We need to rethink last week's plan to cure bad flirting with practice. We still think it's a good idea, but we've learned it may only be a good idea on paper.

If you're out there serial flirting in the name of practice, or just serial flirting for the sake of flirting, you run the risk of becoming That Girl, a complication we hadn't anticipated.

If you have ever been to a club, to a party, to work, to more or less anywhere that allows the mixing of men and women, you have undoubtedly encountered That Girl. She's the one you and your friends are most likely talking about. If you still can't recognize her, maybe these common That Girl traits will ring a bell:

1. Revealing clothing. That Girl likes to show some skin. Now, we have nothing against low-cut blouses or high-cut skirts, but That Girl will always find a way to make even the cutest dress or baby tee seem inappropriate.

2. Unnecessary volume. How many times have you been out having drinks with friends when the crazed cackle of some rabid attention whore shatters the cocoon of voices at your table? You can thank That Girl. Chances are there's a man within a 50-foot radius who is not paying attention to her, and laughing, talking and being too damn loud is her way of rectifying the situation.

3. Self-love. Let us clarify: We're not talking about self-esteem or self-respect. Those traits are healthy. We're talking about self-love, which we define as a) being in love with oneself to the point of egotism; and b) being in lust with oneself.

That Girl exhibiting this trait will constantly mention how hot she is. Constantly. She will refer to her hotness as the reason that men fall at her feet, and, oddly enough, that men ignore her.

4. Super-soaker flirting. Perhaps the most telling trait of That Girl is that she flirts with everyone, and we mean everyone. That might be sweet in an equal-opportunity kind of way, but it's the slightest bit annoying to all other women. That Girl doesn't know how to tone it down for guys in whom she has no interest or guys who belong to someone else.

5. Seriously warped sense of reality. Yeah, That Girl is a little delusional. We say "a little" because she may in fact be insecure, in need of professional help and/or insane. Either she honestly doesn't see that she's That Girl, which is just sad, or she sees it and chooses to ignore it, which is not only sad, but a little skanky.

The thing is, whether by accident or design, That Girl doesn't get the one cardinal rule of flirting: Nobody likes a tease.

Are you That Girl? E-mail Bridgette for a reality check at brwilliams@quickdfw.com.