Scientists from the University of Nicosia in Cyprus have discovered the 11 most off-putting flirting tactics, which they deem as ‘dealbreakers’ for many people...
To finish the list, participants said that poor looks and stinginess were also flirting dealbreakers.
‘People can become more effective flirting-initiators if they work on their approach, avoid making for instance slimy and sexist comments, touching and being too intimate, and avoid also flirting with more than one individual at a time,’ the researchers, led by Menelaos Apostolou, wrote in their study, published in‘People can also improve their flirting by improving their looks , and by not being stingy .
Older participants were also found to be more sensitive to the flirting dealbreakers than younger participants. The researchers wrote: ‘Younger people aim more towards getting relationship experience with different partners than establishing a long-term intimate relationship.’ ‘Towards this end, they lower their standards, becoming in effect less sensitive to flirting dealbreakers.
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