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Old 10-26-2015, 04:05 PM
 
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Mods, if this does not belong, please move. But it's about flirting.

I'm at work today and was discussing something (work- related) with supervisor.
So as we're wrapping up our discussion, she's sitting behind her desk, playing with her hair - just lightly tugging at the strands. We concluded our talk, I turn to leave her office, and impulsively - I don't know what the hell possessed me to say this - I look at her and say, "Oh, incidentally...didn't you study Psychology in college?" She said yes. So I say, "Not to take this the wrong way, but the tugging at your hair when you're speaking with someone...that's a flirtatious gesture." She looked at me levelly without a word; I said to her, "I studied Psych and the findings of Freud as well as body language!" Think I may have floored her, but meant no harm.

Was I wrong?
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Old 10-26-2015, 04:07 PM
 
Location: Oklahoma USA
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Am searching in work shed for Ten Foot Pole
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Old 10-26-2015, 04:08 PM
 
Location: Pa
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Yes she was your boss. It's out of line.



But dude that was funny as hell.lol!
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Old 10-26-2015, 04:08 PM
 
Location: So Cal
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I wouldn't have gone there myself personally...... was it wrong??? IDK.... probably a little inappropriate, but nothing that would sent you to HR for.....

Might want to post this in the work forum.
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Old 10-26-2015, 04:10 PM
 
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Pulling or playing with ones hair has nothing to do with flirting or attraction. If anything it is a sign the person is uncomfortable around you.

Even if it did mean something, that was not an appropriate thing to say. So, if being impulsive like that is the way you normally act, then one could see how she would be uncomfortable around you in the first place.

So, yes you were wrong on several levels.
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Old 10-26-2015, 04:16 PM
 
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Pulling or playing with ones hair has nothing to do with flirting or attraction. If anything it is a sign the person is uncomfortable around you.

Try again. Tugging at, or playing with one's hair is a proven sign of flirtation. Have you ever studied body language?

Last edited by PJSaturn; 10-27-2015 at 10:07 AM.. Reason: Fixed a technical glitch in the quote.
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Old 10-26-2015, 04:17 PM
 
Location: southwestern PA
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Pulling or playing with ones hair has nothing to do with flirting or attraction. If anything it is a sign the person is uncomfortable around you.

Even if it did mean something, that was not an appropriate thing to say. So, if being impulsive like that is the way you normally act, then one could see how she would be uncomfortable around you in the first place.

So, yes you were wrong on several levels.

^^^ this!
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Old 10-26-2015, 04:19 PM
 
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Pulling or playing with ones hair has nothing to do with flirting or attraction. If anything it is a sign the person is uncomfortable around you.


Try again. Tugging at, or playing with one's hair is a proven sign of flirtation. Have you ever studied body language?
Please point to the peer-reviewed sociological / psychological studies that have been published that have found this effect.
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Old 10-26-2015, 04:20 PM
 
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Pulling or playing with ones hair has nothing to do with flirting or attraction. If anything it is a sign the person is uncomfortable around you.


Try again. Tugging at, or playing with one's hair is a proven sign of flirtation. Have you ever studied body language?

For some this may be true however not for everyone. When I had long hair I did that all the time when I was concentrating on the task at hand and that task was not flirting at that particular moment.
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Old 10-26-2015, 04:21 PM
 
Location: southwestern PA
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"–Playing with or tugging at your hair, jewelry or clothes–can signal distress or, again, be misinterpreted as flirting. "
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