Learning Communication

The show that I chose to watch was The Young and the Restless. There was one scene I watched without the sound which left me confused. I was trying to figure out the relationship of the two characters by watching the body language and facial expressions. I noticed the woman had a look of anger, confusion and sadness on her face. She was crying with tears running down her face while having an angry expression simultaneously. The man she was talking to also had tears in his eyes, but his facial expression was softer. The woman’s body langue appeared to be defensive. I still was unable to understand the relationship of the couple communicating. Once I watched with the sound, I found out that the woman and the man had a romantic relationship. They had been having an affair. The man was the woman’s brother-in-law. He had deceived to go back to his wife and baby. That was the reason the woman was crying. She was heartbroken. The angry expression on her face was because she took a chance to love him and destroying the relationship she had with her sister. She felt like he only wanted her because he could not have her and should not have been with her. He had tears in his eyes because he said he really did love her, but needed to back home to his wife because of the baby. She was trying to convince her that he was not just using her, but he really did love her. If I would have been watching the show regularly, I would have known what was going on. I would have understood that the couple was having an affair and there was a chance that the affair was ending