I call it "the malicious reverse-flirt"

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OK, let me know if this topic has been covered already, I don't have the time to look it up right now, ok?

Anywy, how many of you males (or females, actually) constantly (like me, i.e.) make the mistake of thinking that an attractive person you have just met seconds prior is actually flirting with you as opposed to (the reality, here it comes...) just being polite or just friendly.

This has happened to me numerous times, the most recent just being the other day, a horrible humiliaion and embarrasment, even her mom was offended, can you imagine?

For some reason, I think someone is coming on to me when they really just want to be nice perhaps because I'm "nice" to her. This has been the complete history of my experiences in 33 years of life. Everyone has always been "friendly", but I have gone off the deep end with this "mind-blindness" business and try to pursue the person like an idiot and come out looking the fool for the worse. It's a subtle form of hell, right?

How many of you have been there, done that, maybe more than just frequently??

If anything, I take the opposite approach.
I'm unwilling to act on what I see as possible
interest. 'Twas at it's worst when I was young
(HS) and figured that a girl playing with my
penis was just 'teasing'.

The trouble is that with flirting there are too many mixed signals which makes life very difficult for people with AS.

Two instances that spring to mind immediately:

Once a girl was sitting next to me with work colleagues in a bar. Under the table her leg kept rubbing mine but above the table she seemed completely different paying me no attention at all. This was way too confusing and freaked me out; I got up and left.

On another occasion I was at a party and a girl started talking to me (actually she was talking at me because I didn't converse back too much). After a few minutes she grabbed my hand and led me to the toilet. She then pulled her jeans down and sat on the loo for a wee (in front of me). After that she stood up and kissed me. She then left the party saying I should call her (but she didn't give me a number). I got the number from one of her friends and called her the next day to meet. The thing was that even though she said yes to meeting up she didn't seem interested and when I got there she was with her friends. After about ten minutes I made my excuses and left.

What was all that about????

Flirting can be fun, in and of itself.

As to the second case though, I
don't know. I'm guessing that she
was interested at the time, but sober,
you seemed less interesting.

I think he could do better than someone like her.

You thought it was sheer innocent curiosity, huh?

With that kind of flirting, who needs relationships?
Maybe some country somewhere has caught on to the scheme, and made penis-playing the common greeting of women to men.
Her: "Oh no, I'm not really interested in you, I was just saying 'hello'".
You: "That's perfectly alright, babe." "So, are you going to introduce me to your 10 hot friends, or what?"

Last edited by Ragtime on 27 Aug 2007, 9:04 am, edited 7 times in total.

Probably. But, maybe he should
have grabbed some action in the
bathroom, whilst the opportunity
was there.

No, he probably would have caught something off her...

I've lived in different countries, and found that the game (and my success at the game) varied a LOT from country to country. For example, in Korea, if a girl likes you, you will know right away--no beating around the bush. I'm American, and never had much of any success with American girls (my wife is Asian).

For me (I'm male), the problem is the opposite of that. I usually assume that a girl is just being friendly, or worse, trying to mess with my mind. Later on, I find out that she was actually flirting with me. At least it's better than being a victim of their jokes.

Hmm...never tried that. Maybe some light tapping,
but I figured 'twould be too sensitive an area for
a real beating.