I think a lot of it comes down to your confidence - which is released through things like body language and tonality.
I was in a set the other night and abruptly some girl literally walked into my face, I stared at her for a couple of seconds before I realised she was an old school friend. Lots of hugs and screaming ensued, especially between me and her hotter friend. ; ) But one thing one of them said was 'I can't believe how much you've changed!'
This could only have been created because I was laid back resting against a banister, well-dressed and already in set.
They asked me where I was going for uni (slightly apprehensively because they knew I had repeated a year, and probably expected me to turn out a bum). But they were also 'energised' by the fact I said I was going for Economics at UCL [ranked 4th in the world and the third oldest uni in England, yes I had to drop this into the post : )] So here I think intrigue was also created because of contrast - a failure who repeated a year turning into a straight-a student with a promising future, and curiosity is created because of where I might be ending up.  |