on August 25, 2016

The art of flirting

By VANESSA E CHAMBERS

Is it OK for your partner to flirt while in front of you and then dismiss it as being natural?

Sylvia:

It is not OK with me at all. Worse, if he is flirting in front of me. That’s just disrespectful.

Rodrick:

I must tell you that flirting has got me a lot of things – a nice table for dining, free drinks… A quick smile here and there is an innocent thing. I see nothing wrong with it.

Opal:

The fact that he thinks it’s normal just shows me how abnormal he is. Which man is going to flirt with another woman while in the company of his woman? Only little boys do that sort of thing.

Mark:

I would never do that while my woman was around. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that flirting is a good thing, but who has never flirted? It’s a natural thing to do when you are alone, when your woman isn’t around.

Dominique:

I flirt, but I would never do it in the presence of my man. Plus flirting for me is just a friendly hello, not a ‘hi can I get your number’ type of a moment.

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