Winks

They're strange. Winks can be overdone. Large facial movement. The eyelid closes and the mouth opens. Or, they can subtle. So fast and quick that one is left wondering if it even happened.

The short and quick winks are sneaky. They're flirtatious but not obviously so. Getting winked at is almost like having someone raise their eyebrows at you. You sit there, half-stunned. "Did they really just do that?" The answer is most likely, "Yes. Yes, they really did."

I always expect old men to wink and young men to thinking winking is old-fashioned and socially awkward. I'm taken aback every time a young man winks at me. It still happens though.