Kindness/being nice has become so rare that people mistake it for flirting (it happens both ways). People mistake kindness for flirting all/most the time. A man saying just a hello or complimenting a woman on her fashion sense/hairstyle or even a smile sends wrong warning signals to her brain.
Some thoughts such as ‘are you sure you’re not interested in what lies underneath’ or ‘he wants someone to warm his bed’ starts running through her mind. Sex propositions are veiled against majority of men whenever they interact with a woman because in a woman’s world, a man cannot pass a compliment just for anything but a stepping stone to what he is after.
It is not only men whose niceness gets mistaken for flirting but women also experience the ‘she is hitting’ on me vibes. It seems you cannot talk to a guy and smile at him and have a general conversation without him thinking you’re into him. It is sad because sometimes you just want to be friends with people but it gets all awkward when they strongly believe you’re flirting with them. If you’re friendly to them, they think you want them or you’re the next ‘available’ woman who is in dire need of a husband.