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[davidklecha]

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I think this means I'm married to kd5mdk. That just seems a bit wrong.

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[daveamongus.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know.

Just beginning to sound like it's nothing but wall-to-wall debauchery.

You know, I'd stay locked in my hotel room all night, if I wanted to avoid it. That sort of thing.

[marnan.livejournal.com]

wall to wall flirting i do seem to recall.

debauchery is another matter.

i don't think your sister for instance was unduly debauched

[daveamongus.livejournal.com]

Ah.

I tend to be of the stomach, myself, where enough flirting will send me zooming back to my room.

Any my sister... is for my sister to judge. Her level of squick and mine are set quite differently.

[kd5mdk.livejournal.com]

I don't think anything happened in public that would set off your squick detector, by anybody I know, that I know of.

[marnan.livejournal.com]

fan lounge. but that was Crockett and Kat's (not Cat's) fault. ¿

[tygerr.livejournal.com]

Erm, I'm thinking some of that qualified as full-fledged debauchery. At least from my vantage point.

[kd5mdk.livejournal.com]

I most distinctly did not count that as in public.

[pewtergryphon.livejournal.com]

Well, I suspect my squick detector is nearly as sensitive as Dave's, and it was never set off by any of the three of you.

Some of the other Con attendees, who were doing the Serious Groping thing in the halls, yeah. But not any of the Hotel Bujoldia contingent.

But then, I also never went into the fan lounge until the last night, when everybody was tired. So maybe I missed the serious debauchery.

But why do you guys always start these neat mega-threads after I've gone to bed?

[tygerr.livejournal.com]

Groping in halls: guilty over here. At least depending on one's definition of "grope". But only at hours during which I suspect Diane(or for that matter, most any sensible person) was asleep.

Mega-threads: When *you* are impaired by accumulated fatigue toxins, you quite sensibly go to bed. Some of us take advantage of fatigue-intoxication to get silly. Not to mention that the responsibilities of daily life make this sort of insanity more difficult to pull off during civilized hours.

[marnan.livejournal.com]

I think we mean diffferent things by flirting.

[daveamongus.livejournal.com]

Perhaps.

If by "flirting" you mean, making googly-eyes and smiling shyly from across the room, then I could probably put up with an infinite amount of that.

My amused tolerance tends to decrease at an exponential rate as the flirting parties draw closer/get more deliberate in their interaction. At a certain point, I want to shout, "Fine, go have sex already!" And that's when I know it's time to leave the room (probably well prior to that, in fact, just to be safe). I certainly don't want to dump icewater on anyone.

(I am overstating my aversion a bit, just for the sake of illustration.)

If I had to guess, this probably stems from a long history of watching a lot of it going on, and not being able to participate successfully myself. Just a guess, though.

[marnan.livejournal.com]

flirting: a form of friendly interaction based on conveying to people that they are not only interesting but also appealing.

May involve: meaningful looks, gestures, double entendres, compliments, flattery, slightly racy remarks and cetera.

usually most enjoyable when practiced by all to all.

[daveamongus.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure my definition is inclusive of your definition, and that there are many aspects of your definition that would, in fact, send me from the room.

Especially if practiced by all to all.

[marnan.livejournal.com]

I tend to call that stuff you're describing "courting", and while I usually find it cute and charming if it doesn't involve displaying flesh to innocent bystanders, I can see it getting fraught and aggravating after awhile.

As for flirtation, the wise married man flirts madly.

with his wife.

:-)