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?

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    1 year ago

    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!