Everything
about their body language in this photo makes you smile. Jason is leaning in at
3:00 position with his shoulder. A shoulder lean that indicates this woman I feel
totally relaxed being around. Though he seems to be blocking her getting in to
close with his elbow he is actually using his right arm and curled to hold
fingers to do a symbolic reach across his pelvis towards her across his pelvis.
That combination says if there were not people around I would be doing more. The eye contact and mutual smile they are
giving the photographers show they want to be seen as a happy couple together.
Olivia's head tilt and resting on him, and chin down eyes and smile up are so
unusually coy and sweet. Showing Jason
makes her feel safe being a playful little girl with him and combined with her
head resting on his shoulder and her lean in and hand around him to show she is
smitten. He is more into her at an
athletic event than I typically see men be with their sweeties and if his arm
was slightly different I would give them a five, but with that block I would
give it a four.
Patti Wood, MA, Certified Speaking Professional - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com. Also check out Patti's YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/user/bodylanguageexpert.
