Am I flirting?

If you urgently need to know whether something is flirting, you're welcome to decamp to http://amiflirting.com/submit or send correspondence to amiflirting (at) tumblr.com. Will we assume you're flirting with us? Only if you want us to.

39. If I put him in my Mash note?

Mash notes are a time-honored playground tradition, also beloved of fun-seeking hipsters or other semi-adults with senses of humor. The deal is that you play a game that establishes your future spouse, a home, an occupation, and a type of vehicle you might drive.


Putting a fellow in your mash note is the rough equivalent of engaging in the classic flower-destruction exercise “he loves me, he loves me not,” and counts more as some kind of arcane shamanic love ritual than as an honest-to-goodness flirt. Unless he’s playing it with you, and you give him a meaningful look as you add his name to the list, announcing it in a tone that could easily be mistaken for joking, just to give yourself an out …yeah, that’s the stuff.

Send your questions and Mash notes to: amiflirting [at the] gmail [one, dot] com.

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