When I was younger, I would flirt with just about everyone. I think there are different levels to flirting, and it doesn’t always have to be infused with sexual energy. Now that I spend so much of my day with kids both at home and at work, I am definitely not in a flirty kind of energy. But, I am very playful! I think a lot of flirting involves being playful. I need to be intentional about creating space for that with my husband because I do feel like that part of me needs to be fed. In general I feel like the younger generation is healthier than I was at that age in some ways. Maybe that’s a reach, but I wonder if people worry about being respectful, having consent, not being creepy etc to the extreme. Just a wondering, not a fleshed out theory.
Jan 21, 2025

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we all need to be a little less serious and more playful perhaps. makes things much lighter
Jan 22, 2025
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i have a friend who’s a felon and really worries about that. he’s pretty charming but it’s still definitely something that freaks him out intensely that he’ll be seen as a creep just by saying hello
Jan 21, 2025

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I LOVE FLIRTING!! no one flirts anymore, and it’s probably the downfall of this generation. flirting is definitely one of my favorite hobbies (I don’t think it actually counts as a hobby but whatever). there is just something so fun about standing a little closer to someone, smiling when you see someone, sending texts with flirty overtones, it’s so exhilarating!! flirting is good for the mind and soul, and it doesn’t even have to lead anywhere if you don’t want it to!
Jan 26, 2025
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The main issue I have is it feels weird to flirt with strangers and it's slightly ruining my dating chances, plus, no one seems to want to speak up anymore and ask for a number or socials, let alone talk to someone I want someone to actually come start a conversation with me (not in a creepy way, a genuine way) and maybe slip some flirting in if we're getting along
Jan 22, 2025
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Lately I have appreciated the art of the flirt. In an interview I heard with Sofia Hagen, they said that flirting “is not about you, it’s a gift you’re giving someone.” And that turned my whole perspective around.
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This has become the norm and every day I grow more disturbed. I understand if somebody is behaving in a harmful way, that is good to document and put out there. But as a whole, it seems, we have become so comfortable with recording people just living their lives. I saw a video of a guy working and the caption of the video was that he was so hot, we needed to find him!!! Why are you providing the Internet with his face and location instead of just going up to talk to him? I saw another of two people on the subway, seemingly a couple, having a very emotional moment. How would you feel if you open up an app and saw a video like that of yourself? I don’t like this level of sibling society surveillance. Why are you videoing an elderly person with sad music dubbed over it to gain likes? It is WEIRD. Don’t even get me started on videos of children. It is WEIRD to use a stranger without their consent to get some kind of fake validation. Get a life. I don’t mean to come on here and share something so negative, I just don’t have anywhere else to put it and it’s gnawing at me.
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