Miscommunicated Flirting: Class Impressions

Miscommunicated flirting The material in class that stood out to me the most was the lecture about flirting. More specifically, on miscommunicated flirting. I was emotionally impacted by this lecture because I am characterized as a flirtatious person. The material learned in class made me realize the common flirting behaviours that I obliviously portray. I had an emotional response to this lecture because I did not realize that I am flirting. Majority of the time I am just trying to be nice and unfortunately, it is misinterpreted as flirting. In class flirting was describe as a non-verbal behaviour that is used to attract someone. I assumed that flirting was more of a touchy behaviour. I thought flirting was communicated by contact, like hugging and constantly …show more content…
Majority of the time they usually tell me they have feelings for me. I awkwardly respond by saying I am not interested and eventually the awkwardness goes away, once they move on. By learning the different flirting behaviours, I will try not to do the specific actions mentioned in the lecture. It will be a challenge to restrict certain actions because I feel like some of the behaviours are a part of my friendly personality. For instance, smiling and laughing will be hard to control because I tend to laugh and smile quiet frequently. I also like to look at people, without making it obvious, so it may seem like I’m glancing, but in reality I am just trying to look at the persons outfit. Overall, learning the material affected the way I think about flirting behaviours because, I will now think twice before I do certain actions in order to avoid giving the wrong impression. This will improve my life by saving me the hassle of going through the awkward stage of people miss interrupting my behaviour as flirting. Not only, will I know how to not give off flirtatious signals, I will now not be so oblivious to people who are flirting with me, because I am more aware of the different