What is a flirtationship you say? According to Urban Dictionary, a flirtationship is defined as when you regularly flirt with an acquaintance or friend but do no more; or more than a friendship, less than a relationship, lots of flirting going on, and you may or may not want it to go farther. If there is one thing I could say about flirtationships, they are one of the most bittersweet things.
On one hand, the flirting is wonderful. You are getting attention. Positive, wanted attention. What could be better than that?
On the other hand, that is all that is happening. You are flirting. There is nothing more and nothing less. You are just in a cycle of flirting that goes no where. It is nice for a short period of time, but after a while, you start to think, "What am I doing? Is this going anywhere? Is this even real?" Maybe the thought, "Maybe I am bad at this flirting thing," goes across you're mind. But then they flirt back and remind you that you're not too terrible at it.
Flirting is a lot of fun, most of the time. It can boost your self esteem. If you are feeling bad about yourself and someone flirts with you, it is one of the best feelings ever. Someone is taking the effort to make you feel good about yourself, and it may be for their own personal gain, but it made you feel good, take it.
Flirtationships are like that all the time. It is almost a constant back and forth flirting with someone who is always around you, and nothing goes further than that, but you can always count on them to make you feel better about yourself. At the same time, the not going further, may be one of the most aggravating things, because you might want things to go forward but don't want to be anymore obvious about it than you already are being with the way you are flirting with them.
Flirtationships only end in three ways. First, one person in the flirtationship gets in a relationship with someone else. Second, the two of you decide to stop being childish about your relationship and actually go out with each other. Third, it never actually ends.
I hope that you have all been educated on flirtationships and maybe I have just made you much more self aware (sorry about that), but you know what I have to say, keep on flirting.
