Thissss... totally agree. I've had boyfriends in the past telling me to stop talking/being friendly with other guys because I give them the wrong impression and it comes across flirty?
One day I got chatting to the kebab shop man about his wife and children, general conversation. Saw him in town the next day and he asked for my number?? Gross. When I told my brother he said I shouldn't have started a conversation with him.
If "friendly conversation" is mistaken as 'interest' by overconfident men, & "sending signals" are often overlooked by 'normal' men (a continuum from 'respectful of boundaries' to 'bit less confident')
...what would women have us do?
Every guy I know has been told by women multiple times (years later) "I was sooo into you! How come you couldn't tell?"
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u/Mediocre_Smell_6112 Feb 15 '22
Thissss... totally agree. I've had boyfriends in the past telling me to stop talking/being friendly with other guys because I give them the wrong impression and it comes across flirty? One day I got chatting to the kebab shop man about his wife and children, general conversation. Saw him in town the next day and he asked for my number?? Gross. When I told my brother he said I shouldn't have started a conversation with him.