now this is jusy dating advice, re: RE: meta i guess, possibly a hot take
@hazelnoot @h5e what i do tbh, i just ask if someone's down to go out for like sushi or something, get contacts so we can set up a time, then express that i'm interested in them over text just in case they haven't picked up on that or aren't sure. then i'm like "if not, we can just like invite some more people and hang out as friends, or we can just call it off if you're not comfortable with that." then just have a good time on that first date, see where it goes, then you can have the needs & boundaries talk. before then there really shouldn't be any flirting.