<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThere’s a guy at a party who is staring at you. Talking to a friend in private, “Do you see that guy over there?” He just keeps staring at me. I feel strange because he stares into my eyes without smiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her question is, “Do you like him?” You agree that he interests you, so she tells you to go talk to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you get close, he crosses his arms as if to protect himself. His eyes catch yours again, so you take a deep breath and say hello.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As you talk, he tells you the truth about himself and his work, saying that he has trouble speaking up because he finds writing easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His intense gaze gives him a mysterious air, but he doesn’t seem to be doing it on purpose to get people’s attention. He wasn’t looking for approval or to impress anyone; he was just being himself and letting the world see him as he was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He didn’t want to seem mysterious as a game or a mask; he wanted to be himself. It was a quiet reminder that the deepest connections can sometimes be found in the spaces between words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next time a guy stares at you without smiling, stay calm and be friendly. Chances are, his intentions are good, and even if that eye contact doesn\u2019t blossom into a romance, at least you\u2019ll have connected with someone, even briefly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hello there, it’s Louisa Loveluck, and I’m here to unravel the mystery that many of us have encountered at some point: Why does that guy keep staring but never cracks a smile? You may have noticed that occasionally a guy just stares at you without trying to connect with you. He doesn’t start a conversation, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[24,26,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leloveluck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leloveluck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leloveluck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leloveluck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leloveluck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2481"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/leloveluck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2525,"href":"https:\/\/leloveluck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions\/2525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leloveluck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leloveluck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leloveluck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leloveluck.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}