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

Comments (2)

Make an account to reply.
image
we all need to be a little less serious and more playful perhaps. makes things much lighter
Jan 22, 2025
1
image
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
2

Related Recs

💞
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
😘
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
💌
it doesn’t have to go anywhere, doesn't have to mean anything everybody flirt more!! now!!!!! it’s so much fun
Apr 12, 2025

Top Recs from @mossyelfie

😴
For some reason this brings me into my parasympathetic nervous system
Mar 28, 2025
💃
Humans have always danced. It is part of who we are, yet we have been conditioned to be self conscious, to think that we do not move our bodies good enough. Dancing is beyond judgement. Dancing is not a skill, it is our soul moving through our bodies, expressed in movement. Dancing is healing. Dancing is bodily autonomy. Dancing is FUN! Any feeling you are feeling can be moved through with dance yet even alone, you fear looking foolish. Kill the judge in your mind, shut the fuck up, and MOVE 🌊
💗
OH BROTHER THIS GUY actually needs a lot of empathy and understanding
Apr 2, 2025