[nabs-l] Awkward Situations: What would you do?

[Teal Bloodworth]

yeah i get that too but it doesnt make since....really who looks the other 
person directly in the eyes when they talk to them? I dont think i even did 
that back 3 years ago when i had 20/20 vision...dont think i wil now either 
since i am totally blind NLP....

            -Teal
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From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Awkward Situations: What would you do?


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> I think one of my favorites happened when I'd gone out one Saturday
> night. I was talking to a woman, and this guy came up behind me. He
> says, "Sir, you can't see her face, but she doesn't trust you." I
> responded with a laugh and said, "Well, she shouldn't, since she doesn't
> know me." And he says, dead serious, "No, I mean, she thinks you're
> dishonest. Or shifty maybe. I've been watching you. You're facing her
> and looking at her sometimes, but you haven't met her gaze the entire
> time you've been talking to her. You keep moving your eyes around." I
> pointed to my white cane and said, "no muscle control over the eyes I'm
> afraid." The girl I was talking to laughed, as did the guy who had tried
> to "help" me. So it was all friendly. However, I found it interesting
> because I'd been asked why I didn't make eye contact before, but never
> had someone assume it was for any sinister reason. Not and tell me they
> were assuming that, anyway.
> - --
> Stress (N): The condition that occurs when ones mind overrides the
> body's natural desire to reach out and slap the hell out of someone
> who desperately deserves it.
> Joseph C. Lininger, <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
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