Poll: Is the flirting in Y!A harmless, or does it hurt the ones we are with if t!
Question: Opinions either way, please, pro or con
Answers: Opinions either way, please, pro or con
i have to say that personally someone else's online flirting has hurt me. my fiance flirts with women on Y!A and he had one crazy woman (who wrote in one answer that her favorite song was Kind and Generous HA!) "stalking" him (online). sometimes she represented herself as single, sometimes divorced, sometimes engaged, etc. who knows what her status really is (or if her picture is really her picture- she could be a guy- anyone could be anyone on here!). i should mention that my fiance does not mention that he is engaged either in his 360 or in his profile...so she is not entirely to blame. i asked my fiance to stop and he agreed, but i recently found out he has not stopped. it hurts me that he continued to do it even though he knew it hurt me and i also feel as if it is disrespectful b/c because i have asked him to stop, he agreed, and did not stop. so, where before there was never any distrust between us, now there is that little voice in the back of my head that pops up every now and then telling me i cannot trust him. i HATE that little voice. i do not want that little voice to be there, because he really is in all other respects a good man. perhaps he would never meet any of these women (he thinks of the flirting as harmless and that the people are not real, they are just "little squares" meaning pictures or avatars) but it has hurt me. maybe you will all think i am overly sensitive, but trust is a big issue for me.
so, now that i have written a novel about this, of course you know my answer, perhaps for some online flirting can be harmless if both parties are okay with it, but personally it has hurt me and my relationship...
I think its harmless.
harmless
Flirting is never sexual.
well if you take them seriously yea but well I like reality
I don't flirt, because I am happily in love with someone and don't feel the need......but if I found out he was flirting on here, even though it may be innocent, I would be a little hurt.........
Flirting most definitely would hurt the other person. I don't think there is a difference if you flirt here or outside Y/A.
My wife seen me type I love you to another user on here. She doesn't care, actually she makes fun of me about it.
well it would certainly piss off my old man, no doubt about that, but it is harmless as we don't have realtime contact with any of these folks.
Ego boosting is good for all
it's ttly harmless
Well, it depends on what you're saying and what knd of person you're wiht. But, if you never met the person and don't care that much about them, then i think it's harmless.
To answer that question, all you have to do is turn it around....and ask yourself how YOU would feel in the same situation. It's different for everyone.
harmless
it depends on your partner, I flirt and hide nothing from him...he trusts me!
Harmless.... It doesn't get any safer than online, with people in different countries.
Much better than flirting with her best friend, for instance!
(Much less painful if caught, also!)
I would hope harmless
its harmless, everyone needs a little flirting at times. It boosts egos!
Harmless...My husband knows I flirt he doesn't care
I am single but it is never harmless the moment a spouse, mate or partner sees it. Doubts form in the mind immediately as to innocence. In truth flirting not held in check can be a very destructive tool .... I cannot vote against it due to my circumstance. Honesty in all relationships is needed.
well i think its harmless lol we are answering question trying to give our self's a little entertainment its not like we are setting up a place and time to go meet
harmless
i guess if your with someone and they see it ,it maybe hurtful,depends on if they trust you or not-it can be harmless cheek on here,that also depends on the other person too :)
Only if I'm in a relationship with that person.
For me it hurts especially when the flirting carries on beyond just an answer or a question and this format.
When he was around I shared all of my folly with my boyfriend...He even used to give me questions to ask. It really is harmless.
procon I'm not with anyone .....sorry man I just wanted 2 more points lol
EDIT; ok truthfully I think flirting while in a relationship is wrong, unless both of the people in the relationship agree that it is ok, besides that I think it is wrong
oh, if I was married or had a steady girl it would probably irritate me to see her flirting with a squirrel. :) But you can turn it around too. What would she think of some of my cutting up? It could cause arguments.
It can be harmless. It can also lead to a relationship. It's best to keep quiet.
idk.
i think it depends on your significant other. personally, i think it's pretty harmless and strive for lasting friendships instead.
I am nice to people on here but I would feel very wrong to flirt on here~I don't because I would not want my hubby flirting with people on here.I would feel that he didn't respect me if he was doing that!
Harmless...just innocent fun.