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"It has happened. I have entered into a realm in which I am feeling waaay out of my league and more than a little off-kilter, but on this fine St. Paddy&amp;#039;s Day I will freely admit it: I have entered into &amp;quot;a flirtation.&amp;quot; That&amp;#039;s right, I am actively flirting with someone and it&amp;#039;s progressing, which is alternately exhilarating and terrifying, but there it is. I&amp;#039;m putting myself out there. I let someone (a long-term acquaintance, believe it or not) know I was interested, and surprisingly, so was he. And now we text and we email and we flirt and we meet up and we take it from there. And it all feels like it&amp;#039;s moving at blinding speed but every time I see a text I&amp;#039;m grabbing my phone like a teenager and there&amp;#039;s something really fun about that. It&amp;#039;s silly and I really should be more on guard and taking my time but there&amp;#039;s something to be said for feeling a little swept away by it all.  I have to admit, I feel pretty rusty. I haven&amp;#039;t flirted - I mean actively flirted - in decades. When I went home for my high school reunion back in September, I was at dinner with an old friend and the guy at the table next to us kept asking us for stuff. He was there with his kids (they were teenagers, and actively encouraging him) and he asked if we had crayons, could he borrow our ketchup, etc. all with really witty comments directed at me every time he asked. I finally turned to my friend and said &amp;quot;Is he flirting with me?&amp;quot; She gaped at me and laughed in my face. &amp;quot;Yes! That&amp;#039;s flirting! You can do it!&amp;quot; She encouraged. I just brushed it off, but I have to admit it was funny. I really was clueless, and I feel like I still am. But I&amp;#039;m hanging in there. And now I&amp;#039;m actively practicing, at least. Did it feel weird for you when you first started flirting again? Did you feel rusty getting back into the dating game? [Follow Ellie on Facebook and Twitter] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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