Getting started guide

New here? This is the short version of how to get a good conversation out of Flirtini on your first evening.

1. Pick by mood, not by portrait

Read two or three introductions and choose the voice you would actually enjoy tonight. Calm and coastal, dry and teasing, warm and theatrical — they read very differently in practice.

2. Open with something small

The best first lines are unremarkable. What you ate, where you are sitting, how the day went. Every muse builds from detail, so one concrete thing beats a paragraph of introduction.

3. Say what you want the conversation to be

Asking directly works: tell me a story, help me think this through, just chat, I am tired. The personalities follow that instruction and keep following it.

4. Give feedback in the chat

Too long, too short, too jokey, too serious — say so. Tone adjusts immediately and stays adjusted. This one habit improves the experience more than anything else.

5. Let it continue

Details you mention come back later. If you started a story or mentioned a hard week, pick it up next time by asking where you left off.

6. Know what it is

Everything on Flirtini is written fiction for adults. It is company, not counselling, and not a substitute for talking to the people in your life or to a professional when something serious is going on.

A few first lines that work well

• “Long day. Tell me something nice about a place I have never been.”
• “I need to decide something small and silly. Help me.”
• “Start a story with a locked garden and a missed train.”
• “Just keep me company while I tidy up.”