women flirting

it's kinda weird when women kinda flirt with you on the street. not that this is a thing that happens often but when it does, it feels rather... different. men on the street can flirt and try to strike conversations, etc. but if it's not someone i'd like to engage i'm pretty good at keeping them at bay. women, however, i don't know how to react to. in Spain, for example, this young woman was walking down the street with a group of friends and make a number of comments to me. i didn't really respond--playing the tourist card--but if she had kept going, I don't know what i would have said. here in Boston this other woman was just kinda creepy, commenting about my smile as we walked past each other. i don't necessarily uncomfortable but it does feel different. hmm, i don't know...

flirting is so subjective. if a creepy old guy is flirting with you, obviously it's not fun. unless you're into that kind of stuff. ahem. i can't flirt for the life of me; neither with men nor women--if i were to want to flirt with a woman i imagine i wouldn't. anyway. my friend Euni always says that i flirt all the time and i don't know it. how is that possible? she says i flirt with people i don't like. i don't really flirt with people i don't like because, doesn't flirting have to be intentional? how can i involuntarily flirt with someone? i don't know. that theory doesn't really hold water for me.