Flirting with danger???

i had this discussion cum argument with my friend over the definition of flirting.. According to him flirting can never be one-sided and is always reciprocated.. so i decided to do some research to prove my point..

i started with the definition of flirting, which happened to say that flirting is human interaction with a romantic interest.. so here goes my first point.. two people can interact with each other.. where one has a romantic interest and the other does not :P

then i looked at the origin of the word flirting, which is obscure and is attributed to the old French conter fleurette, which means the dropping of flower petals, that is, "to speak sweet nothings".. so there goes point number two... speak "sweet nothings".. one person can do the speaking.. the other may not.. :P

and then there is point number three flirting is used to as an expression of interest or gauging the other person's interest.. but you know what the other person may not be interested at all..

so what i really learnt by reading all that i did.. is that flirting may be one-sided and you may not really be interested...

Most of the times we spot the indications of flirting.. but sometimes considering it harmless we let the other person have some fun..but unlike the law where silence does not amount to acceptance.. if you do not put a stop to that one-sided interaction which you are not interested it does amount to acquiescence...and that can turn out to be a little dangerous..

Though i think i proved my point that flirting can be one-sided.. ill remember the line my stupid friend told me last night.. "its all about how you react" because unknowingly you might send out the wrong signals...