Coincidentally, I do believe that I was recently accused of being a tease, even if the accusation was veiled and indirect. It's so odd (to me) that if a woman engages her sense of humor when conversing with a man, it's often seen as flirting (whether it is or not). And when a woman does flirt, either intentionally or not, she's tagged a tease if she then declines any advances the man might make. When did harmless flirting become an anathema? Discussion for a different forum/thread, I guess... Summer