Face Expression

The person I asked about their spring bring was a good friend from work.  We have been working together for about two years now at the library here at Kutztown University.  Before we went on break, she told me something’s she would be doing over spring break and I wanted to see how those things went.  Her and her boyfriend recently broke up and she was eager to get back to dating and meeting new people.  When we talked before break, she was telling me about a couple of dates she had planned over break and I was eager to see how they went.  We sat down in the hot library one afternoon and starting talking.  I told her about my spring break and then she went on to tell me about hers.  She was sitting up straight and very anxious to tell me all about her exciting break.  First, she went on to tell me about the first date she went on in the beginning of break.  She was smiling and using her hands to explain the date.  I could tell in her eyes that she really liked this guy.  She talked about their date for about twenty minutes and then went on to tell me about the weekend she had with her mom.  She was still smiling and seemed very happy when talking about her mother.  She is very close to her mom and sister.  Next, she told me about the big fight she had over the phone with her ex-boyfriend.  She stopped smiling and had a straight face on.  Her face became disgusted as she raised her eye brows describing her fight with her ex-boyfriend.  While explaining everything to me, she had micromomentary facial expressions the whole time.  After we got through the conversation about her ex-boyfriend, it was time to talk about something better and not upsetting.  She began to tell me about her other date she had before break had ended.  She put that smile back on her face and begun telling me the details about her last date.  I was very happy for her that she was putting herself out there and being happy again.  I never really paid attention to peoples face expressions when I talked to them but it was very interesting doing that this time.