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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:35 PM Original message |
Eye contact - Is it important? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Of course it's important. Tells the person that you respect them. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Supposedly... |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. For me, my dear donheld, if a person doesn't |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 08:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. I love the two-handed handshake |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. When I meet you, you're not getting ANY damn handshake. |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. WOO-HOO! The TREATMENT! Promise? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Yes, the TREATMENT. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. My dear Redstone, a giant bear hug from you would be a |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. Ah, my dear Sugar Smack...... |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Only if you're staring down a wild bear. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. To Chimpanzees, a level stare is a threat |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's painfully uncomfortable. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I know how you feel (I suspect I might have AS as well) |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. I am usually too shy to give eye contact. It scares me to death. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. That's the way I've always been |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes, but after 30 seconds it's creepy. |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. Contact with a finger? Fist? Stick? |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. That depends on context and culture. |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. You are worldly. |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. hee-hee |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
15. I find myself watching people's lips |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
16. I find it annoys the hell out of people |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
17. I like it |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
18. Eye contact makes me terribly uncomfortable. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
19. I think if you find yourself unable to hold or maintain it |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. It can just be a sign of being somewhere on the autistic spectrum |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. That's why I put "possibly" |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. I never thought about parrots before... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
20. Terribly important if one is trying to pick up women |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. If only their eyes were a little farther down. n/t |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
22. Depends on context |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. That's BS what women have told you. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
23. Most people find it important |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
25. Yeah but it has to happen comfortably, naturally. Overt attempts to main- |
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neweurope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm often considered to be weird because I don't look people |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
27. It's always been hard for me. |
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Ivan Sputnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
28. Yes |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. "if you're interested." - I am |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
30. No eye contact to me means you are either |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
32. I've forced myself to over the years... and end up being too forceful; |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. it's very interesting |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
35. It sure is to me |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
36. Depends on the culture. In American culture, it's VERY important, |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. So do I! |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
37. Many of us Indians don't do it. It's considered to be staring, |
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IA_Seth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Native American/Asian Cultures... |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's difficult to stare at *both* of a person's eyes. |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
44. Eye contact is very important in my book. It's about respect....both |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Then you're not going to like me very much when we meet |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I would like you no matter what, Redstone. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
48. Sure it's important. How else would "typicals" discriminate against me? |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
52. There's a difference between 'contact' and the piercing stare of a maniac. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
53. I don't make eye contact much. |
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