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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CyberAngel who wrote (32655)	3/16/1999 11:34:00 PM
From: Graystone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Teasing or Flirtation Just my opinion, flirtation is the allowing or the initiation of intimacy in conversation or action which is not justified by the current relationship, it is the precursor to that bad four letter word we all like so much. Teasing differs from flirtation in that it is never intended to reach any type of consummation. If it does indeed reach consummation, then I would guess, that you could call it foreplay. Foreplay, consummation, teasing, flirtation. Bad sexual advice : Sometimes a person affects you so strongly, that everything they do becomes sexual. If a person affects you this way, then it is a good idea to think about getting married to them, that way you can have sex. If you don't like sex with them, get a divorce and find another person who affects you the same way.

To: CyberAngel who wrote (32655)	3/17/1999 7:48:00 AM
From: E	Respond to of 108807

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To: CyberAngel who wrote (32655)	3/17/1999 11:29:00 AM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

<flirting is a promise of sexual intercourse without a guarantee. --Milan Kundera > I think it's a clever definition, but that it leaves something out, a nuance. I think flirting can also be a form of sexual-stimulation play understood by both parties as only that, so there is no 'promise' involved, except in so far as both participants know that because there is an attraction, a 'promise' is being simulated purely for the excitement of the moment; and maybe also for the gratification of learning to what degree the attraction is mutual. But mostly I think it's just very slightly naughty playing. There is another, cruder, term used for heavier-duty flirting of the sort Kundera is defining, I think. Of course flirting or teasing can be motivated by factors other than sexual excitement. Practical considerations of one sort or another, conscious or unconscious. [In Edit window: I just read your comment about games, Dadepfan, and you can see that in my example, there isn't any dishonesty involved. I guess there could be sad misunderstandings, where one party thinks a promise is implicit, and the other thinks both of them understand that they're only playing. Blue gave an example of a practical consideration, a conscious one, that can motivate flirting; but that's not dishonest either.]