Do wearing headphones/earphones in public look anti-social or unapproachable? (Page 2)

kisaragi5TH · 2013-04-01T14:18:01Z

I love music, and I love wearing my headphones when I'm out but sometimes I wonder if they make me look unapproachable or anti-social. I've been noticing sometimes females checking me out or giving me glances, but sometimes I feel the headphones give off a "dont talk to me" kind of vibe, so I usually have to take them off and try to start some a convo. There has been times were females have tried to approach me and talk to me but I didn't hear them at first which made them feel like I sort of ignored them...I would take the headphones off and ask them "huh?", then they would not saying anything else, lol. In my opinion I do think when females wear headphones/earphones it does look like it closes them off. The only thing I would probably ask is "what are you listening to?" If you want to talk someone wearing headphones, it feels like you are taking them out of their vibe and you HAVE to engage in a good, steady conversation with them, or else...they will just put their music right back on. Any thoughts on this? Do you feel headphones make the opposite sex look unapproachable?

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Opalivian Follow
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Excuse me...what are you listening to?

Less approachable but definitely not unsociable.

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naima17 Follow
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Oohh good question! And yes. I wear mine, too and and I'm always on some electronic device (tablet, phones)... it's a bad habit.

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Anonymous
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Maybe but I don't think so. I have been listening to music that way since the Sony Walkman came out with tapes. I would not care if it did make me appear that way.

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Xper 5 Age: 37

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I think it comes across as unapproachable. I wouldn't want to interrupt you or ruin a favorite part of a song. I frequently listen to music on flights if I don't want to have to be social.

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Anonymous
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yes! I often wear them on the bus or train so people will leave me alone :P

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Anonymous
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Yes of course it does, its one of the most unapproachable things to do.

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kheserthorpe Follow
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Antisocial no, unapproachable obviously.

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Elaine1 Follow
Xper 5 Age: 35 , mho 33%

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No, it looks very cool.

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josesmaf Follow
Yoda Age: 37

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It does make them look at least unapproachable.

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Anonymous
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Definitely get the Leave Me Alone vibe

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Anonymous
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Yes they do

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