Any of you hate giving people eye contact?

i do, for some reason my dad insisted on telling me the importance of always making eye contact when talking to people, and to have a firm handshake, random as hell.
 
eyes tell you a lot about the person you are talking to.
It makes reading people so much easier
I used to hate making eye contact, it felt awkward to me, but I eventually realized
1. its more awkward when they are watching your eyes dart all over the place instead of that them. It can create some suspicion or at least cause them to wonder 'why is he doing that' and you don't want people thinking like that.
2. I stopped giving a shit. Best way to put it. The other person is at least expecting you to make eye contact, plus if you can change your 'mentality' while talking to people it helps. Convince yourself you are better than them, and others will see that confidence. I am not saying to be an arrogant prick, but at least don't act intimidated while talking to someone.

Find whatever is making you insecure about eye contact and work on that. Are you afraid of what they are thinking about you? Find what exactly makes it awkward for you, and think why it does. Get over that and you are fine.
 
I like the way you think.

and i usually can, but with people i don't know, eh.
 
lol when my teacher screams at me she gets in my face so I can look at her in the eye and I take a glance at her and look away to annoy her more MHAWHAUHWAMHHUA

like waitresses and waiters or w/e I take a glance at them straight in the eye only when I have to put my order in or something.. then I look back down especially if it's a hot waiter cause then I get a boner
 
Um come to think of it I do make eye contact. I think. I just do it without thinking about it. Or at least I look at their face when they talk. Cuz now looking back on the day i remember thinking about the way this girl put on her mascara while i was talking to her.

But when it gets creepy is when a teacher is teaching a whole class and he decides to stare at you right in the eyes the whole time. I've learned to look away right as he makes eye contact so he turns to someone else.
 
gah i hate that

also, i only look at one eye or between the two eyes. can a person tell where you are looking?
 
im pretty sure they can't tell the .5 degree difference between focusing on their left or right eye. But if you're that worried about it just stare at their nose.
 
i usually watch their eyes until they look away then it gets a little weird... blue eyes > brown eyes and i have brown eyes.. i hate it
 
I used to have a problem with it but not really any more, but accidentaly making eyecontact with someone across a room or something is always awkward, especially if you looked at them before they looked at you and you are always like omg I hope they don't think I was staring at them. There is one chick across the room from me in one of my classes and we are always fucking making eye contact, I don't know, why, I don't mean to I think she just happens to be where I look alot or something, but then again that also means she is looking at me alot so maybe she feels the same way I don't know.
 
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