Why do people take being nice as flirting?
There’s clearly a difference, are you too desperate to be able to tell the difference?
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DrWatson · 70-79, M
People (mostly men) project their expectations onto people they are attracted to, and the results can be maddening. Whenever I hear men talk about how women are "such teases", I suspect that what has happened is exactly what you are referring to. She thought the two of them were merely having a friendly conversation, and he assumed they were flirting with each other -- so he is shocked when things don't end as he expected.
To some extent, I have been on the receiving end of this from gay men who assume there is "chemistry in the air" when all I am doing is having a friendly conversation with them.
Yes, there is a difference. I suspect that many of the straight men who cannot tell the difference are men who are not interested in women for any other purpose!
To some extent, I have been on the receiving end of this from gay men who assume there is "chemistry in the air" when all I am doing is having a friendly conversation with them.
Yes, there is a difference. I suspect that many of the straight men who cannot tell the difference are men who are not interested in women for any other purpose!