Refusing to make eye contact is different than "not making eye contact"
Refusing eye contact means she acknowledges you are there, but yet she purposely avoids looking at you because:
- You seem like a stalker "Checking her out" or by "looking away quickly when you eyes meet"
- You may seem clingy / needy
- She may be shy and doesn't want to show her self-conscious side.
- Maybe she is in a relationship.
Not making eye contact means she doesn't acknowledge your intentions and is just paying attention (example: paying attention to the teacher in class, rather than a potential date)
- She has a boyfriend and isn't looking for a new one
- She may be focused in her studies
- She could have a lot of things on her mind
- Maybe you are sitting too far away, or maybe behind her?
Either way, if your eyes met and she looked at you, but you looked away - my guess is that by looking away, you made her think: "This guy was either checking me out and got caught - OR - am I really that bad to look at?"
- In a scenario like this, the outcome usually isn't that great.
Keep an eye out for more indications, because one non-verbal communicative skill doesn't mean anything without some background to the situation.
Best regards,
ArtistBBoy
I don't think they think you are ugly unless you take great pains to make yourself intentionally unattractive. Do you take regular showers? Brush your teeth? Wear clean clohtes? If you answered yes, then it's all good! If I catch a man staring at me, I look away because I don't want to get into a staredown, but I am always very flattered and it makes me smile. If we are in the same room I'll try to make eye contact a few minutes later and if he's looking at me again, let the flirting begin! Some women are like this but others are shy and that also causes them to look away. Rest assured, however, that most women are flattered when the realize they are being checked out.
I doubt that they think you're ugly or that you seem intimidating (if women cross the street when they see you coming, that's when you should be concerned). I look away too--my mother always told me not to stare because it isn't polite. I think a lot of other women feel the same way.
It takes a confident woman to stare back. So don't worry at all.
No, it doesn't mean they think you are ugly. Most women do it cause they feel shy when their eyes meet a strangers eye.
But if you notice that a woman is actually looking at you a lot, and when you look back, she looks away, sometimes it can mean she is interested in you.
I usually break eye contact when I'm uncomfortable. I rarely make eye contact with people anyway, its not because their strangers or ugly or anything, I just have trouble looking people in the eye.
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It depends. I have done that even if the guy was cute. I'm really shy and kinda afraid of rejection so I will get scared in a fraction of a second and purposefully not make eye contact. I kick myself about it later tho!
Or you're so good looking, she can't even look at you.
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