Is being too friendly considered FLIRTING in the UK? I have had my fair share of having to prove myself to people in the UK that I am just a warm woman and not flirting. I consider myself as someone who can hold a good conversation with anyone and laugh out loud like we've known each other for years. As an immigrant coloured woman, who came from a background where she sees her neighbours as families even when they are not blood related, it is a cultural shock for me to see that being too kind and friendly may literally depict flirting in the UK. I had an encounter with my friendly neighbour one day at my back garden, we were just having a morning chat about the weather and before I proceeded to my kitchen, I thought to myself “oh, I did not ask her of her partner”. A little digression, back home where I'm from, it's being respectful to say greetings like “ Good morning Rose, how is your husband?” Or “how are your children?” If the woman has children. Back to my neighbour...