When talking to someone do you look away a lot, or do you look at them straight in the eye?

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When talking to someone do you look away a lot, or do you look at them straight in the eye?

by bubbles Posted November 04, 2009 21:51:16

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+10 raves Michelle St. Claire November 05, 2009 01:42:15

I usually look at their mouth or their nose.
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Ms.NY November 12, 2009 14:42:03

I usually look a person straight in the eyes, unless their breath is foul !
brutusin November 08, 2009 00:00:47

I don't look people in the eye. Shy bastard.
SouthernB November 07, 2009 06:44:58

Right straight dead in the eye. I'm an eye engaged communicator.
beachbum November 07, 2009 01:31:06

Look 'em in the eye.
Shahnaz aka Naz November 06, 2009 21:52:25

I have a habit of my eyes looking the other way while talking other than looking at them contact to contact.
hatshepsut123 November 06, 2009 18:13:24

i usually look them in the eye, but sometimes i tend to look away if i don't like the person or if they bore me with some annoying conversetion that we had like 100000000 times before.
~Faith_N_Jesus ~ is returni... November 06, 2009 14:23:19 (edited)

Sometimes I have noticed I close my eyes when talk because I have to think what I am saying...and really so when I am serious! If I am kidding I look you in the eye and laugh like a goon!.LOL
SEAHORSE November 06, 2009 14:22:02

It depends on who im talking to and what im talking about.

But i usually look away a lot i cant help it.
little bill November 06, 2009 13:51:14

i like to look straight at them in the eyes is good.
make them know you are listening to them.
Melanie November 06, 2009 11:26:02

eye contact
SATAN November 06, 2009 09:52:12 (edited)

100% eye contact...

a good practice: look at a area between the eyes or forehead.. saves looking away and they think you're being attentive...
emmamess ~Burst My Bubble` November 06, 2009 03:54:09

depends how they are lookin at me.
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DiViews November 06, 2009 03:34:10

Just my humble opinion, but most of the times I have been lied to the liar was looking me straight in my eyes. I believe they are concentrating on what they are going to say next. Lying tends to take more concentration than the truth. You do not have to remember the truth. Just tell it.
Moonlight148 November 06, 2009 02:45:11

straight at them. I think it freaks some of them out cuz i don't break eye contact.
hook November 06, 2009 02:15:17

yes inless i am driving!!
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mach-1 November 06, 2009 02:06:52

I look at them...Why wouldn't you?
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squirtpink November 06, 2009 01:56:31

I do what Sweets does. I look, then I look away...then I look back..
Name Changed November 06, 2009 00:00:09

When I'm nervous I look away. It could be a symptom of a personality disorder .
Merna November 05, 2009 23:55:39

That's right straight in the eyes
Rami November 05, 2009 23:53:47

Straight in the eyes of course.... I learned that during my college years, in my speech class.
japaness girl inside November 05, 2009 23:26:29

i just look at them, but if i'm working i just look down at the paper and talk
Hannah Cullen November 05, 2009 23:05:42

i look at them straight ut when im trying to rember something or im thinking i look away...
shahnaz seduction November 05, 2009 22:35:41

i look away quite alot, i dont mean too but i do. maybe i have trust issues?
Sam DePecan November 05, 2009 22:29:18 (edited)

I usually try to keep them on their toes trying to figure out which EYE I am looking in ... I do that by looking between their eyes. You ARE talking about two-eyed people . . . Right??
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¡ǝɯ ʇǝƃ ǝɯoɔ ˙˙˙ǝɯ ʇuɐʍ noʎ ɟı November 05, 2009 22:24:35

i look em' straight in the eyes and make them face my devilish features!
Caroline™ - a registered tr... November 05, 2009 22:09:55

Straight in the eye...but not in a terrifying way that suggests I want to hurt them.
Kienlee November 05, 2009 22:18:45 (edited)

I could be crying, and I wouldn't look away. The best thing you can do is keep your head held high. That is if they're talking to you.
Mikaylah November 05, 2009 21:54:22

I think that I look away a lot (:
And Kim does too (:

x
Kienlee to Mikaylah November 05, 2009 22:19:16

Who's Kim?
rose November 05, 2009 21:43:19

look away let my eyes wander around lol
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Knot_RIch November 05, 2009 21:39:48

Look but don't stare.
Body language speaks far louder than words. Yours also, people want to know you're paying attention.
Holly November 05, 2009 21:23:21

I like to look people in the eyes so that they know i'm listening, but it's never creepy, i don't stare at them http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/i...
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Nicky November 05, 2009 21:10:06

I tend to look people in the eye. If you look away in business, people assume you're not dealing properly with them.
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left-libertarian November 05, 2009 21:05:13 (edited)

When I engage a conversation I have eye contact, but when I listen I face them but I do not hold eye contact the whole time. I find that when talking to someone I loose my train of thought if they are staring blankly into your eyes.
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Kienlee to left-li... November 05, 2009 22:21:21

Well yah... Wouldn't you look away if somone were to look at you like that?
whiskey November 05, 2009 21:05:12

STRAIGHT AT EM
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courtney November 05, 2009 20:54:23

when i like someone i am usaully far away or if i no them then i just look at them
CALVIN BENET November 05, 2009 20:41:01

YOU HAVE TO DO A LITTLE OF BOTH.
twowheelsrule November 05, 2009 20:31:50

As a businessman, I always make eye contact with whom I am speaking with and in groups, I try to make eye contact with everyone at least a couple of times. I think it's rude not to.
Connie November 05, 2009 20:22:27

I'm definitely a 'look them in the eye' person. Gotta watch out for those that constantly look away...

Had an ex-husband like that once...he was an habitual liar!