to time.. but not just casually like that..

my question is.. am I really an a** for doing what i do in these situations?
and what kind of advise can you tell me about "easily" letting people down? I try my HARDEST not to be a jerk, i want to be a nice person.. but it almost seems like theres no other way.


Ur doing the right thing for u...thats what truly matters and I have noticed the change in girls, some ppl like it and some don't... but flirting can be taken too far...(ie the lap thing)..but it is definately an art form in the right hands...and unfortunately most younger ppl don't know the right way to go about it...thats why I started this thread...I find, to get someone to leave u alone, it is best to be blunt and state that u have no interest...just as u did...^^...
PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:23 pm


Lol, i like number 2 for now. whee .

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:30 pm


Lol, i now know they i have flirted with 1 guy in whole like over the . . .wait! no, 2 over the internet my whole life . . . i think . . . *pondering*.
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