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Do you flirt when you're in a relationship?

Asked by Jude (32204points) September 3rd, 2011

Innocent flirting. You don’t intend to take it any further. Is it wrong to flirt like that when you’re in a relationship, do you think?

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poisonedantidote's avatar

I think so, not cool

CWOTUS's avatar

Our definitions of “innocent flirting” might differ. Light badinage (no, I did not say bondage) and joking, kidding around and winking, etc. are part of “flirting”. Do I do that? All the time, with anyone from either gender.

Touching “in a flirtatious way” is something that I don’t do when I have a committed partner. But that’s the way I am. If “she” does it, I don’t think I have a problem with it; at least, I never have had. Case by case.

thebluewaffle's avatar

Its hard when you’re a young casanova like me, always fighting the women off…

Blackberry's avatar

Everyone’s definition is different, so I may be flirting according to some people. Sue me.

marinelife's avatar

I don’t do it in front of my significant other.

bkcunningham's avatar

If I like you, male or female, and under the appropriate circumstances, I am going to be verbally playful with you. Does that mean that I’m going to have sex with you or have secrets with you that my husband doesn’t know about? Absolutely not. Does my husband mind? Nope. He’s worse than me. He can turn just about anything into adouble entendre that would constitute flirting. It is part of my personality. I love laughing with other people.

jca's avatar

If I am in a relationship, I don’t flirt at all. I will always appreciate a good looking man, but will not flirt.

Neizvestnaya's avatar

Flirting as when I’m single is so different than the bandying about I call flirting with my friends (of both sexes). I say no but to an outsider, it might look like something else.

What matters to me is what my partner and my closest friends consider me flirting and if there was ever anything pointed out to me or brought up as being over the top then I’d knock it off immediately. I’ve seen the damage done when people (me included) take for granted everyone else knows what’s intended as innocent fun.

choreplay's avatar

The key for me or my wife is does it alienate the other. With us it doesn’t. I sit back laugh, am glad that someone else is letting my wife know how fabulous she is, and then my wife and I go home together and whoever goes their own way. Nothing beyond that. When I flirt, my wife knows it’s merely a means of paying a compliment to another and not me trying to get anywhere with them.
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Don’t forget that a happy lover doesn’t stray. For anyone who has read The Art of Seduction the first thing covered is happy people can’t be seduced. So having said that I am proactive about not taking my wife for granted and actively keeping our relationship the best it can be on all levels.

Ayesha's avatar

I don’t think it is. I’d be cool with it.
Matter of opinion.

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

I’ve been happily married for over 11 years now, and I still love flirting. It’s all in fun, no harm is meant, and we’re both comfortable with it. An added perk is that I sometimes get all hot and bothered after flirting with certain women, and my husband benefits from it. =0)

Cruiser's avatar

As long as it stays innocent, flirting especially with people you know well I think is a healthy activity in a secure relationship. ;)

pezz's avatar

Yeap, just to keep my partner on her toes…

BeccaBoo's avatar

Totally! I won’t do it to him, he does not do it to me. Simple!!

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