my friends are accusing me for flirting

Are you sure you and your friends aren't 10 or 12 years old?

They can lay off it now. Not necessary, even if they see a real connection that you and this third party might actually have that you yourself are missing.

Are you sure those people are your friends?

It doesn't really sound that way.

Tell them to stop talking about you and find new friends.

Really. Friends don't behave like that.

First question to you is what are you doing to cause your friends to believe that you are flirting with this guy? Is it your body language? Is it your demeanor around him? Is it the way you look at him? Is it the way you laugh at his jokes? Is it the way you hold hands? There can be all kinds of reasons your friends might think you are flirting with this guy. The bigger question is does this guy think you are flirting with him? If you answer no. How do you really know? He, just like your friends, might think you are flirting with him. It's all based on what kind of signals you are sending off. Sometimes a person can be sending off signals without knowing that they are sending off signals. This guy just might really like you and hope to some day be your boyfriend.

So what? She knows she is not actually flirting.

Your "friends" seem on the stupid side. They do sound about ten or twelve years old. Ignore them, find new ones. You must be reacting to them and they like to push your buttons. Have some self esteem.

Does any of that matter? none of that excuses her "friends" behaviours.

Maybe what the so-call friends think is not important, but what about what the guy is thinking. This guy is her friend. First of all, do we really know what this guy is thinking. I have known guys who thought they were getting a signal to be more than friends when the girl only wanted to be friends. For the guy that can be a real let down because he thought she was really into him. She and this guy are good friends. This is just something to think about.

The so-call friends are not the only concerns. What may be in the mind of this guy who is her good friend is a concern

He is only a problem if her idiot friends talked to him.

I am not referring to her friends talking to him. I am talking about her friend thinking she is flirting with him based soley on her signals. He might be getting the wrong unintended signals from her. The worst thing for a guy to hear from a girl who he is really into is we are just friends. The statement we are just friends is like a kick in the stomach to a guy who is falling for a woman. Again, do we really know what this guy who is her friend is thinking. What signals is her friend receiving?

If he is interested in her, he should say something so she can decide what she wants to do.

If he's not good at reading signals, he can improve his body language reading skills.

Actually that's a good thing for him to hear - so he can smarten up and consider a woman who might be interested in him. Better to know if someone's interested than to guess.

Communication.

It's a good thing.

I agree with you. If he is into her he should open his mouth and say so, before another guy swoops in. As far as body language is concern, that is an art. It is a skill. The most skillful reader of body language can sometimes get it wrong. It still takes two people to communicate body language. One to send and one to receive.

I agree that communicating that we are just friends is a good thing when it is done early in a relationship. Otherwise that can be crushing.