I watch people all the time. See...for me it's research. I love looking at people when they don't know they are being watched because it's then...in those moments of privacy...they reveal who they really are.
I was watching a couple recently and the husband stood up and left after saying something softly to his wife. The second he got up she sat up straight and tensed up. Started looking all around her. Rearranged their bags nearer to her feet, pulled her cell phone out of her purse and held it.
When he returned...she settled back into a relaxed position, crossed her legs and put her phone away.
I thought that was very interesting.
He handed her a bag with a magazine, bottle of water and some kinda snack and then sat next to her and patted her on the leg.
I thought that was indicative of their relationship. He's the protector and she trusts him to protect her.
Then there was another couple with a child. The man dressed stylish wearing boots. The baseball hat was way odd initially because dude was SHARP. Prada shoes, pants completely custom fit, perfect collar on his sweater, gorgeous watch, wearing his wedding band.
He leaned forward resting his elbows on his knees. Smart phone in one hand, coffee in the other. It became evident that he used the lid of the baseball cap to hood his eyes as he checked out every women who passed by.
He seemed to be traveling alone but he wasn't. His very disheveled looking wife was trying to keep their toddler from being too bad. The kid was at that age where she wanted to touch every.single.thing. The wife had on a velour track suit with a vest. Her purse was really large and it was obvious she was carrying all of their important stuff. The kid kept getting on the floor, smiling at strangers, dropping her sippy cup, changing out the toy she wanted to use, pushing her stroller.
She never attempted to touch the man.
He never attempted to touch her.
The woman changed the ponytail in her hair every 10 minutes or so. She took the band off then put it on. Took it off then put it on. The man checked his phone every few minutes.
He didn't move when the child was doing something.
His phone apparently vibrated and he jumped up and walked over to the windows and took his call. The wife looked over once but then she had to go get her daughter who was running her stroller into the side of a row of chairs filled with passengers who'd decided she wasn't all that cute after all.
The man walked up as the child was squirming in her mother's arms and her mother was attempting to pull something out of her bag. He sat down and said, "Stop."
And both the mother and child froze.
He went back to checking women out and ignoring the two next to him.
Interesting huh? What say YOU?
