Flirting is a well-informed art

ZOSIMO T. LITERATUS, RMT

More than we know it, flirting not only provides the fun of encounter but also is a natural, and yet essential and universal, necessity of human interaction.

The positive and negative connotations of flirting came obviously from the manner in which it has been commonly practiced without so much guidance in the proper and wholesome ways to do it. It might be instinctive to flirt, but the way to do it is not. Effective flirting is well-informed flirting

Flirting, while admitted not yet a science, is certainly an art...an art of interpersonal communication and subtle influence.

Kate Fox of the Social Issues Research Centre, a non-profit organization based in St. Clements, Oxford, United Kingdom, makes an important contribution in providing us the SIRC Guide to Flirting. (Click here to download in pdf format)

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