The look he/she gave me, (and what it might mean?)

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Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds
By William Shakespeare

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand'ring bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me prov'd,
I never writ, nor no man ever lov'd.
 
NorthernLight said:
I'm no good at reading body language. And it can be distracting. Say it with words.
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I used to think you can misread someone's smile, but if you look at their eyes you're more likely to fathom what they're really thinking!

However, more broadly I do think "body language" is something we read more readily than we probably know. :)
 
Oh yeh, those 'looks'.

I once had the most beautiful, naked woman come sit beside me, her eyes were all over me, opening and closing them suggestively, her tongue was caressing her lips slowly, she started panting then handcuffed herself to me....... I knew straight away that she wanted to borrow my chain-saw. šŸ˜Š
 
grahamg said:
Does this fit in here:

Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds
By William Shakespeare

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand'ring bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me prov'd,
I never writ, nor no man ever lov'd.
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Sonnet 116 might fit if the glance he/she gave was the treasured ā€œholy grail lookā€ of eternal love.

ā€œThere are many spiritual paths, but the path of love is the most beautiful and blissful.ā€

In this poem, Shakespeare declares that true love can be compared to other characteristics, yet in itself has infinite value, illustrating love as resolved, a perfect thing, enduring all hardship; ā€œeven to the edge of doom.ā€

Although itā€™s rather romanticized idealism, it's beautifully inspiring just the same, and frames Shakespeareā€™s approach to life in novelistic, imaginative, and idealistic light; as he is egotistical/wittingly boasts:

ā€œIf this be error and upon me prov'd,
I never writ, nor no man ever lov'd.ā€

Meaning, he has written more than any other person; ergo, in theory: Heā€™s not wrong.
 
You can use a look to great effect. When I was a manager and had some miscreant in my office for a disciplinary hearing, I would listen to their, often pre-prepared tale of woe, that was no more than dressed up bullshine and then let my specs slide down my nose and hold the reprobate in a glare of pure napalm. You could physically see the look of discomfort it caused.
 
I get a lot of "looks," but truthfully, I want to do the choosing. I know a good apple from a bad apple. I know that sounds kind of arrogant, but I have seen too many men being taken in by a woman for the sake of security only. It happens more than you think in a military town or city. Some women know what rank the military man is and if he has wings on his uniform, he may be prime meat for some.
 
horseless carriage said:
You can use a look to great effect. When I was a manager and had some miscreant in my office for a disciplinary hearing, I would listen to their, often pre-prepared tale of woe, that was no more than dressed up bullshine and then let my specs slide down my nose and hold the reprobate in a glare of pure napalm. You could physically see the look of discomfort it caused.
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Something like this perhaps:
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timoc said:
Oh yeh, those 'looks'.

I once had the most beautiful, naked woman come sit beside me, her eyes were all over me, opening and closing them suggestively, her tongue was caressing her lips slowly, she started panting then handcuffed herself to me....... I knew straight away that she wanted to borrow my chain-saw. šŸ˜Š
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See...now that's Old Age personified.
 
grahamg said:
I used to think you can misread someone's smile, but if you look at their eyes you're more likely to fathom what they're really thinking!

However, more broadly I do think "body language" is something we read more readily than we probably know. :)
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I used to know a couple of strippers who were EXPERTS at "body language". šŸ™ƒ
 
Been There said:
I get a lot of "looks," but truthfully, I want to do the choosing. I know a good apple from a bad apple. I know that sounds kind of arrogant, but I have seen too many men being taken in by a woman for the sake of security only. It happens more than you think in a military town or city. Some women know what rank the military man is and if he has wings on his uniform, he may be prime meat for some.
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That's a normal attitude for almost all women. Why pick a luser?
 
I once walked into a parent teacher meeting and saw that all the participants, including two administrators, a teacher, and a parent and grandparent, were sitting back in their chairs with their arms crossed. If I could have, I would have backed out of the room and closed the door. It wasnā€™t too difficult to read the room.
 
I was on the last bus back to base and was decidedly mellow.

I made a saucy remark to the girl in the Seat in front of me who I'd never seen before .She turned and with the voice that could have been used to freeze embryos said "I don't know you" and turned away but not before I saw a look as such incredible tenderness that six months later I married her and we were still together 50 years later!

Sometimes one look is enough
 
Laurie said:
I was on the last bus back to base and was decidedly mellow.

I made a saucy remark to the girl in the Seat in front of me who I'd never seen before .She turned and with the voice that could have been used to freeze embryos said "I don't know you" and turned away but not before I saw a look as such incredible tenderness that six months later I married her and we were still together 50 years later!

Sometimes one look is enough
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Were you "decidedly mellow" because you imbibed a few sherbets "?
(Good move on the lady front though!) :)
 
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