I can top that.
I gave a woman flowers on Valentine’s Day and invited her to a play. She said yes without realizing it was a date.
And jeez, where are you that attractive women are just asking for hugs out of the blue? I never get that. All the inconvenience of living where it’s cold, with none of the benefits.
The internationally accepted symbol for distress is three of anything. That’s not a coincidence: when someone’s trying to call your attention to something, they’re going to do it in threes. Whether that’s nature or nurture, I don’t know, but it’s universal, and it follows the same basic cookie-cutter pattern when a woman is hitting on you:
Joke. “Wouldn’t it be funny if you kissed me right now?”
Another, slightly more serious joke. “No, seriously, what if you kissed me?”
Another flirt that gets more serious OR a light physical touch.
IME, a joke about hugging or kissing might be a flirt, but a 1-2-3 sequence is always a green light. I’ve had my fair share of rejections, believe-you-me, but I bat 1.000 when I make a move after a sequence like that. Not because I have special skills in that regard (although I happen to think I’m a pretty good-lookin’ dude), but because that’s a surefire hit, from what it sounds like anyway. I wasn’t there, though, so who knows…
Sorry, I probably sounded like Andrew Dice Clay or something there. Indeed, there would be a non-propositional conversation period at first. I wouldn’t just hit on someone just because they’re good looking; there’d need to be something more than that, I reckon.
I was more or less referring to the period after you’ve started a conversation and it seems to be going well. I usually start conversations with “Hi, my name’s Joel, what’s yours?”
I’ve had success with such sartorial gems as “Would you like to go have coffee/a drink/dinner tomorrow night?” and “I know we just met, but I’m interested in getting to know you better; could I call you?” or “I’ve got tickets to xyz; wanna go?”
IOW, there’s no magic words, just ask.
I’ve never, ever had anyone be insulted or offended because I flirted with them! On the contrary, isn’t it a bit of an ego boost? If I see you and think you’re cute I might flirt with you and let you know but that doesn’t mean I want to have your baby for Og’s sake! I’m just letting you know, hey, I think you’re attractive.
Priceguy, I am sorry. 
However, if I am genuinely interested in a guy, he’ll know. I’ll tell him.
Crap, I forgot the most important part…maintain eye contact when you talk to the person!
Puffs out chest. Drops voice two octaves: “Thank you.”
I’d argue it’s even more fun to flirt with someone you are hitting on. It’s even more fun to flirt with someone while you’re making out/having sex.
The only time I ever flirt with no intention of actually hitting on her is with girls clearly underage, like, on a bus ride. But sexually available women? It’s on like Donkey Kong.
It’s even more fun to flirt with someone while you’re making out/having sex. Okay, I don’t get this-how/why do you flirt while having sex? Haven’t you already passed this step?
I have already given an example of equal-opportunity cluelessness.
I would never flirt with a girl on one of my buses. For one thing, they’re all still in school… :eek:
Oh, like a transit bus.
::hijack:: You know what commercial I like lately? The one where they see each other in the bus across the way, and they both get off their respective buses, then think they lost each other, but they didn’t?::/hijack::
I was wondering about this, too…
Cranky, Cranky, Cranky. Dear sweet innocent, naive in the ways of the menage a trois or the etiquette of running train. You’re not flirting with the same person you’re making out with / having sex with. 
I mean, jeez.
Not in terms of cluelessness – I’ve certainly missed a come-on or two in my day – but in the idea that flirting is only about hitting on someone. (Like pre-foreplay? Hmmm.) That singlemindedness seems very male to me.
Of course, it does explain one or two of the come-ons I’ve gotten over the years that I didn’t miss – I thought we were engaging in a little light recreational flirting, he thought I was signalling interest. 
← playful, not flirtatious, wink.
The correct answer :
I am, but the first one’s free."
Now you know. And knowing is half the battle.
Oh! :smack: Yep, you’re right, naive and innocent (at least in this instance).
…And so I venture, back to the mall, opening doors and trying again.
So, for the next part of this little saga: Would it be incomparably lame for Our Hero to trot this line out, several days after the initial incident? I think so, but from the description of the lady, a lame shot is better than standing out in the cold…
That’s not how it was written at all.
I’d argue it’s even more fun to flirt with someone you are hitting on. It’s even more fun to flirt with someone while you’re making out/having sex.
It definitely sounds like you’re flirting with the person you’re making out with. Do you mean, she’s sitting in your lap (or something) and you’re flirting with someone else? Or while you’re making out with her you’re winking at someone behind her? We need details!
Um, sorry but I must hijack momentarily…Askia I tried googling but not successfully…what is ‘running train’. Hijack over.
:smack:
Okay, moving right along…
I love that commercial! It’s on my list of commercials that are so great, I love them but can’t remember what they’re for. Bus lines? Anti-perspirant? Breath mints?
Aargh. The middle section was supposed to be in italics.