Before you drunkenly cram that bit of paper with his name and phone number into your pocket you might wanna take a closer look at it. It could tell you a lot about whether or not you’ll want to be using it. If the handwriting is neat rigid and small you might have a sexual snore on your hands. But if it’s scrawled in big messy rounded letters that look like they’re having a party on the page you just might have a hottie. Either that or he was even drunker than you were.
I am obviously making a few sweeping generalizations and handwriting analyst Doris Gauthier would probably have my hide for it. But even he will admit that while you can’t deduce someone’s entire sexuality from a name and number you can get some pretty good hints. With a degree in psychology and six years of social work under his belt Gauthier makes a living cracking handwriting codes. His internationally renowned expertise is regularly called upon in court cases where handwriting identification is required. His real passion however is in discovering who people are through their handwriting.
“I get individuals who bring in their own handwriting or that of a girlfriend or boyfriend or someone they met in Mexico wanting to know if things will work between them” he said as I self-consciously scribbled notes during our interview.
“If someone says you have nice handwriting — what I call nun’s handwriting; that is very neat legible and conventional — I wouldn’t necessarily take it as a compliment” Gauthier offers as comfort. “Think of it like body language. If I have my arms folded in tight I am not communicating openness. If someone’s writing is rigid and closed chances are they are too.” Following that he added if you’re rigid in your writing chances are you’ll be rigid in bed. Well at least no one could accuse my writing of being rigid that’s for certain.
Another thing Gauthier looks at is the speed with which you write. Slower writers tend to be more sensual he said. They take their time. Hey I was writing fast to keep up with his talking. Writing fast can also mean you’re on the ball he adds. That sounded better. Gauthier also looks at the size and dimensions of the writing as an indicator of the space you want to take up in your life. “When someone overextends their letters upward they are usually more proud or have great aspirations” he told me.
Someone who takes up a lot of horizontal space (with four words to a line in some cases that would be me) needs a lot of space in life and in their relationships. Gauthier also looks at how you fill the physical space on the page with your writing. Is it disorganized or neat? Again space hog that I am I use the whole damn space including margins.
The slant of your individual letters is a clue to your level of emotional self-control. The more consistently straight up the letters are the more controlled you are emotionally. If your individual letters slant back you might be a bit of a rebel. I can’t seem to make up my mind which Gauthier assures me is a sign of independence and flexibility. Again let’s go with that shall we?
Apparently I have good pressure too a sign of vitality and libido. The greater the pressure the greater the sexual needs he said (Stop that — you’re not fooling anyone by simply pressing harder). Other things to consider: Open ovals in your letters indicate receptiveness while closed ones may indicate well a closed person. Do you fancy your letters up with curlicues or keep ’em simple? Warmness shows in writing says Gauthier. “Often the simpler the writing the colder the person. Frills indicate sensuality. Also slanted writing is warmer while vertical is colder.
The lower zone in handwriting — that is what happens under the line — is important when it comes to sexuality because it represents our lower body bits where sex happens. For example Gs that come down in big round loops indicate expansion and femininity. Short incomplete loopless lower-case Gs may show inhibition or that you’re someone who gets to the point and doesn’t waste time with details. As a non-G-finisher I prefer the latter explanation
Gauthier admits you can’t know everything about people from their handwriting. “There is no recipe that tells you exactly what each element means” he explains. “There are many factors at play. And what someone’s writing shows outwardly might even be covering up what’s really there.”
But I bet you’ll be looking at the name and number on that matchbox a little differently now. Write!
