• Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteEnglish
    20·
    9 hours ago

    In highschool I was challenged, BY MY CRUSH, to play “the Awkward Game”

    What does this game entail? Well it’s simple. All you have to do is do or say something that makes the other person feel awkward. Once they bail, you win. If you know the other person is very uncomfortable with people in their personal space, simply sitting next to them could be enough to make them feel awkward enough to move or call time.

    Her first move? To take off her bra under her shirt, pull it out through the neck of her shirt and throw it at me.

    Move two was sitting on my lap

    Move three was to shover her arm through my sleeve and around the back, essentially hugging me closely with no bra on, sitting on my lap, in a very form-fitting outfit.

    I STILL DID NOT UNDERSTAND

    WHAT ELSE DID I MISS OUT ON??

    Perception is a solid 8/10. Wisdom is clearly a healthy 2.

  • canihasaccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    8 hours ago

    Isn’t it more that we take the statements too literally? For example, I’ve had a couple different instances of women telling me, “I’d have sex with you,” or, “I’d go out with you.” In both cases, I thought, “That’s nice to hear that you would. I wish I could find someone who wanted to.” (Thankfully, that second one was persistent and eventually got through to me, and we’ve been married for years.) I’m literally clueless when it comes to flirting. I don’t understand when someone is “probably” flirting and doubt it, I just don’t get it in the first place.

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      3·
      8 hours ago

      I used to be opposite, where I would constantly mistake friendliness with potential romantic interest. After I got rejected and messed a budding friendship one too many times, I went the complete opposite route and decided not to expect romantic interest unless the woman was very very explicit about it.

  • confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    7 hours ago

    I just assume everyone is being nice because that’s what I’m doing. I no longer attempt to flirt because the two times I tried resulted in absolute confusion or with them laughing at me. So it’s confusing when multiple times in the past where people just start to kiss me. How long were they flirting with me? When did I flirt back? What’s even happening? I thought I was just being friendly…

    More confusing is ending up in someone else’s bed without realizing you were brought there for sex until it starts happening. Even more confusing still is ending up in my own bed with someone who had plans of sex before I ever had a clue.

    I’ve generally lived most my life in conservative areas or have been around conservative types of people so this isn’t a common occurrence for me. When I travelled and lived abroad or enter spaces where people are comfortable being and expressing themselves is when I start to feel visible to the world again.

    Regardless of the situations I find myself in, still can’t read a person’s behaviour while I’m there in the moment. I’m only able to see what’s happened when I have time to reflect on the experiences in a quiet space. I always tell people they would have more success flirting with a wall because a wall won’t rationalize flirting into niceness.