I went on a first date with a woman and she was making the most intense eye contact I’ve ever experienced. It was like she was trying to drill into my soul with her stare. I had to keep breaking it to look away because it was just too much. After about an hour of kinda of awkward conversation because of the staring she asks if I’m autistic… I said no, not that I’m aware of and left to go to the bathroom. When I returned she asked if this was the end of the date and that there probably wouldn’t be another right? I was quite upset at the time and called my best female friend at the time to gripe about it and she had almost the same thing happen to her a few days earlier.
As to the walking on the right thing I make people do that too but its because I’m deaf in my left ear. Maybe it was a similar situation for her? I usually tell people why I’m doing it though because I’ve gotten enough funny looks about it over the years.
I’m not firm on the details of the situation anymore, but I categorized it under “pretty weird quirk”, so I am almost certain there were no tangible reasons and she presented it as a “standalone” need/thing.
I’m sorry you have to explain yourself sometimes though :(
I went on a first date with a woman and she was making the most intense eye contact I’ve ever experienced. It was like she was trying to drill into my soul with her stare. I had to keep breaking it to look away because it was just too much. After about an hour of kinda of awkward conversation because of the staring she asks if I’m autistic… I said no, not that I’m aware of and left to go to the bathroom. When I returned she asked if this was the end of the date and that there probably wouldn’t be another right? I was quite upset at the time and called my best female friend at the time to gripe about it and she had almost the same thing happen to her a few days earlier.
As to the walking on the right thing I make people do that too but its because I’m deaf in my left ear. Maybe it was a similar situation for her? I usually tell people why I’m doing it though because I’ve gotten enough funny looks about it over the years.
I’m not firm on the details of the situation anymore, but I categorized it under “pretty weird quirk”, so I am almost certain there were no tangible reasons and she presented it as a “standalone” need/thing.
I’m sorry you have to explain yourself sometimes though :(
No, it’s because it’s considered chivalrous for the man to put himself between the street and his woman to protect her.
It’s 19th century crap that dummies still think is relevant, and there are many of them out there.