I'll answer.
You've hit a nerve of a topic with me and I've commented on similar topics in the past.
I have clients call me a liar all of the time (which is what you did with your young friend) and it tends to either hurt my feelings or it pisses me off.
I don't give false compliments.
I have some short term memory loss going on, kindof a joke, and to try to remember false compliments is just too much for me to try to remember.
So for that reason, plus I don't like to lie, I only give compliments that are true and it'll be the same compliment and what I state will hold true when I see them again ... and sometimes, I don't see a friend for several months to sometimes, over a year or even two.
Most of the ladies that I've known follow a similar thought process. If someone is a good kisser, then they're just a good kisser. That does happen, you know.
We are women. We respond to a man's attention. And sometimes, more than what is often comfortable, we really respond and actually develop feelings for the men who see us.
I have personal boundaries but I've crossed them. So have others. This is a very personal thing that we do.
Being jaded is understandable. I fight it myself. In fact, I'm struggling a little bit with that right now because of some of the absolute crudeness that I have to address with the newer clients coming up the ranks.
They don't seem to know how to start a conversation with a hello and a name.
At any rate, I may sound harsh. I'm also on my iPad and so you're being spared a real diatribe because on another topic, I wish to address the idea of the "illusion" of passion that is kicked around on this board and in the past.
While that term had validity when it first showed up, it does a disservice to the women involved and it plays havoc on an already sensitive topic with men.
I've written about the whole lying thing on my website but it was a few years back. When I get some time, I'll try to link it here.
Good luck with finding answers. I'm sure others will chime in.
Hugs,
Elisabeth