Flirting Styles & The Relationships Developed

Physical Flirting: this involves showing you are sexually interested in your potential partner.  As one could imagine, this leads to relationships that develop quickly, have more sexual chemistry, and have higher levels of emotional connection to their partners.

Traditional Flirting: taking on a passive role when flirting.  Women with this style tend to wait for others to make the first move and pursue them.  They also report trouble getting attention in the dating scene, flirt less, and are not as wooed by flirting. Men with traditional flirting styles often know their potential partner for a long time before approaching them.  Both genders are more introverted and report enjoying an intimate dating scene.

Polite Flirting: this involves using proper manners when flirting and not using sexual communication. They tend to find meaningful relationships despite being less likely to approach a potential partner or be flattered by flirting.

Sincere Flirting: the main focus is creating an emotional connection and communicating a genuine interest.  Relationships are found to have a strong emotional connection, be meaningful, and have sexual chemistry.

Playful Flirting: this involves approaching flirting as fun and is done in the service to increases one’s self esteem.  Typically the playful person will often flirt with little interest in finding a long-term relationship. This style has been associated with less important or meaningful relationships.

Look out ladies, based on their study of 5,100 dating adults; women had the highest scores on all domains except for playfulness.  Additionally, no significant gender differences were found within each flirting style.

Physical, sincere, and playful styles were found to have greater dating success.  However, physical and sincere styles were more likely to lead to deeper relationships, stronger emotional connections, and chemistry.

"Knowing something about the way you communicate attraction says something about challenges you might have had in your past dating life," Hall continued. "Hopefully, this awareness can help people avoid those mistakes and succeed in courtship."

Overall, by identifying your flirting style you can assess if it’s helping or hurting you achieve your goals in the dating scene. By changing our approach to flirting we may actually attract more potential partners that are looking for the same type of relationship.