It swings around 180 in other other odd ways. About 100 years ago, when I went through my dating period, I kept finding myself across tables from men who thought if I didn’t do this while they were talking, then I wasn’t attending to them or their words.
Ditto, on eyes turning inward to focus on and visualize what they were talking about, an aspect of full attention. Apparently, doing that meant I was tuning them out and letting my mind wander to other things. They “could tell”.
Needless to say, I encountered many a one date wonder who never moved past that initial interview.
Blinking, internal imagery, and not staring are pieces of standard, WNL attentive conversation.
It swings around 180 in other other odd ways. About 100 years ago, when I went through my dating period, I kept finding myself across tables from men who thought if I didn’t do this while they were talking, then I wasn’t attending to them or their words.
Ditto, on eyes turning inward to focus on and visualize what they were talking about, an aspect of full attention. Apparently, doing that meant I was tuning them out and letting my mind wander to other things. They “could tell”.
Needless to say, I encountered many a one date wonder who never moved past that initial interview.
Blinking, internal imagery, and not staring are pieces of standard, WNL attentive conversation.