Like as in people whistling at you as you walk by and beckoning for you to sit at their table!
This is what happened to me, and it caught me off-guard since I don't come close to a supermodel. I know I'm pretty, but I'm nowhere near "stunningly beautiful".

Personally I find such people disgusting. If they flirt in public with a random girl on the street, they're just too superficial and they treat girls like toys to just pick-up whenever and put down the morning after. But I have a friend who loves getting the attention, and she ends up sleeping with some random guy she only just met. Even though she's my friend, I think she can be too promiscuous xD She'd get internet boyfriends and have them spend money on her through websites, then ditch them when she finds more boys IRL. Annoying, I know.

Anyway, more on-topic, what do you think of the people who flirt like this in public? Know someone who does, or is a 'victim' to it? (Do you do it? =______= )

Originally Posted by Ashe

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Personally I find such people disgusting.

Why? Nothing ventured, nothing gained. They are putting it on the line trying to make a connection and people have a right express what they are feeling. You can politely decline, and go on. Why start with a negative and combative attitude -- if they don't leave you alone, that's different, but nothing wrong with a little flirting -- keeps the population from declining...

I get it all the time from both girls and guys. More so it's men that irritate me since I am not interested in men at all. Women don't bother me as much. I hang out at a lot of gay clubs/bars so the whole men thing normally doesn't happen when I go out it's more so on the street or when I'm at work.

It depends. If the guy is cute then bring it on, but if they are not good looking then it can definitely be creepy.

If it's a man I usually find it uncomfortable because I'm mostly not intrested in man and I sometimes don't really know what to do when a man flirts with me. I have no problem hanging out with guys but as soon as they start flirting it gets awkward. lol

Whistling for someone is ok I think, as long as it's not screaming sexist words after you or touching without asking..

Originally Posted by alexandrakitty

Why? Nothing ventured, nothing gained. They are putting it on the line trying to make a connection and people have a right express what they are feeling. You can politely decline, and go on. Why start with a negative and combative attitude -- if they don't leave you alone, that's different, but nothing wrong with a little flirting -- keeps the population from declining...

Not flirting in general, but when they 'holler' at some random chick passing by and start making comments about her body and what they'd do to that body. I like the slow approach better, but I guess that's just my preference over how someone can get a date.

Me personally, I hate attention. I always freak out when somebody whistles or anything like that. I don't know why, but I just get embarassed very easily when it comes to that kind of stuff. But I don't find it disgusting or dislike the people because of it. I just keep on going as though I never heard them xD

I feel more comfortable if it comes on in a more natural way, like them coming over and talking to you or you sitting near them and they strike up a simple conversation. It's also a lot less embarassing that way >.<

Ahh, this happened to my friend recently.

We were on our way to class and this guy whistled at us. I just started walking faster and my friend was closer to him than I was..so she got grabbed. And it's funny to me because she's really perverted..all the time. I couldn't stop laughing, her first reaction. "Ella! Did you see that?! I just got raped.." "...Hm. Did you now?"
But yeah, I'm really..uncomfortable around the opposite sex. > . <;

I totally wish someone would do this to me. I guess I'm one of those people who thinks if someone would, it means that I'm attractive. The only time I ever had a public flirt was when I was in cosplay. I was cosplaying the Joker from The Dark Knight. This guy told me I was hot and asked me out. It was a little umm worthy because he had previously asked me for money and my mom was with me.

Now if it's like cat calling and acting like a total douche in public, IE acting like construction workers to women, then it's a different story and pretty disgusting. I don't mind being flirted with because it makes me feel pretty. However there's a line to anything someone does before it ventures into a territory that's unwanted. Sometimes that line is clearly defined and other times it's quite blurred.

Nope, because I am one of those people- well a female version. Except I rarely do it to people I don't know, but walking down the street I'll kiss my best friends (guys or girls), or grope them or whatever in public.
Sometimes I'll randomly cat call a guy I think is really hot from across the street.

Originally Posted by Ashe

Not flirting in general, but when they 'holler' at some random chick passing by and start making comments about her body and what they'd do to that body. I like the slow approach better, but I guess that's just my preference over how someone can get a date.

It's like a yapping dog -- you can't get mad when a dog barks, they don't know any better...there are more pressing things going on in the world to get irked over...:rawrmayor:

I think it's a bit much to call them 'disgusting' right off the bat just because you don't like it, and calling someone a 'victim' of said flirting is also kinda... bad

not everyone is manufactured by nuns, some people are openly sexual and outgoing and that's how they meet people, and sometimes people do respond better.

I do it all the time, especially with friends. Why? Because it's stupid fun, and even if it doesn't go anywhere, a smile usually tells us 'hey thanks for the compliment but I'm not interested' and usually a disgusted look tells us they're probably too snobby for our tastes anyway.

I admit I do jokingly flirt with some of my female friends sometimes, but they know I'm only joking and we have fun with it.
I also honestly see nothing wrong with flirting with someone if you find them to be attractive, I mean, that's what people do.
I don't go around flirting with every attractive girl I see or anything, but that's just how some people are.
Like Phoebe said, some people are more open and outgoing and some people like that.

I've had this a couple times,
I don't mind it once in a while some guys in a car with honk at my one time a guy yelled out of a car "hey sexy" it also caught me off guird that time. A guy at a table in a cafe once was stareing at me, that one made me slightly embarrassed and made it hard to eat my food. I don't think I'm really /that/ great looking. I know I'm pretty but not great great.. You know?
Sides I have a bf so I don't ever go talk to the guys that do stuff like that. I try to ignore them.

But I don't see anything wrong with flirting with someone that's cute. It's just not my thing lol.

Your friend's just a slut. Bathe her in bleach :lol:

I ignore people in general unless they somehow catch my eye - usually by wearing something related to my own interests. I give them weird looks if they try to pick me up, namely because I've never really been interested in dating despite being currently taken. It's more like "I don't care if you're interested in me, I have shit to do."

Originally Posted by Ashe

Like as in people whistling at you as you walk by and beckoning for you to sit at their table!
This is what happened to me, and it caught me off-guard since I don't come close to a supermodel. I know I'm pretty, but I'm nowhere near "stunningly beautiful".

Personally I find such people disgusting. If they flirt in public with a random girl on the street, they're just too superficial and they treat girls like toys to just pick-up whenever and put down the morning after. But I have a friend who loves getting the attention, and she ends up sleeping with some random guy she only just met. Even though she's my friend, I think she can be too promiscuous xD She'd get internet boyfriends and have them spend money on her through websites, then ditch them when she finds more boys IRL. Annoying, I know.

Anyway, more on-topic, what do you think of the people who flirt like this in public? Know someone who does, or is a 'victim' to it? (Do you do it? =______= )

Frankly I'd hardly call you a "victim" of anything...if someone wanted to express that they find me actractive, I'd be flattered that they think so, it would boost my self confidence and make me feel great. I can understand however, if someone harasses you, but expressing their opinion on your appearence is no crime at all. If you ask me, you should feel good that someone thought you look good, you don't have to be a supermodel...case in point, someone whistling at you, obviously they think the real honest to god you, is good enough for them...even if it is slightly enbarassing, its hardly anything to get workd up over...

I've never been a "victim" of this pass the point of being called "Babe", "Boo", "Honey", etc. At least not that I can remember.

Then again, I'm a male, and I'm not sure how often it happens to us. I don't try to call a girl out in public because I'm shy, but whenever I'm out with a female friend and some random guy tries to hit on them, I just pretend to be their bf to scare them away. Only if I know it makes my friend uncomfortable, otherwise, flirt away.

I don't like it when people flirt with me. It makes me feel uncomfortable. Especially since most people come off as creepy to me, I really just can't find most people attractive. They're just... Gross.

There was this one time I was walking home from school during lunch, and I passed by a house that was being rebuilt. There were a few teenaged boys in there helping out, and my guess is they were there because they had to be. But anyway, as I was walking, one of them wolf whistled at me. Of course, it freaked me out, and as of such I sped up.

Then on my way home again, this time at last period, I as usual passed the house. This time, one of the boys was out in his car getting something, but the door was open. As I passed by, all I heard behind me was "(enter name here) You like that ass don't cha?" and the one in the car replied "Hell yeah I do!" again, I only reacted by speeding up, and pulling my messenger bag around so it was covering my backside.


Though every other time it's usually honks by people in their cars. =n= Really bothers me; especially when it's really old guys.