[Jackie]

Someone may have posted this question already, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. I moved to ‘inner city Tacoma’ (as much as such a thing exists) last fall, and enjoy taking walks around Hilltop (my neighborhood). I’m used to being friendly towards the people around me by smiling, making eye contact with, and maybe nodding to them. Unfortunately, this seems to be sending the wrong message to many of the African-American and Latino guys in the area, because they’ll start flirting with me in what seems to be an excessive amount (one asked me if I was married and started explaining why he’d make a good husband). How seriously should I take this? Is it just being playful and friendly, or are they really trying to pick me up? How do I indicate appropriately that I’m not interested? And how can I keep them from flirting with me? (I feel uncomfortable when anyone’s flirting with me heavily unless I know the person really well). The only successful method that I’ve found so far is to bring my [4 month old] nephew along with me (although his mom tells me that being pregnant works too!). I hate just ignoring the people that I walk by, but I don’t know what my responses mean to the person that I’m talking to, and don’t want to commit myself accidentally more than I mean to.

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Name : Jackie, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 23, City : Tacoma, State : WA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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