Your points are intetesting but not how I would think about this subject.

Being admired has many variables to a girl. My girlfriend has 3 stalkers in the city, they admire her but she wouldn't be (wasn't) thankful for it nor would she be flattered. If another stranger came upto her and showed admiration she'd walk on or do embarrassing shit to him.

Whereas another girl could be the complete opposite and craving admiration from anything that moves.

My point is that in the foundation people as a whole like admiration but the ways in which it is recieved, given and interpreted can vary significantly between various people and that variation can be broken down into subcontext like emotion, action, etcc. Literally thousands of variations

The mistake thinking you know what she wants and how she wants it.