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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 84724" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p>Marg: <em><strong>The important thing is to know the boundaries. A skilled flirt will blur the boundaries, or lead you past them. I think that's why this is such a grey area for so many people.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Exactly, Marg. Incidentally, I haven't seen my mechanic since that lunch and it is not a big deal, haven't given it a second thought to it since originally posting here. I was surprised to see this thread still had life in it. Apparently, I hit a nerve with many.</p><p></p><p>Here is what H thinks...I've known my mechanic for 14 years. He is 10 years my junior and we have been known to flirt a little, especially in the earlier years. But we're both married and committed people, not smarmy people. We both are very committed to our families, especially our spouses and children. My mechanic has met my H, my daughters, my sister, her H, my nephew and neices. He's been invited to family events and BBQ's and he's invited H and I out for happy hours freqently. I guess my H figures that if we were going to cheat with eachother, we would have OR mostly likely...he realizes that it is what it is; friendship and nothing more. He chides me about my cute mechanic but also about other men in our circle of friends. He knows he can trust me so I'm not worried about it so much. </p><p></p><p>I also think that if each partner bears down to heavily on the other, it will break down that trust and THAT is when bad things happen. What was that old song? "Hold on loosely but don't let go"?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 84724, member: 2211"] Marg: [i][b]The important thing is to know the boundaries. A skilled flirt will blur the boundaries, or lead you past them. I think that's why this is such a grey area for so many people.[/b][/i] Exactly, Marg. Incidentally, I haven't seen my mechanic since that lunch and it is not a big deal, haven't given it a second thought to it since originally posting here. I was surprised to see this thread still had life in it. Apparently, I hit a nerve with many. Here is what H thinks...I've known my mechanic for 14 years. He is 10 years my junior and we have been known to flirt a little, especially in the earlier years. But we're both married and committed people, not smarmy people. We both are very committed to our families, especially our spouses and children. My mechanic has met my H, my daughters, my sister, her H, my nephew and neices. He's been invited to family events and BBQ's and he's invited H and I out for happy hours freqently. I guess my H figures that if we were going to cheat with eachother, we would have OR mostly likely...he realizes that it is what it is; friendship and nothing more. He chides me about my cute mechanic but also about other men in our circle of friends. He knows he can trust me so I'm not worried about it so much. I also think that if each partner bears down to heavily on the other, it will break down that trust and THAT is when bad things happen. What was that old song? "Hold on loosely but don't let go"? [/QUOTE]
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