a woman repeatedly if you don't like her or have an interest in her in a romantic/sexual sense?

Not a man but I will tell you one of my observations.

It depends on the man.

If he is a manipulator/playa type, yes he definitely will.

If he is a normal man chances are no.

i'm blunt, i tell them i'm not interested.

So you wouldn't flirt with a woman that you weren't interested in, right?

Good question brenlee. I am interested in reading the responses. I believe that yes, both men and women can do this.

I have seen people flirt just to know that they can have someone but really had no romantic/sexual sense and to me that is immature. Most people should have enough tact not to lead someone on.

maybe as a harmless joke,but if she takes it the wrong way and begins to pursue i will point blank tell her i'm not interested

If a woman is flirting with me I would flirt back in a freindly way. This doesnt mean I would lead them on to believe there was more than freindship on offer but as most internet contacts will never meet I feel this is a more polite way of dealing with it rather than ignoring them or upsetting them by telling them straight out that your not interested. if the flirting continues then at least you can let them down gently.

I'd never waste my time flirting with somebody I was'nt interested in.

this might be a dumb question, but what reasons would there be to flirt with someone you had no interest in or attracted too?

i wouldn't flirt with a woman i didn't want to bone....

BEEN DOING JUST THAT, on here for as long as I have been on,,,

NO-ONE WANTS TO FEEL LEFT OUT!!!!! So I DON'T leave-um OUT..

But I may not find them anyone who I would want to be with,,romanticly....I just KNOW,it makes THEM FEEL GOOD.
and THATS a nice acknowledgement for my heart to know.

And ,,I guess,,really,,,I do THAT in real life out here to,
for THE SAME reasons,,,,
I guess I would hope my woman,,knew ME for that and all my reason for doing that.. w/o getting jealous of that other,wink,,

Funny isn't it? When this question is posed to a man, but if it's posed to a woman, it's a different agenda.

People often construe normal human contact as flirting.

I'm thinking she's got a flirter and he's telling her it's his personality, he's really not interested..

There are some people that are like that... Personally when I'm in a relationship I wouldn't flirt even jokingly on purpose... But single, nothing wrong with joking as friends (I say this b/c some consider it flirting if one says "hey sweets", or something like that which we all know I do)

I am so offended by this! I will often flirt with a woman I have no interest in simply to be friendly. It's often a very old woman and if I can make her feel like a giddy school girl again, make her blush, I know she'll have a great day. She'll have a sort of buzz for a few hours and she'll smile whenever she remembers me. But, she'll also keep things in perspective.

I have a friend who's mom has been visiting for the past month. She's in her mid 70s. Every time I see her, I hug her and put my arm around her. She can't remember my name, so she calls me "the tall, good looking guy." LOL She LOVES it! She revels in the attention. And I like making her feel good.

Usually if I'm flirting it's more out of playfulness than romance.

I completely agree with this.

I have to disagree, I "flirt" with all the ladies here & odds of meeting most of them, are slim & none. Flirting is simply a way of being nice, my opinion.