Some Ways Guys Flirt and What They Mean

I’m writing this article because I often read articles from magazines like Cosmo. These articles are usually about how girls can flirt with guys, and knowing these things is like having the other team’s playbook. Sometimes, Cosmo — or Glamour is another good one, although they seem to have cut back on the racy stuff recently — provide articles on how guys flirt and what they mean, but I saw an article on, like WaPo, or something; it might have been Buzzfeed, or Daily Feed, or something more obscure, but the title caught my eye “7 Ways Guys Flirt and what it Means,” so I figured I’d take a look at it.

The article was complete garbage. Not only did it not provide any methods for flirting, but the interpretation of their described antics were far from accurate and purely subjective. I feel bad for any girl who reads the article, because now she’s going to assume that any guy who so much as looks at her wants to rape her, and that’s not cool. A lot of us guys are just socially awkward, so we either go full Aggro, a bad move, or we get super tentative, and come off creepy, inexperienced, or even indifferent.

One more thing, before I dive into the meat; I’m straight, single, and Italian. What I write comes from my experience as a straight, single, Italian guy, so if you’re not a straight, single, Italian guy, you might not behave the way I do, or you may…