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there has been much TikTok discourse about it, but it's also surprisingly common that women don't see when their boyfriend/partner/husband is just not excited (or even pleased) to be around them.

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Heidi N. Moore1 year ago

Sadly this can be true even in a relationship. On TikTok a girl posted a video of herself surprising her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, and obvious to everyone else (but not to her) when he saw her he wasn't delighted -- he turned red, he scanned the room, he even pushed her away. His reaction was so bad that some creators even theorized that she was a stalker. She wasn't; they were engaged a month ago.

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Heidi N. Moore1 year ago

She even posted another video showing another angle, hoping people would see that he was just surprised, but it was actually even worse. He didn't look like he had been surprised, he looked like he had been apprehended. The comments all notice it but the first creator didn't. So sometimes it's good for women to pay attention to small reactions like this.

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Heidi N. Moore1 year ago

Like you don't need to be the green-lines people, but if you're a woman it's worth remembering that love can scramble your brain and it can really help to take body language seriously and just observe (or have a friend observe) the interactions on occasion. Here's the full moment.

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Heidi N. Moore1 year ago

There are a few questions about whether they're actually engaged. Listen, we don't know these people. Also, "Facebook official" often lags an actual relationship; it's not like people announce a boyfriend or girlfriend on Facebook the day they agree they're in a relationship. I saw someone do a deep-dive video that said that they were engaged. Who knows! But even if they weren't, I think we can agree that a boyfriend (even if he's not a fiancé) acting this way is equally bizarre. And the point is that this interaction is representative of a lot of other relationships where the couple seem to have mismatched interest in being around each other, so it's important for women to pay attention to body language and actions, and not just words.

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Your Daily Post2 years ago

These folks have been married for decades and are still together. They are the ones that make us believe in happily ever after and demonstrate that love can triumph over all. 😍

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bIm Moving Forward Unburdened1 year ago

He seems *offended* that she's intruding. I wouldn't trust his friends, either, because i think he's looking around for validation that she doesn't belong.

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Heidi N. Moore1 year ago

that's a great point. From the way his friends here slowly circle around him taking a drink when they see her, they were maybe in on whatever the other plan was

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Stephanie Ⓥoltolin1 year ago

He was planning to hook up with another person at that party.

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Heidi N. Moore1 year ago

that's my guess too. the way he scanned the room in panic and then looked up the stairs...there was a face he was looking for

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Robin Mustoe1 year ago

Got to love that. ‘Stop diagnosing people from a 20 second clip’ and then on the same basis ‘leave him in 2024’. Maybe let’s all not make snap judgements about someone else’s relationship from a TikTok video

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Patrick deHahn1 year ago

It almost looks like he pushed her away! :(

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Heidi N. Moore1 year ago

he did! He physically pushed her. Honestly at that point my heart broke for her.

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