Getting out onto the dating scene after a long period of relationship incarceration can be tricky. Having spent zillions of years with just the one person can put you decidedly out of practice.

I must say however, it’s always funny to watch said people make their first attempts at flirting. Some people are so cringe-worthy I almost want to sell tickets! In many ways they regress to babies taking their first few steps; they teeter on wobbly legs as they approach the object of their lust, they make a grab for the coffee table as they falter over their opening line and, although they may make a few stumbling steps forward, eventually they fall flat on their face (although on most occasions they don’t drop their dummy!).

This can’t be said of everybody of course. Some people are naturals. Born to draw people to them, never short of witty repartee and always confident in their manner no matter how long it’s been. Lucky sods.

But what about the rest of the human race….

Da dada da da dahhhh! As if by magic, the online world appears.

Sites such as our dear beloved Flirtomatic are the perfect place to brush up on long lost skills. Chatting with a whole host of guys and girls online will give you a great gage of where you’re going wrong and help you hone your conversational skills in the comfort of your own home.

“Hey baby, fancy a bite of my juicy plums?” may have been your killer chat up line back in the day, however try that online today and it’s likely you’d be met with a stone cold silence – but at least you’ve found out that it needs to be dropped from your repertoire without suffering the almighty belt round the chops it may well achieve if tried out face-to-face (and in case you’ve not had one recently, a belt round the chops don’t half sting).

But the most nerve-racking thing about climbing back into the saddle is that you have to do it with the very person you fancy looking directly at you. Every silly comment, every rosy blush, every bad joke, all carried out before the very eyes of your ‘lustee’. Trying your moves online reduces all of that hideousness.

So make use of us my flirt-rusty friends, because suffice to say, embarrassment, slaps and failure are three things in life we could all happily live without.

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