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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:42 PM Original message |
Why do married/partnered people flirt? |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because you are so adorable |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. So was Olag Gan. |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Well I don't know about him, |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Reluctant freedom fighter; jailed due to a skewed 'justice' system: |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Oh no, but I was raised to believe the good guys eventually win |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That's nothing. The series finale, when it aired on 21 December 1981, |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. I guess they're so busy wondering if its cheating and |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Especially when they announce in a meeting or other means that |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. keep up our skills, I guess. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I haven't seen you around in such a long time! |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
58. It's been a crazy winter! |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because not everyone takes flirting all that serious |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You slick talkiin', silver tongued devil. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
46. Who're you callin' a geezer? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Many does not equal all. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Exactly. |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well, I guess I'll stop PM'ing you pictures then |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Only received one, but a rule must be followed or else it is worthless... |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. ... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. Flirting works when everyone knows the rules, a harmless way of having fun |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 08:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. An essential skill when flirting is to be able to understand how the other |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. well partly they flirt to be polite |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. A valid observation. And I now found the answer to my initial question. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. It could be accidental - I do it constantly accidentally. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. You have flirted with me before. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. And to me, it's just conversation... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You're a silver-tongued devil. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
65. I don't know... but they should. n/t |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I could have written that word for word. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 08:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. It's a tough life sometimes... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's fun. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. flirting is attention without intention |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Define harmless. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. everyone likes attention |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Nice definition... |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. I flirt because it's fun. It's a light-hearted way to connect and it's |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I should have realized... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
35. You need to play the "check for the ring" game. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:24 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. But they might not wear one, due to the type of work they do, |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. I start?! I start nothing. I react, I do not proact. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. That's not what I said at all. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
36. What makes you think we all do? I don't. |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
37. Some don't flirt with single people, only others who are married.... |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
38. puhleeze dahling...you can take a flirt outta the south |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Thanks wildhorses. It takes another southerner to realize...... |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:16 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. why honey, you know it is just passin' the time of day and |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:20 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Well, I wouldn't be a gentleman, if I didn't help a lady in.... |
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Puglover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
41. Hey Hypno...I didn't |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
44. Some people are naturally flirtatious |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
45. Sometimes flirting is just mutually enjoyable |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's pity-flirting. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Maybe that's what the girl did in church all those times... |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
49. Often flirting is not conducted with any actual intention. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. They don't? |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. *LOL* |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
54. Could you be a little more judgmental? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. You're right. The next time I get assaulted, I'll blame it on me instead. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. What bullshit. This thread isn't about assault. It's about flirting. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. No, you were talking about REACTIONS. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. But you're not just observing |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
60. hypno people flirt. its not a sin or an obligation to deliver. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
62. Because they aren't dead yet? |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
63. It's not always voluntary |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
64. Well, as someone who isn't a good flirter |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
66. As Bill Clinton said |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
67. I hear what HypnoToad's saying |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Thank you. And your intuition is correct. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. Oops. |
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dpbrown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. LOL! |
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Benfea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
68. I'm single at the moment, but I've been in trouble for this before and... |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
69. Some people have different ideas of what flirting is |
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enigami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
71. Flirting is the human condition |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. And envy. |
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enigami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. toughen up dude |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Nix the intimidation... LOL, you know how many drugs I've tried? |
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RPM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
75. to make sure we still have it |
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In_The_Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-03-06 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
76. Flirting just comes naturally. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
78. I'm married...what are you doing later :) (nt) |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
80. Goodness. I learned how to flirt from married/partnered people! |
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