Cues of romantic interest:

• men are more likely to interpret friendly behavior as flirting and to interpret interactions in sexual terms
• eye contact - attentiveness (especially stopping another activity to pay attention)
• clothing
• voice - intimacy communicated by increased laughing and animation, quicker pace, less silence
• smiling - larger the amount more intimate and sexual the relationship (song - Let's Give Them Something to Talk About")
• body relaxation - more relaxed is seen as more flirtatious
• childlike expressions - open mouth, pouting, head tilting
• touch - amount, body part touched, self touch (preening, clothing adjustment)
• distance - 18 inches/highest amount of interest, 4 feet moderate interest
• body orientation and lean

Nonverbal behavior and relational development

• As relationships become more intimate, nonverbal cues become broader in range, more unique, efficient, flexible, smooth, personal and spontaneous
• Love at first sight? Immediate friendship?
• Sexual harassment

Communication of love

• Way of loving and expressing
• Enmeshing rather than symmetry or matching (send love as the other prefers to receive it)