Friday, August 24, 2007

Intentional Flirt or not?

something I had written last year...

You were walking back one day, half thinking you might buy a coffee, you saw a beautiful woman walking toward you.

You have never seen her before. But eyes met (yours and hers), and as you passed each other, your heads turned. You could see the beginning of a smile forming on her face, and as you continued walking and turning, things began to get strange. She stopped. You couldn't break the gaze, and you stopped, too. You faced her from 10 or 15 feet away. Time seemed to slow. The crowds surged around both of you, but your field of vision narrowed.

All you saw was her.

You closed the distance between both of you, and now were both smiling, both staring. "Who are you?" You asked.

She said her name was Kimi, and you introduced yourself.
"What's going on?" she asked, and it was obvious that she meant this strange dance both of you was doing.

"I don't know," you said. "I think we'd better go have coffee."
"Okay," she said.

Things that happens between people; Intentional or not? The following are flirtatious ways one might or might not have done?

1. By looking at him/ her unwittingly, gazing non-stop, a little short of staring at the person. By doing so, it shows the attraction that had already prevailed. Intentionally or not, the flirting had already begun.

2. By saying you like his/ her outfit. The average man doesn't notice clothes - if you notice his, he'll think it's because you want to see you without them in your bed. For the girl, such flattery means you have really taken note of her efforts dressing up for the day.

3. By playing with a piece of clothing. For women: Dangle a shoe in a rhythmic way, play with an earring. For men: Adjusting your tie, your cuffs, and your hair or twirling your drink. The thing is not about what you are doing, but the rhythmic movements you are making. Rhythm is both sexual and comforting.

4. By creating and use nicknames. The use and creation of nicknames can precede or follow new relationships, but it is a very important stepping-stone to intimacy. Normally this will happen as a basic outgrowth of fumbling around to get to know each other.

5. Crossing your arms over your chest is a sneaky way of drawing attention to your breasts. It's a primitive gesture of sexual anticipation laced with sexual anxiety, which a man might correctly read as the woman's acknowledgement of the basic Me Tarzan, You Jane chemistry happening between them.

6. Teasing each other. You're doing it simply because you can, and it amuses you. He/ she see it as an early phase of the mating ritual.

7. Ignoring a call on your mobile when you're with him/ her. You hit 'divert' because it's your boss and you don't want to talk to him - but the counterpart might feel that you're captivated by his/ her witty conversation.

8. Talking about your previous relationships and asking questions about his girlfriend/ her boyfriend. You're just being nosy about the other party’s love life. He/ she will think you want a walk-on part in it. That is if you want to.

9. Flared Nostrils, this is the mother of all body language signals! Flared nostrils are an irrefutable sign of sexual arousal. If you're talking to a girl and her nostrils are flaring, you can bet she's aching for you. And, um, it works vice versa. If you're flirting with a guy and you've both got the nostril thing going, look out.

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