Flirting etiquette

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Legendary
1. Make her say "ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" repeatedly because a pirate impersonation is the only way you can get off.

Quoted for complete wackiness.
 

Yossarian

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
Originally posted by: eigen
Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
Originally posted by: eakers
Dating is not an option
No pictures will be posted
It?s only a bit of fun (agreed from both) ? nothing serious.

sounds like you are both married.

She is, I'm not - I refuse to get involved any further, hence why dating is not an option and why it's only a bit of fun - She isn't happy & doesn't share the same bed with him, but the rings are still there.

Also 8 years difference

Dude she wants your c0ck so bad. Do it man .Do it.

Listen to your head (the one with two eyes).

Example email:



I?ll be back after and would love to see you before I leave work at 4.20?

I feel like today hasn?t gone very well but please be assured that I wouldn?t let anything ruin our friendship by taking things too far, making you feel uncomfortable. I know what my limits are (what a shame) but it doesn?t stop us having some fun? Does it?

If I don?t see you before I go, hope you feel better tomorrow. And have fantastic dreams about me tonight

you would be a complete fvcking idiot to send something like that via company email. you may as well just go to HR and put your head on the block.
 

Zanix

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Feb 11, 2003
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Originally posted by: Yossarian
Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
Originally posted by: eigen
Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
Originally posted by: eakers
Dating is not an option
No pictures will be posted
It?s only a bit of fun (agreed from both) ? nothing serious.

sounds like you are both married.

She is, I'm not - I refuse to get involved any further, hence why dating is not an option and why it's only a bit of fun - She isn't happy & doesn't share the same bed with him, but the rings are still there.

Also 8 years difference

Dude she wants your c0ck so bad. Do it man .Do it.

Listen to your head (the one with two eyes).

Example email:



I?ll be back after and would love to see you before I leave work at 4.20?

I feel like today hasn?t gone very well but please be assured that I wouldn?t let anything ruin our friendship by taking things too far, making you feel uncomfortable. I know what my limits are (what a shame) but it doesn?t stop us having some fun? Does it?

If I don?t see you before I go, hope you feel better tomorrow. And have fantastic dreams about me tonight

you would be a complete fvcking idiot to send something like that via company email. you may as well just go to HR and put your head on the block.

Did she send that to you or vice versa?
 

Kipper

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Feb 18, 2000
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Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
This subject got me thinking.

We all know the ways of flirting in different situations like a night out or a shared activity hobby (martial arts, rock climbing, etc, etc). This is all the usual stuff of eye contact, body language, light humour, knowing the personal space boundary and when to decrease it.

However, when it comes down to flirting at work; All the above doesn?t seem to work out the same. For example there are only so many times you can find an excuse to walk across the building to move to the next stage.

Therefore Emails and PM?s are the only medium left to which communicate. This in it?s self raises a problem; In the normal situations only 20% of successful flirting is carried out through the actual words said. With Emails that figure will go up to around 80-90%.

The point I?m trying to make here is how would one move onto the next stage of the flirtatious etiquette through email and a couple of 10min breaks during the day. Before anyone asks:

Dating is not an option
No pictures will be posted
It?s only a bit of fun (agreed from both) ? nothing serious.

"Hi, are you free after work?"

Problem solved. Thank the gods you're not a doctor of love or a philosopher, for that matter.
 

Kadarin

Lifer
Nov 23, 2001
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Originally posted by: Jzero
Still wondering what is the point....

Exactly. She wants some action, you do not (Edit: more correctly, you do, but are nervous/worried about it). The situation is risky at best, given the work environment and her personal situation. Using corporate email for this kind of thing is bad news, because that stuff gets saved on the mail server, and is used as evidence if management wants to lose you like a bad habit.

Either jump in with both feet, if you're so inclined (stupid, IMO), or stay away.
 

blakeatwork

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Jul 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Put on your Halo 2 shirt and some fresh deodorant.

- M4H

Bah... deorderant's for girly sissy-men.. we all know women like to smell us before seeing us...

:D
 

Monkey muppet

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Sep 28, 2004
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Yossarian, Astaroth33 & Elektrolokomotive - I look after the mail servers, no worries there

Zanix - the example email (one of hundreds) is from her.

Astaroth, Shimsham & Jzero - "friendship with a querty overtone of sexual desire"
 

eigen

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Knock the bottom out.....Do it ...........Do it.....When you are lying on your deathbed you are gonna regret not nailing this broad.
 

Jzero

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
Astaroth, Shimsham & Jzero - "friendship with a querty overtone of sexual desire"

A) What does querty mean.
B) Still wondering what is the point... You like blueballs? You like fantasizing about a relationship that will never happen? Aside from being hot there's no other reason to be friendly with this person?

Manufacturing an "overtone of sexual desire" purely for the sake of doing so just seems silly, especially when doing it in the unnecessarily risky setting of your place of work.
 

Yossarian

Lifer
Dec 26, 2000
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Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
Yossarian, Astaroth33 & Elektrolokomotive - I look after the mail servers, no worries there

Zanix - the example email (one of hundreds) is from her.

Astaroth, Shimsham & Jzero - "friendship with a querty overtone of sexual desire"

it really doesn't matter if you look after the servers. all she has to do is print them out and show your boss. this will happen after her husband finds out about the shenanigans. don't say you weren't warned.
 

Monkey muppet

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Sep 28, 2004
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Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
Astaroth, Shimsham & Jzero - "friendship with a querty overtone of sexual desire"

A) What does querty mean.
B) Still wondering what is the point... You like blueballs? You like fantasizing about a relationship that will never happen? Aside from being hot there's no other reason to be friendly with this person? Manufacturing an "overtone of sexual desire" purely for the sake of doing so just seems silly, especially when doing it in the unnecessarily risky setting of your place of work.

A) I think that might have been a made up word which I use. Basically 'querty', to me, means quirky, off-key, slightly bizzare.

B) Lessons to learn, experimenting with different compliments, building confidance, plus a good friendship is developing.
 

Wadded Beef

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Dec 15, 2004
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Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
Dating is not an option
No pictures will be posted
It?s only a bit of fun (agreed from both) ? nothing serious.

WTF is the point, then?

PS - Don't sh!t where you eat.

it's like sh!ttin on your own doorstep - Gareth Keenan
 

Monkey muppet

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Sep 28, 2004
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Originally posted by: Yossarian
Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
Yossarian, Astaroth33 & Elektrolokomotive - I look after the mail servers, no worries there

Zanix - the example email (one of hundreds) is from her.

Astaroth, Shimsham & Jzero - "friendship with a querty overtone of sexual desire"

it really doesn't matter if you look after the servers. all she has to do is print them out and show your boss. this will happen after her husband finds out about the shenanigans. don't say you weren't warned.

She asked me to setup her exchange profile to no evidence can be found, 'cos she is super paranoid.

Anyway, Everyone is going slightly off-topic. What I'm doing is not harming anyone. We have both agreed on what is acceptable and what is not (on a physical level)

My original question is going to be slightly re-worded: What do you consider the different stages of flirting etiquette through email; which ignores the usual body language communication.
 

kranky

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All I have to say is this is a very bad idea. Others have said the same. The unemployment lines have plenty of people who made similar mistakes.

You are assuming that what she's telling you is (1) true; and (2) never going to change. I would not bet my job on that.
 

Monkey muppet

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Sep 28, 2004
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Originally posted by: kranky
All I have to say is this is a very bad idea. Others have said the same. The unemployment lines have plenty of people who made similar mistakes.

You are assuming that what she's telling you is (1) true; and (2) never going to change. I would not bet my job on that.

please see one post above
 

Wadded Beef

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I can no longer resist the pizza. I open the box and unzip my pants with my other hand. As I penetrate the gooey cheese, I moan in ecstacy. The mushrooms and Italian sausage are rough, but the sauce is deliciously soothing. I blow my load in seconds. As you leave the bathroom, I exit through the front door....

My boots pop off. My feet are black. The toes crumble off with the slightest touch. The dead black tissue that was once my skin chips off in large crispy flakes. A smell of death pervades the room. Gangrenous pus drips from the ends of the stumps where my toes were. I look deep in your eyes, and shove my tongue down your throat.
 

richardycc

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you are risking a lot for very little reward, maybe its the thrill you get from trying to see how close you can get to the forbidden fruit without tasting it....If reading some suggestive emails is all you need, you should try to pick up some chicks from some online chat rooms or something..good luck!