Wednesday, July 19, 2006

How to Flirt

OK - officially today is my "W.T.F. Boston!??!?" day.

Traffic, weather, politics, and now people. I think it is all coming to a head.

Anyway, there is a saying in Boston that if you can last long enough to make a friend, you will have that friend for life.

Which is true, But then again Bostonians have a much lower B.S. tolerance level than anyone else in the world. Tell someone you don't know to "have a nice day" and they are liable to tell you to "go f*ck ya self you muthaf*ckah". I can kind of understand that. Fakery is for Pam Anderson's boobs, seen but not heard.

However, this makes for a pretty dreadful flirting scene. In all honesty it is hard for a girl to flirt with a boy without having to pluck his roving tentacles off. I said tentacles...

It's a sad fact that the chronic low tolerance to B.S. is in direct conflict with the ability to have a friendly, flirty banter with another person without being misleading.

Maybe that is not a condition unique to Boston, but my experience has been that "hey how you doin'?" translates into "hey, who you doin'?".

So here is a link to a guide to flirting.

It's long, thorough, and full of insight like:

"Some men also blow their chances by carrying on a conversation with a woman's breasts, rather than looking at her face."

And

"We would not suggest, for example, that a woman in a mini-skirt should 'echo' the open-legged sitting posture of her male companion."

And

"Do not use the eyebrow-flash in Japan, where it has definite sexual connotations and is therefore never used as a greeting signal."

Good luck! *wink*wink*

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is my favorite part...what part of flirting should incorporate a caution flag...
"Two warnings are necessary here: 1) If your target does not find you attractive, the eyebrow-flash strategy may backfire, as the confusion over whether or not you already know each other will be experienced as unpleasant and annoying, rather than amusing. 2) Do not use the eyebrow-flash in Japan, where it has definite sexual connotations and is therefore never used as a greeting signal."