I just wanted to say that yes, receiving a smile from some stranger, guy or girl, usually invokes a smile from me. Yet, it hurts when you make eye contact with someone and smile and receive nothing but a serious glare in return. It is emough to make anyone stop smiling at strangers. Dan --- Nicoya Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In all, I find that if you're going to make eye > contact at all, might as > well add a smile. That helps take some of the > disconcerting edge off for > the receiver, and often inspires a similar (though > sometimes delayed) > response. Have you ever had someone just randomly > smile at you as they > passed you on the sidewalk, male or female? If it's > a sincere, open smile, > it usually catches me off guard, then makes me > smile to myself for at least > 15 minutes afterwards. > > > I do think it is harder for women both to make with > and receive eye contact > from strangers, though. Darned that > culturally-influenced self-preservation > instinct. > > ~~~Nicoya... > > > ************ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ************ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
