#NavigatingBoundaries

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Women flirt by trying to be your equal and appear flirty when they're trying to be your friend. If a woman gives a guy a compliment, it means she's being friendly; on the other hand, if she tries to "do herself up" she's trying to get with you.

Thus, women have learned what guys think as "being friendly" is considered "flirting," so instead of changing their behavior they just give up instead.

Men just have to stop thinking that receiving female attention is equivalent to being wanted as a lover.

My female friends all shower me with compliments. My wife doesn't flinch; but when she notices one of them gets "dolled up" around me, her guards are up and she sticks to me like white on rice.

Compliments from a female aren't rare, just be their friends.