Because nonverbal messages can be ambiguous, they are open to misinterpretation. Have you ever been wrong about the meaning of someones nonverbal message? Describe what happened. How can people increase the accuracy with which they interpret nonverbal messages?
I in fact have been guilty of misinterpreting someone's non verbal message. It turns out I met a girl working out and her parents help out with their county fair. So she was going to be there both of the days during the weekend. She ended up having to leave so I didn't get a chance to tell her I wanted to go to the fair one of the days and spend the day with her. It was a beautiful day out that day so I wrote a little note about when we would meet up and stuck it under her windshield wiper. Also leaving my name and number on it so she could call me. She never did call me or text, so I gave her a non interesting look the next few times I saw her at the gym but still said hello. It was just a few days past the fair and I saw her and we got a chance to talk for a good 15 minutes or so. And it turns out, she does have a boyfriend and I didn't know that. So that was one reason why she didn't contact me. Which I can understand.
I think people could just not assume things right off the bat. Maybe they can wait it out for a little while and not jump to conclusions. I mean there is not much more they can really do except not to respond until you get an answer from the other person.
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Good post, I think that experiences like yours about girls and guys are the best example of nonverbal languages. I say this because it's so hard to determine one another, although women might say that they can read men very easy. I liked yours because that's a completely common nonverbal language barrier that men and women deal with on a daily, and is part of the world to go out and find a significant other. It's kind of funny that you can read a man or women sexually by the way they move, look or even smile. This has always fascinated me.
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