Just wondering - how flirtatious a gesture do you consider playfully slapping someone on the shoulder?
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category? Maybe give some free advice about: Love Life? MelLeDisko answered Sunday September 17 2006, 11:32 am: Well, that's a toughie, because a playful slap on the shoulder can be both taken as a friendly thing or a flirty thing. It just depends on how you do it, and what tones you are using and the way you say it. If you just slap them and are like "Haha, yeah." [or something like that whatever the situation is] then if it were me, I'd consider that just a friendly thing. But if you're sitting there and slap them on the shoulder and are like,"Hahhahah oh you!" and are sitting close to them, I would take it as a more flirty thing. If you're worried you're going to come off flirtatious to someone, just mix around with different gestures and signals, and then just make a note of what comes off flirty to certain people and what doesn't, so you know how to control your certain gestures. I hope I helped. [ MelLeDisko's advice column | Ask MelLeDisko A Question ]
Razhie answered Sunday September 17 2006, 9:40 am: Flirting is almost entirely about subtext: the undertones and situation around the action, the inexpressible emotional content and body language.
Slapping someone on the shoulder isn't a 'flirting' action by itself. Hell, I do that to my little sister all the time.
No one else can really tell you what flirting is. Just fool around, practice it, and keep your eyes open for it. Trust your gut. You'll catch on. [ Razhie's advice column | Ask Razhie A Question ]
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