Alone in a crowd

Memorial Day Weekend and lots of parties going on where I live. It's interesting to watch who feels included and who doesn't. It's also interesting to see how people attempt to include others. A neighbor had a backyard party and I noticed one woman who did not feel included. She didn't sit with the others and sat or stood off by herself. A couple of times, I saw the mother of this woman go over and talk to her but she still did not join in. She was a quiet woman with a young son and you could see her looks of disdain for some of the others in attendance. As I observed, I got the feeling that she felt some of the other guests were interlopers and they probably were. Her body language spoke to the fact that she wanted to be left alone and not interact with the others. Her arms were crossed over her chest; she didn't make eye contact and only looked to "shoot daggers" at the interlopers. The only person she talked to was her mother and son. As I observed this, I thought how sad. Here she was all alone in a crowd. It happens to all of us at one time or another and usually there's nothing anyone can do to help us. Our body language screams at others to stay away and they do when what we really need is for someone to move closer. Words don't say how we really feel but our body always will.