Do you make eye contact when talking to people in general?
1 yIf I'm looking at the from afar no, I would look at them, look away if they look at me.
If we engage in conversation I try to keep eye contact, because I want to show I care and interested in talking to them.
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1 yI hold eye contact with everyone. It's no big deal and people need to start being social again and not so afraid of human contact.
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Nah I hate making eye contact and will avoid it with just about everyone
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1 yIt is actually considered rude to maintain eye contact here in Japan, but I learned to do it in the US regularly since there it's considered rude there not to maintain eye contact.
Then I returned to Japan and I had a bartender tell me that I look people in the eyes way too much. So ugh, it's so confusing navigating all these cultures.
Yet I can maintain strong eye contact indefinitely if the other person welcomes it. It's all just a matter of figuring out who likes it and who doesn't now for me.
21 ReplyI much prefer American way now where we maintain strong eye contact, associating it with greater intimacy, confidence, and trustworthiness. Yet Japanese don't like it and think the same way, so now I have to constantly remind myself not to look at Japanese people in the eyes too much.
Depends. When in a relationship, usually yes. However, in any situation where I would be concerned that the person I wanted, craved to stare at, the stare migth be unwelcomed, unwanted, uncomfortable or even just thought to mean something it didn't. Then I'd not be able to hold eye contact, I'd look, be overwelmed by a variety of doubt and look away only to be drawn back.
However, in the rarest situation where every single aspect of the other person encouraged that stare, I would be transfixed (but in my experience, even when a women wants to be stared at, its uncomfortable after a period of time; Though this might just reflect how long any woman likes ME to stare at them I guess).20 Reply
1 yit's kind of a paradox... I can't hold an eye contact when I talk to someone, especially someone I don't know too good...
but if someone piqued my interest, I can observe them from afar including eye contact... as long as we don't speak lol
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I can't... it's an autistic trait... I generally can't keep the eye contact well... except when I watch people from afar :D
I wish I could keep good eye contact with anyone! It's quite impossible for me without pain.. My eyes tend to wonder all over the room and such when speaking to people in front of me.. I always say this is an autistic trait of mine.. (I'm medically diagnosed with ASD)
20 ReplyThat depends, if it is that attraction stage where I'm just checking you out and stuff I can't keep eye contact at all, I look away obviously fast. Now if we are talking to each other I can easily keep eye contact seems rude to look away unless something embarrassing is asked I may look away then.
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1 yI think I probably make more eye contact when I'm attracted to someone.
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m 1 yprobably one of my best social skills... how to, when, and how much of it...
and both, to avoid trouble and issues as well as to bond and connect with people... lol40 Reply 545 opinions shared on Flirting topic. I am pretty comfortable with all different levels of eye contact. If I don't like someone I will barely look at them at all though.
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1 yI'll intentionally look away every now and then to make it not weird. Before I started doing that I read that a girl liked eye contact... well, um, we ended up having an unspoken stare off - it was stupidly awkward and completely killed the vibe. Now, I will always add breaks haha
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1 yIt's easy for me as I think it should be for everyone else. Why would it be difficult to maintain eye contact with someone who's pleasing to your eye? That's like finding it difficult to keep food in your mouth that's pleasing to your taste buds.
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1 yI always keep eye contact, unless it makes the person I'm talking to uncomfortable! I was taught it was rude not to!
31 ReplyI read somewhere that in some cultures, eye contact was considered rude. SO if I was going to another country I would check the custom there!
1.2K opinions shared on Flirting topic. I maintain eye contact with everyone I talk to unless I'm doing something while I'm talking to them and dividing my attention.
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1 yi can. i hold eye contact amazing well. i also, however, suck at not making conversation awkward. so eye contact doesn't really help much.
10 Reply456 opinions shared on Flirting topic. I loom at a women's lips more then eyes I don't like eye contact
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1 yYes that was taught to me in the military eye contact and a firm handshake
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1 yIt takes effort, but I can maintain eye contact in conversation with them.
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1 yI'm not good with eye contact in general. Some days I'm better at it than others.
20 ReplyI try not to hold it too much to not intimidate
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1 yI tend to look away whether I'm attracted or not. Maintaining eye contact makes me nervous. I'm working on that because some men have pointed it out.
20 ReplyI'm pretty good at that. Cats look away first.
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1 yIām good about it but I have to remind myself that too much eye contact is creepy too 😂
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1 yI can yes as it is showing respect when holding conversation.
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1 yI have a hard time... it's just... awkward for me to do so.
10 ReplyI have no problem maintaining full eye contact with anyone.
00 ReplyYes I make eye contact 🌸
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1 yI try and make strong eye contact without staring.
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1 yI love to have eye contact with the person I am with, I love seeing their expressions and thoughts, I hold eye contact that I am with.
00 ReplyI can hold good eye contact
20 ReplyWhen I was younger, no. Now, no issues.
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1 yI can maintain eye contact
10 ReplyYes I can and I do it all the time
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1 yI'm terrible at it
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1 yI try to
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