this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2024
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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 40 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (3 children)

Unless you make it extremely clear from the get go that it's just for fun then flirting with someone you're not interested in is risky and even if it was made clear, there's always a risk something will develop on one side.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

It's never this cut and dry in real life though. People often misinterpret others' actions as flirting when they're just being friendly. For some people, a woman smiling and making eye contact is flirting. It's not on the person who's being friendly "to make it extremely clear from the get go" that they aren't interested in going out with you. It was on anon to ask this woman if she was single if he wanted to ask her out

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 9 hours ago

Idk, unless you make it extremely clear from the get go that you're treating an event as a date you shouldn't be mad if the other person has a partner especially if you never asked if they were single.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world -2 points 10 hours ago

Life is risky.