• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    28 days ago

    I wonder if you have a different definition of flirting, because the end goal of flirting is not necessarily to gain a relationship.

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      28 days ago

      Unless you make it extremely clear from the get go that it’s just for fun then flirting with someone you’re not interested in is risky and even if it was made clear, there’s always a risk something will develop on one side.

      • protist@mander.xyz
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        28 days ago

        It’s never this cut and dry in real life though. People often misinterpret others’ actions as flirting when they’re just being friendly. For some people, a woman smiling and making eye contact is flirting. It’s not on the person who’s being friendly “to make it extremely clear from the get go” that they aren’t interested in going out with you. It was on anon to ask this woman if she was single if he wanted to ask her out