There have been countless books and "pick up" programs, that supposedly tell you how to read a woman's body language and use it to get her into bed. You know, "if she does this, she's waiting for you to do that", and other such nonsense. The reason I call it nonsense is because even the experts can't agree on what each signal means. That's logical, since all women are not alike, and what might be a signal to advance from one girl, might be a sign that you are boring them to another.
Yet, even though the experts don't even understand it, us men constantly think we know what a woman's body language means. Misreading that language has led to more rejections, more fights, and more slaps in the face than any other cause. On the other hand, its also led to more missed opportunities, because we either didn't see the signals, or convinced ourselves that we were reading them wrong. And nowhere is this more apparent than when your friends try to tell you some girl has the hots for you. Because, when you look at her, you don't see anything different in the way she acts towards you and the way she acts towards everybody else. But your friends say her face lights up when she sees you, her smile gets wider, and there's something extra in the way she walks.
And that's the whole problem with that type of body language, its only in comparison that you'd notice it. If she winks at you, plays with her hair when you look at her, or suddenly looks away with a shy smile, you might notice. But to notice this type, you'd have to be there already to watch her reaction when you entered the room. You'd have to see how she smiles at people when you're not there. And you'd have to see how much sway she put in her hips when you weren't around to see it. In other words, since it was impossible for you to see the difference between you being there and not being there, you can't believe the things your friends tell you.
And that's how it was with my aerobics instructor, a pretty little thing named Aysegul. My friend claimed she had the hots for me, but the only proof he offered was the things I mentioned above. Her eyes brightened when I walked in, she smiled more after I got there, and there was more wiggle in her walk when I was around. All things that I had no way to verify, because I couldn't see how she acted when I wasn't at the gym. My friend understood that much, that I had no way to see the changes, so there were a few other things he'd mention. But, every one of those could be easily explained as something else.
For example, the fact that she smiled and waved when I walked in was because I was a regular and had been coming there for over a year. Her always coming to check up on me could be because I had a hernia and she wanted to be sure I didn't do anything that would hurt me. Her being happy whenever I joined one of her classes could be because few men did, and my being there might attract others. And her wanting me right behind her during aerobics classes wasn't so she could show me how nice her ass was. It was because we'd run into each other a couple of times when I'd been in the front row. Besides, I was married with two kids, one of them a 4 month old, so why would she be interested in starting anything with me. There were more than enough single guys, most in better shape than me, who were after her. No, he was definitely reading her body language wrong.
Not that I didn't wish he was reading it right, and that she did have the hots for me. Cute face, dazzling smile, warm personality, and she was an aerobics instructor. It meant her tits were firm, her stomach was flat, and she had the best looking ass I've ever seen. That ass was the reason I never complained about being behind her during classes. And it was my motivation to endure the pain of the exercises she made us do. Watching it move in front of me made me want to reach out and touch it, kiss it, lick it, and of course, fuck it. But, I could dream all I wanted and it wouldn't change the facts. That ass belonged to someone else, probably some really rich guy, and not to me. And, no matter how I wished otherwise, my friend was definitely reading the wrong meaning into her body language.
My body language, on the other hand, was so obvious even a blind man could see it. Every time she'd talk to me I'd get tongue tied, or say something stupid. I'd be constantly watching her as she walked around the room helping other people. And, of course, my eyes would be glued to her ass during aerobics classes. She didn't even have to turn around to know that, because the aerobics room is mirrored, and she can see everything. But, I'm sure she was used to being stared at, especially in the gym, and it probably didn't even register anymore. I was just another one of the customers who drooled over her body, no big deal.
About the only body language that I had different than all the other customers was my "alien". That's my hernia, or should I say that's what my hernia becomes when I stress my stomach muscles a little too much. I call it my "alien" from the scene in the first Alien movie where the baby alien bursts out of the guy's stomach. Because, if I push myself too hard in that area, I get a ridge an inch high and an inch wide that runs from mid chest to my navel. The first time Aysegul saw it, she near had a heart attack and wanted to call an ambulance. But I explained to her what my doctor said, that as long as I back off when it does, it doesn't hurt anything. And, pushing those muscles to that point, then backing off, is actually helpful to those muscles. So what she checks on me for is to make sure I back off then, because its visible, but I don't feel it.
And it was my "alien", or at least one of his brothers, that changed the meaning of Aysegul's body language. No, I didn't go too far at the gym, Aysegul would never let that happen. Besides, as I said before, that hernia causes no pain and no real danger to your health. Instead, I was carrying a computer at work, when I tripped and fell. And, in trying to save the computer, I twisted my body and ended up ripping open the groin area hernia I had when I was 3. Those are the dangerous ones, because those are the ones that can strangle your intestines. My doctor wouldn't recommend surgery for the other one, at least not surgery just for that one. But, he scheduled immediate surgery for the new one, and since they were already in there, fixed my "alien" as well.
Anyone who knows about groin area hernia operations, knows that it takes a while to recover, and you can't even walk without pain the first couple of days. My doctor gave me 6 weeks off from work, but he also gave me a list of strengthening exercises I was supposed to do during that time. They started out slow, of course, then they would get progressively harder as the weeks went by. Military patients would have used the gym on base, but since it was closer to home, I naturally chose my normal gym. And, since I was on medical leave, I could go during the daytime, when there would be a lot less people in there.
It had been two weeks since my last visit to the gym, and one week since my surgery, and my friend had obviously told her I'd been in the hospital. Because, the first thing Aysegul did was ask why I was there and not home in bed. When I told her why I was there though, to help speed my recovery, I was shocked by her reaction. Because she was almost on the verge of tears when she told me I should get someone else to help, not the person who put me in the hospital. Had she done her job right, and not let me push myself the way I did, none of this would have happened. It took me half an hour to finally convince her that she had nothing to do with it. Even then, she only agreed to help me on the condition that I stop whenever she thought I was doing too much.
The first week of exercising was hell, not so much because of the pain, but because of Aysegul. Every time my face turned a little red from exertion, or I got an expression that said some move hurt, she'd stop me. Even if I broke out in a little bit of a sweat, she'd stop me. It didn't matter that the exercises we were doing were straining other muscles. Or that the things that hurt were things that had nothing to do with my hernia. She'd stop me anyway, then either have me lay back on the mat and rest, or do some type of deep breathing yoga exercises. And she wouldn't let me near any of the machines, not even the treadmill, or let me work with more than 2 pound weights.
There was an upside to her attention though, and that's the fact that it was almost constant. As I said, there aren't a lot of people there during the day, so she could more or less dedicate herself to taking care of me. It was definitely personal care, with her showing me the exercises, then watching me the whole time I did them. And, there was some hands on as well, where she'd straighten my posture or move my legs to demonstrate the exercise she wanted me to do. But the biggest upside was that we talked a lot during these sessions. Up until then, our conversations had been short, and fairly general, with the exception of the two times I'd explained things about my hernia. And because of their being so short, my comments always sounded lame to my own ears, and as I said, sometimes downright stupid.