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This post is inspired by a recent conversation I had with a friend, who was lamenting that male acquaintances always wind up asking her out, when she really just wanted to be friends or just-short-of-friends with them.
She was upset because one of these guys claimed she had been leading him on.
While FDS tends to lean in to the idea that men and women can never really be “just friends”, I decided to compile a helpful list for any women who might want male friends, but don’t want to fall into the trap of accidentally leading them on.
Here are some things that might give men the “wrong idea” that you might be interested in them, when you are not:
Looking at them
Smiling
Standing in their general vicinity
Speaking to them
Ignoring them
Avoiding them
Saying “No thank you, I’m not interested.”
Saying, “I actually have a boyfriend.”
Any physical contact
Coughing
I hope this has been helpful ladies! Good luck out there!
Breathing, walking, turning your head toward, away from, or in some random direction. Sitting, standing, talking to someone else, not talking to anyone, existing…
Apparently explaining to a guy that my friend is definitely not interested means I’m flirting and trying to get him interested in ME.
>Standing in their general vicinity
omg, that explains everything 😱
Wearing a skirt, wearing makeup or perfume, having your hair done, looking in any way presentable outside the house, looking a mess outside the house, leaving the house.
You almost got me too! 😆
🤣🤣🤣 Very true!
So basically being human.
Saying, "Good Morning" and "how was your weekend" any having any polite, perfunctory human interaction with them