The Student Room Group

Flirting

Can anyone shed light on this dark art?

What actually is its definition?

I have heard that it entails being playfully mean, teasing and not being too friendly?

Is it best done while relatively alone with the person? (i.e. while not in a big group of people)

Please keep anon as I find it quite embarrassing to ask :p:

Reply 1

there is many ways you can flirt depending on the person, everyone has different ways, some girls may just be suttle by the way they look at the other person, or hug them and compliment etc, while other girls go full on sit on their laps, whisper in their ears while touching their legs lol (am i allowed 2 say lol? i got told off for talking text :s-smilie:)

Reply 2

Flirting has a ridiculous number of forms. Its more down to the personality of the flirter...

Reply 3

in a club it is rediculously hard, the music is too loud so you cant sweet talk (not that i could anyways) :wink:, so if you are lucky it will just go straight down to kissin

which i dont mind, y'know

probably pull a 'bigger' lass anyways haha

Reply 4

I'm a guy :p:

Reply 5

what would boys consider is 'flirting' because when i just talk to a boy my friends are like 'stop flirting' and im really not :s-smilie:

Reply 6

haha nothing to be ashamed of here. i have no idea what flirting is yet everyone says i'm always at it!

Reply 7

*Ariel*
what would boys consider is 'flirting' because when i just talk to a boy my friends are like 'stop flirting' and im really not :s-smilie:


ditto. my boyfriend says i flirt with everyone because i'm just the kind of person who has a lot of contact.
i don't think anyone can define flirting seeing as everyone's view is different - sorry if that's not much help OP:p:

Reply 8

Yeah, apparently I "ooze sex" because I flirt a lot and even with my best friends. Sounds disgusting to me, ooze is such a rancid word. People ooze congealed blood.

Anyway, it seems to me that it's something very easy to misconstrue. Being friendly is too often confused with being sexual, yet I think it's much more obvious when a person is flirting in a sexual way.