Eye contact

It's pretty normal to not keep direct eye contact with another stranger unless you are VERY outgoing. In my opinion atleast.

I have a smaller iris and poor vision in my right eye, a possible stribism as well and looking at people is difficult for me. The vision is so poor my better eye dominates my perception and I just can't trust what mu eye is doing in such an intense interaction. It bums me out but I try to try :(

>>16997962
"Looking people in the eye" is just a phrase. In fact we spend more time looking them in the mouth, because we all lip-read more than we realize.

It really means looking them in the face, rather than looking away. You don't have to latch on their eyes - just stop yourself from turning away or looking at your feet.

>>16998827
This quite true for me. I glance at their eyes but I usually end up looking at their lips.
This one time, I forced myself to look at the girl's eye and she kept on changing directions. Shit was wack.

focus on the bridge of the nose between the eyes helps me a lot