not always a flirting tactic obviously but offering you a bite of their food, a sip from their cup, bringing you an extra bottle of water or snack without being asked—even if you don’t need anything the gesture is 🥵🔥 (full disclosure i’ve never been aware of anyone flirting with me *in the moment* and didn’t know my partner ever had before we dated until he told me a decade into our marriage that yes, actually, of course he was flirting with me 🫠 devastating)
What’s That? Oh, we both love steely dan and hate cyclists that wear the little outfits ? (Not bc we hate the fit- we do, we just hate that they give you a dirty look when they roll through a stop sign and it‘s your turn to drive more) it starts with you liking one of my recs (obviously), then, feeling generous, I like one of yours that’s either a micro-complaint or link to a specific, hard-to-find performance of an ethereal 70s jazz singer. We follow each other back and… the rest is history as they say… And by history I mean we dm on Instagram nightly until eventually we meet people that live on our own coasts and our flirtation becomes merely a memory But a beautiful one at that
