One thing I found very interesting about the way people express their thoughts through body language was the way people who are attracted to each other interact non-verbally. The way a man may try to show dominance or masculinity or how a woman might show interest or lack there of by simple gestures.
What is also interesting is how similar gestures can mean something completely different. For example, when someone speaks to me about something I am not interested in, I have trouble making eye contact. A person who fancies another may do the same out of the fear that making eye contact will divulge their true feelings or make them vulnerable.
While at the semi-formal Sweetheart dance this past Saturday evening, I became aware of these subtle signals in a young couple whose relationship was obvious in its early stages and just beginning to flourish. It was absolutely adorable, but also intriguing. This young man stood slightly to the side of her, rather than face to face. He did so that as he stood next to her, she could notice him standing at full attention, hand on his hips with his chest slightly puffed up, asserting his dominance. She, not making eye contact, twisted and rotated on the spot she was standing, while twirling her fingers through her hair. Also, when she would speak to him, he would bend down and turn his ear towards her mouth. He most likely did this to not hear her better, but to show that again he was the assertive, masculine one. In the middle of her anecdote, he would then rock back, throw his head back laughing, and thrust his hips out. She would look up at him and giggle as well.
All of these subliminal messages took place over such a small period of time, but portrayed a huge amount of information that was more important than what they were actually discussing.
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