I (29F) never get hit on by men my age. In a mixed room of men and women I’m definitely one of the least attractive individuals, there’s always usually someone better looking to talk to than me. So I never get flirted with when I’m in social spaces with people my age. However, I do get a lot of attention from older men. I have two jobs, and my side job at the moment is working at an art studio. Most of my coworkers are men in their 40’s, and all of them give me a lot of attention, and at least based my interpretation, flirt with me. It feels nice getting some attention and it doesn’t bother me, it’s never aggressive or uncomfortable it’s usually sweet and pleasant. I do feel attracted to older men sometimes, and a couple of them are men who I would be interested romantically. But what’s weird is that when I flirt back, they get really weirded out and their whole demeanor towards me changes. I’m not really sure what this means or how I should be interpreting this. Is it that I’m just misinterpreting their “flirting” and they don’t actually find me attractive? Or is it wrong for me to flirt back? It’s so unusual for men to be hitting on me at all that I feel like I just don’t know how I’m supposed to act in this situation.