First Video,
He faces her and takes the crook of his arm and locks it around
Kristen’s head in an ownership gesture. It is playful and brief. This gesture
is typically done when standing to the side of a women when in the presence of
others as a show of ownership, "She is with me.” In this case he does it
standing facing her so it is to prove to himself that she is his. His smile and
head shaking and playful touches indicate he can’t believe she is his. Her
posture in response is a slightly hunched over she doesn’t touch back nor does
she linger. At first she does not “respond it kind” to his advances. She is
more shy.
Later when he makes that ummm sound as he hugs her she does a
comfort cue, putting her hand to her mouth and leaving it there as he tries to
get intimate indicating she is not comfortable with his caresses. But when she
sees him finally back up she changes. I think that when he backed up she felt
that absence of his advance and she reaches up and puts her hand
around his neck so he comes closer.
At the beginning even when she tilts her head up to talk to him
she doesn’t hold her hands up or touch him as she does to pull him closer to
her. She rests her head ever so briefly.
If you watch the tape several times you can see the dance of the
relationship is him cornering her and moving closer and her moving back.
His odd shaking side to side is in part his frustration that she is not moving
towards her. Again he is playful but she is not fully playing back in kind.
Patti Wood, MA, Certified Speaking Professional - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at http://PattiWood.net.
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