I’m not here making some value statement about the importance of eye contact or whatever, for the record. do what u want, lots of people don’t like direct eye contact, it could well be enought to look generally at people’s faces most of the time, and it’s a pretty intricate social tool, I’d argue. I’m not qualified to give complicated eye contact takes
Thoughts?
Sounds about right. It will be sufficient to just look into people’s faces generally, or perhaps de-focused. I think it really depends upon how closely related we are to the person. Friends will more likely have direct eye contact, i think. It is also sufficient to look into people’s faces for short moments, when speaking to them directly. I trained this when i was younger, until it came naturally, but i’m sometimes still falling back into no-eyes mode. :)
The deep, longer lasting, look in the eyes is indeed reserved for romance, so don’t overdo or it might be misunderstood!