Feel free to flirt – anytime, anywhere, with anyone. You can flirt with the mailman or the grocery clerk, or you can flirt with someone you’d like to flirt back! Flirting can be a way to attract the attention of another person, sure – but it can also be just a playful interlude in your day. Flirting’s not only good for singles, but it’s great for keeping the love fires burning in a marriage or relationship. Flirting takes a bit of practice, so start practicing now!
There’s a whole bunch of different ways to flirt. You can bat your eyelashes, wink or giggle a lot. You can run your fingers through your hair or place your hand on the other person’s arm lightly. You can tease and tickle as things steam up.
There are a few standard suggestions for effective flirting. Eye contact is perhaps the number one – look at the person, keep looking, maintain eye contact. You can look away and then look back through your seductively lowered lashes.
Touching – not the other person, but yourself, is a way to flirt. As I said before, running your fingers through your hair, or up your arm, signals availability to the other person.
Listening attentively is a sure-fire way to signal your interest in another person. Stop talking and start listening! Paying compliments can work also – but only if they’re sincere. After all, who doesn’t like a good compliment?
Body language is key to flirting. Resting your elbows on the table and leaning in when you talk or listen indicates interest. And mirroring and duplicating the other person’s body language is a tried and true way of showing you are in-synch with another person.
Addressing the other person by name is a good flirting technique. Everyone loves talking about themselves, hearing about themselves, and knowing that you’re interested in them.
The best way to flirt – SMILE! The Law of Attraction really works. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Smile and chances are pretty strong that someone will smile back!
Here’s a list of 52 signs of flirting compiled by scientists at the University of Missouri:
1. Smile
2. Glance (wide)
3. Solitary dance
4. Laugh
5. Glance (short darting)
6. Hair flip
7. Lean
8. Glance (gaze/fixated)
9. Head toss
10. Head nod
11. Point/permission grant
12. Gesticulation
13. Giggle
14. Whisper
15. Dance (acceptance)
16. Neck presentation
17. Object caress
18. Lick lip
19. Primp
20. Parade
21. Aid solicitation
22. Caress (leg)
23 Play
24. Brush
25. Pout
26. Knee touch
27. Shoulder hug
28. Thigh touch
29. Caress (arm)
30. Hand hold
31. Coy smile
32. Placement
33. Approach
34. Palm
35. Caress (back)
36. Foot to foot
37. Request dance
38. Hug
39. Arm flexion
40. Face to face
41. Tap
42. Caress (torso)
43. Buttock pat
44. Frontal body contact
45. Breast touch
46. Kiss
47. Caress (face/hair)
48. Eyebrow flash
49. Hike skirt
50. Hang
51. Lipstick application
52. Lateral body contact
