Relationships
It’s all about eye contact.
If you love to revel in cute coyness, carry on and see what happens.
If you dread this moment or want to cut to the chase, the triangle method is for you.
All it takes is some deliberate eye contact.
To successfully nail the triangle method, simply trace the shape of an upside triangle with your eyes.
Here, a body language expert breaks down the legitimacy behind the triangle method eye contact technique.
When someones into you, they also might blush as you talk and flirt.
This is one reasonwhy people wear red lipstickand pink blush, Wood says.
The triangle method is just another body language signal that sends asubtle message of interestand connection.
Your mouth and eyes are part of what Wood refers to as the golden triangle of your face.
Ifyou and your date arent meshing, you probably wont focus on each others faces all that much.
Instead, youll look away as a sign of disinterest or have closed-off body language, like crossed arms.
If youre both into it, thats when a lot of eye contact starts to happen.
Lingering eye contact is, after all,perceived as super arousing.
Once you know that the triangle method exists, you might spot someone trying it out on you.
Either that, or theyre about to offer you some lip balm.
Studies referenced:
De Stefani, E. (2019).
Language, Gesture, and Emotional Communication: An Embodied View of Social Interaction.
Jarick, M. (2019).
Eye Contact Is a Two-Way Street: Arousal Is Elicited by the Sending and Receiving of Eye Gaze Information.
Kennair, L. E. O.
(I Think) You Are Pretty: a Behavior Analytic Conceptualization of Flirtation.
