Fix body language

What does this body language mean?

Suppose there are three persons sitting, two of them are talking with each other and the third one is with them but is silient. He now rubs his fingers of both the hands with each other, upwards and downwards with palms fixed at the bases. What's going on in his mind? What does this body language show?

Public Comments

1. Thoughtful - pensive, perhaps feels a bit nervous or not quite comfortable with the other 2??? Just a guess need more info
2. this third person is the third wheel.he/she is probably praying for the other two persons/people to stop flirting with each other,so the third person,can go home & watch their nightly tv programming.
3. He is feeling nervous and out of place. He wants to join in but doesnt exactly know how to go about doing so. When they include him, he is nervous and wishes they had not.
4. The first thing that comes to mind is boredom. I know some folks that tend to manipulate their hands in some sort of "working up the courage" to contribute their thoughts but are very self concious. It may be an area of discussion that makes him uncomfortable or an area in which he is simply uninformed and he is eager but unable to participate. Either way, I would say that he probably wasn't having much fun.
5. I think he's looking for a little attention. Usually any movement will get it. He just wants one of the other people to notice him and include him in the conversation.
6. that this person is getting prepared to jump into conversation as soon as there is an opening. rubbing upwards and downwards is like revving the engine..slowly..getting ready to ease in.
7. hE SEEMS ANXIOUS TO GET OUT THE ROOM,NOT VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. hE COULD BE BORED. hE COULD ALSO FEEL LIKE HE'S BEING LEFT OUT,LIKE THE CONVERSATION JUST DOESN'T CONCERN HIM. hIS MIND COULD BE SOME WHERE ELSE AT THE TIME. hE COULD BE THINKING REALLY HARD ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER TWO ARE DISCUSSING. hE COULD HAVE INPUT ON WHATEVER THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AND NOT WANT TO INTERUPT,SO HE'S DOING SOMETHING WITH HIS HANDS SO HE WON'T BE RUDE.
8. the third person doesnt like one of the other two and doesnt want to be there but had to be probably because one of the other two is this persons significant other. the reason this person says nothing is because anything he/she says will most likey be rude or out of line and scrutinized by the significant other at a later time, i feel for this silent finger rubber, because i am him
9. Disconnection with the other two.
10. depends on what the conversation is about. I suppose. I mean, he might be thoughtfully thinking about what is being said.
11. hes trying to think of how to get in between them. troublkemaker
12. The one rubbing his both hands with palms down is figurin out whom to choose to be his employee. Both the others have done exceedingly well in their interviews, written tests and are vying for the same one position in the organisation headedby the person who is watching them in their conversation (may be they are discussing some current topic from the financial field).
13. He is fidgeting. He might be bored. He is focuing on his hands to give his minds something to do. Depending on what else he is doing, I'd guess he is listening but also waiting for the right time to interject his thoughts.
14. It shows that he's bored with the conversation but doesn't know how to say so and is hoping that someone gets the hint to include him/her.
15. being left out of talk, bored, waiting for them to shut up about them and be able to talk about all 3
16. He may be feeling uncomfortable since he is with two other people and no one is talking with him. A lot of individuals that are in in uncomfortable mood usually try to do something to relax them or distract themselves. He may also be nervous, worried, have a lot in his mind, or maybe even plotting something.
17. The finger manipulator is anxious because he and one of the other two is his possslq and they are pressed for time, going to a play or something. Possslq: Person of opposite sex sharing same living quarters.
18. I think he is trying all the time to shape his thought into a sentence but by doing so, he's missing bits of the conversation, then by the time he catches up with where the conversation of the other two has moved, he needs to put a new shape to a thought that has already been modified, and so on and so on. What he needs is a moment of silence to get his thoughts together. To put it simple, he needs the other two to shut up or he will never take part in that particular conversation. Consequences: He will find another audience after that and will pour it all out in the wrong place. Side effects: Low low low self-esteem. Remedy: Needs to try really hard to learn how to interrupt others and assert himself. Validity of the above: Questionable. Because: see Source below