How do you react to being hit on/checked out?

[Shocksplicer]

I don't mind. Flattered I guess, but it varies depending whether or not I'm interested.
If it's repeated flirting from the same person it's a bit different, for example I'm pretty sure one of my friends has been coming on to me, if I can determine whether I'm correct in that belief I may try to make something of it, since I'm into him myself.
On the other hand, one of my managers at work has been flirting pretty overtly for a while, and while it was flattering at first it's getting a bit much, bordering on sexual harrassment, so I may ask her to cut it out. Politely.

 

[Psycomantis777]

A lady friend of mine -that is, friend who is female- once told me I'm her most attractive male friend and has at different times stated I have a nice rear. At the time I was kind of flattered, if not confused since, well, they're not 'into' me, really. When people do compliment my form, I usually accept it as flattering. Then again, the only people who ever hit on me are usually much older than me and mistakenly think I'm much older so... sometimes it's scary...

 

[A Raging Emo]

Well, normally I don't expect it and I know it has almost nothing to do with physical attraction, but I've been pretty hurt before so whenever a woman shows me any kind of attention that is more than looking my way for a second as I stare at them on the bus, I pretty much go into DEFCON 1 mode.

 

[lionsprey]

i wouldn't notice it.
i probably wouldn't notice anything less then the woman in question walking up to me and kissing me.
and considering it's more likely i would win a lottery i didn't even enter i haven't paid it much thought beyond that.

 

[Darkbladex96]

I wear my happiness on my sleeve so when women check me out I grin from ear to ear. Ive been told that its super cute.

 

[blazeykins]

Well, I'm really dense(I mean REALLY dense), so I wouldn't notice. I didn't even notice my last girlfriend liked me until she kissed me.. even though in retrospect it was really obvious..

So I wouldn't even notice... But if I did, I'd try and fail to flirt with said girl or get really shy and avoid eye contact/try to flee.

 

[Evil Moo]

Due to a complete lack of self esteem I would either not notice at all, notice but rationalise it as something that doesn't imply someone thinks I'm attractive, or if it is somewhat unambiguous I would either ignore it completely or actively point out that the one doing the checking must be delusional, insane, or possibly harbouring an ulterior motive masked by their actions.

In any case I would probably just try to avoid the situation and make as little of it as I could should it arise.

 

[Gone Rampant]

I'm kinda sheepish about it, since as I'm asexual, I have to explain such. Also, I'm the kind of guy who sets himself down in every way, shape and form after some... pretty fucked up bullying. Which means that I tend to think I'm being set up for a trap of some sort whenever people pay attention to me.

 

[CAPTCHA]

There's only one right answer: take in in my stride, compliment her back, talk for a bit, then walk home feeling boss.

 

[Slayer_2]

Ever seen a deer in the headlights? Yeah, that's like me, except less responsive.

Jokes aside, I honestly can say I'm either too clueless (and I generally am about these things), or too ugly for such a thing to have ever been noticed, or happened. I prefer to think the first one, hahaha.

 

[Asuka Soryu]

I don't really check people out and I am quite assured that people don't check me out. I've lost interest in looking at people anyway, so I tend to not focus on anyone going by.

 

[tabristhegreat]

It's a matter of the person/their persistence. I've been with my current partner for 4 and a half years occasionally guys hit on me or him when we go out usually I laugh it off or I'll turn to him and say something like "see other people still think I'm pretty, watch out" doesn't really matter who it is that's my standard reaction i think it's a nice way of saying thanks but I'm not on the market.

I only get annoyed if that fails and they keep going. I was out one night and this guy just would not stop hitting on me whenever my partner walked away. I told him flat out to leave me alone as he was now being disrespectful to me and my partner. I generally try to avoid getting annoyed about it (even if I don't find the person attracted it's always nice to know someone thinks I'm attractive) but if they cross a line I will let them know.

 

[CleverCover]

Have I noticed it? Because there is a high chance I would never even notice someone checking me out unless the person eventually came up to me. More often than not, friends and family tell me after the moment is gone that "You know that guy was checking you out?"

If I did notice it, I'd flip between happy/swooning and suspicious/doubting, unless it's an old dude and I'm just annoyed.

 

[Unia]

As someone who used to be bullied and referred to simply as the ugly one, I tend to assume ulterior motives first.
If I notice at all that is, which usually is not the case.

In highschool there was this one guy with a stutter(sp?).
Being polite and not wanting to make him more awkward I never brought up his speech impediment. Then after he had moved
to another county a friend mentioned he only ever stuttered around me. Couldn't bring that up sooner, could you? :/
In general people who know me have rolled their eyes more than once at how oblivious to flirt I can be.

Then there were a few overt cases where I was too stunned to act cool. Like when some Indian tourist asked me on a date in a bookstore. While I was with my mother, no less.

Or when the African immigrant who lives in the same building approached me and started immediately talking about marriage and kids. Well there's ulteriour motives, duh. Also seriously, WHO DOES THAT?!

Guess I'm doomed to be the girl subtle guys think isn't interested in anyone ever, so I'm left with the...not subtle ones.

 

[Jux]

A lady friend of mine -that is, friend who is female- once told me I'm her most attractive male friend and has at different times stated I have a nice rear. At the time I was kind of flattered, if not confused since, well, they're not 'into' me, really. When people do compliment my form, I usually accept it as flattering. Then again, the only people who ever hit on me are usually much older than me and mistakenly think I'm much older so... sometimes it's scary...

Nothing wrong getting with a woman older than you. Last one I was with had 20 years on me. Overall, it was pretty awesome.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

I can only remember being hit on twice in my life. One was when I was 14 by a middle aged man (I was creeped out, but tried to be polite) and the other was on my graduating class' year end trip (I pretty much shrunk and slowly crept behind the nearest friend, but still tried to be polite).

 

[Insanely Asinine]

I tend to be unobservant on being hit on. I usually can't see the signs until I have time to ponder the day.

 

[cthulhuspawn82]

I have the opposite problem, and I am sure many guys here will relate. I get the "weirdo" stares. You know, where a girl stares at you like you're Charles Manson. I don't know how to avoid it. I do my best to dress and act normal yet they keep looking over like they're afraid I am going to follow them to the parking lot and rape them. And its not like I am leering at them, I have no interest, I just catch it out of the corner of my eye.

I don't mean to be insulting, but this being a "gamer" site, I know there are a lot of guys here that illicit the same response. We really should start a petition to let women know how cruel they are being and how uncomfortable they are making us.

 

[Rellik San]

I run the whole gamut (downside of working with a drunk public), usually I'll have a laugh about it, (hey, hey, eyes up here, or something similar) but sometimes it does get creepy, really really really creepy... for which I normally get the message across by running away shrieking: "I NEED AN ADULT!"

But in truth typically it's rare I get hit on, as I definitely fall into the "unconventionally attractive" type... also probably doesn't help I live in a town mired by racist d-bags and it's often commented upon that I look Greek, Polish, Pakistani and Italian, it of course affects my chances, well that and having two brain cells to rub together too.

Generally speaking, I'm the one doing the hitting on and usually playing it up for laughs.

 

[Xaio30]

I don't always react to being hit on/checked out, but when I do It's the next day and all my chances are gone.