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Originally Posted by Fleury29
I've discovered a huge source of my problems (though not all) seem to come from people thinking I'm flirting inappropriately or doing things with my eyes that I shouldn't do. I've tried various things to not do these things yet I always seem to get the label. It doesn't matter where I look, how I talk, people just assume I'm doing one or the other or both, when I'm trying to avoid the perception of any such thing. Could this be adding to my problem?
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Often, it is the other person who is misreading expressions, gestures and other aspects of an interaction. A person could be consciously or unconsciously hoping or paranoid that others are flirting with him/her, and so everything looks like a flirtation, even if it isn't.