We all give them. We all receive them. No one completely understands them. No one knows how to respond to them.
A very sweet and intelligent girl (who I don't know) and is my AP English class walked past me in the hall and shot me a smile, I automatically thought of everything I had read (I'm such a dork) and quickly smiled back.
My social skills, while not adept, are in tact and I realized a few errors instantly:
-My smile was late and to sudden (and went away just as suddenly since my smile was delayed I wiped it off my face to save face (har-har-har), and ended up looking like a moron)
-I instantly became rigid (I'm generally relaxed around people I know, this amped my nerves) and as everyone here knows that's terrible body language.
-I began walking more quickly (It's bad when they notice this. The Monday following a party I ran into a girl I had fooled around with and nearly started running...not my proudest moment. )
So, back to the purpose of this thread, I'd like some clarification on some of the different type of glances and expressions girls shoot you with and how to react to them.
Staring down a girl only works in some situations (I'm not always lucky), smiling, if not returned because she looks away (shy ones) can be fairly akward, and there's always that hint of indecision where you're not certain if something's sitting on your head, they're spacing out, or are completely checking you out.
I've racked this sight pretty thoroughly for some insight on these minor (but absolutely fascinating) interactions that are, more often than not, the first hints of a relationship in which a guy either lands it big and progresses on to a friendly conversation, getting a phone number, going out, and moving from their or when you're automatically discarded by the eyes of the beholder for responding strangely to make them (in my case, female) uncomfortable.
Lets figure this out and come up with solutions for the many scenarios involving this fundamental beginning of any attraction.
Help me.
A very sweet and intelligent girl (who I don't know) and is my AP English class walked past me in the hall and shot me a smile, I automatically thought of everything I had read (I'm such a dork) and quickly smiled back.
My social skills, while not adept, are in tact and I realized a few errors instantly:
-My smile was late and to sudden (and went away just as suddenly since my smile was delayed I wiped it off my face to save face (har-har-har), and ended up looking like a moron)
-I instantly became rigid (I'm generally relaxed around people I know, this amped my nerves) and as everyone here knows that's terrible body language.
-I began walking more quickly (It's bad when they notice this. The Monday following a party I ran into a girl I had fooled around with and nearly started running...not my proudest moment. )
So, back to the purpose of this thread, I'd like some clarification on some of the different type of glances and expressions girls shoot you with and how to react to them.
Staring down a girl only works in some situations (I'm not always lucky), smiling, if not returned because she looks away (shy ones) can be fairly akward, and there's always that hint of indecision where you're not certain if something's sitting on your head, they're spacing out, or are completely checking you out.
I've racked this sight pretty thoroughly for some insight on these minor (but absolutely fascinating) interactions that are, more often than not, the first hints of a relationship in which a guy either lands it big and progresses on to a friendly conversation, getting a phone number, going out, and moving from their or when you're automatically discarded by the eyes of the beholder for responding strangely to make them (in my case, female) uncomfortable.
Lets figure this out and come up with solutions for the many scenarios involving this fundamental beginning of any attraction.
Help me.