2. Start to learn to use flirting body language yourself
3. Get more dates as a result
Flirting Body Language – Key Signs
Let's cut to the chase. What are the top 3 flirting signs?
1. The hair flip
2. A room encompassing glance
3. A smile
I want to keep this simple. There are lots more flirting signs, but if you're reading this you're probably pressed for time. So those are the top 3. Let me explain a bit more about them.
The hair flip. Difficult for me when I've got such short hair! And truly, mostly used by women – after all it's women that initiate 75% of all dating encounters. It's a great combination of preening and self touching, both subconscious indicators of interest. You're chatting with a woman (or you are that woman) and they keep touching their hair. Running their fingers through it. Pushing it back over their ear or shoulder. Twisting it around a finger. It's definitely a sign of interest. It isn't yet a signal that they're a sure thing in terms of getting a date, but it is the very best in non-verbal signs.
The room encompassing glance is obviously used at distance - for when you haven't yet been introduced. Again, it's the woman that's most likely to be surveying the room. When her gaze lingers on you (or you linger your gaze on the man you're after) that momentary, slightly lingering pause of eye contact, is a key flirting sign.
Combine the above glance or gaze with a smile, and you have the most often used, classic, long distance flirting sign.
Yes, there are lots more flirting signs. And it's definitely not just about knowing the signs themselves, but those are the top 3.
Learn to Use Flirting Body Language Yourself
Have you ever been guilty of reading something that you really wanted to learn about and then never put it into practice. Honestly, I still do it my self from time to time – and I'm an expert in learning!
If I had the space in this article I could have given you 50 flirting signs – but there's no point. You aren't going to learn to flirt by reading about flirting signs. The only way you'll become good at flirting or reading other peoples' flirting body language is to practice. I know from experience that if I give you 50 signs to look for you'll be overwhelmed by it and much less likely to put what you learn into practice. And putting it into practice is the most important step of all in learning to flirt or become great at reading flirting signs.
So here's an exercise to help you…
If you're a woman – take the first sign, the hair flip and practice it. In a mirror if that's easier for you. I know this sounds stupid, but if you don't naturally touch or flip your hair in conversation with men you like, you need to make it something that will come easily and naturally to you.
Next, practice bringing it consciously to mind and touching your hair whenever you you're out with a man and you want to signal interest. You'll need to be conscious about it at first, until you train yourself to do it naturally. It might sound easy on paper, but this is the bit that takes effort and persistence.
Men – you've got the easier job here. But you still need to practice in the sense that you need to be able to spot this signal. Get out into a social situation. Observe some women flirting with other men and watch for this flirting signal. It may take you a few evenings of observing just to get confident with your ability to spot this sign quickly and easily. When you are comfortable that you can easily pick up the signal in flirting situations that don't involve you, start to look out for women that are flirting with you.
Flirting is a skill – like driving a car. You can't just read a book on how to drive and then hop in and go. You'd almost certainly stall and you'd probably end up crashing. So don't expect to just read about flirting and be good at it – it's never going to happen. Get out there and start practicing.
Get More Dates As A Result
Once you've practiced, and with just a few more signs than I've given you here, you'll be amazed at just how blatantly obvious people's flirting signs are and how easy it becomes for you to read and use flirting body language.
More dates are bound to follow because you'll soon have the confidence to be able to either know that the person you're interested in is interested in you, or you'll be able to signal your interest in someone else without a word ever passing your lips.
Female Flirting Body Language
Humans resort to display flirting body language to appease themselves with the idea that they are acceptable and desirable. No matter how much we deny it, within every individual is a yearning to be liked.
Shown in different perspectives and levels, flirting body language may manifest in the form of both random gestures and the most complex and seemingly reversed types of actions that usually come with socializing.
Usually, flirting is not bad in itself if done in a harmless and sociable manner. In addition, it may be considered as it is by just spending time with someone.
Flirting in this concept may be defined as accommodating the idea of accepting a person, and not because of a romantic objective by which it is often misconceived.
However, the heart is also set to confuse the mind, especially when any of the flirting body language is constantly offered to a person. More often than not, the personal make up of each individual is set to seek an ever-insatiable need for attention and acceptance.
This places flirting from a point of casual friendship to a deeper sense of affection. An unwary mind would often spell disaster as you fall into the pit called infatuation.
You could be sending someone the wrong signals; or you might be misinterpreting another's. Thus, in order to avoid the embarrassment, and possibly the heartache, you will need to know how to read flirting body language effectively.
Eye Magnet
Simple eye contact may indicate the start of a more engaging interaction. It begins with being able to establish a connection, even by just exchanging a glance or, if you may, a stare.
In a deeper level, the eyes are able to convey what mere words cannot express. In a properly set environment, a steady and softly expressed gaze may be readily interpreted by the other person as romantic and may send mixed signals. Even batting an eyelash more than three times in one second can be interpreted as inviting.
Touch
Flirting body language can also be conveyed through touch. Done too aggressively, it can make the other person feel threatened and invaded; when done too lightly, you could fail in sending out the right message.
Touch is more complex than we think because we don't know what parts of the body are more susceptible for the acceptance of subtle gestures.
Think of it this way: A person is like a fort -- he has to know what areas are relatively weak or least guarded. If you want things to go in your favor, you must target these key touch points to win.
Attention
Attention is one of the most subtle but successful forms of flirting. It takes time to get another person's attention, and having it can give you the power to change another individual's mind. However, this can also be very misleading, especially if the person falls for it and you had not intended on offering mutual consideration.
Flirting body language is a double-edged sword; which means it may also backfire on the one doing it. In short, you might find yourself falling into your own trap. Nevertheless, unless you're seeking some thrill and complexity, engaging in clean and wholesome flirting is a good way to enhance your social skills.
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