Gym Eye Contact
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Just keep your eyes front and finish your work out11
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Smile back1
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Most guys that think women are looking are full of themselves.6
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Given my tendency to avoid eye contact as is (hurray shyness)...I definitely never make it nor notice it.
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Glances happen. During rest periods between sets, I look around the gym, note other people exist, all while mentally counting down the seconds until my next set. Sometimes the other person happens to be glancing my way at the same time, eye contact can be made, nods exchanged if it's a familiar face, and move on. No biggie.
It's when glances turn into stares that it becomes creepy.4 -
Stare down. Make uncomfortable. Rinse. Repeat.8
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Always have RBF so they don't wanna glance again 😌1
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MissAtomicBomb238 wrote: »Stare down. Make uncomfortable. Rinse. Repeat.
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theeldestberry wrote: »Most guys that think women are looking are full of themselves.
Most guys who think guys who think women are looking are full of themselves are full of themselves ugh so much easier to just say your mom3 -
Shakashakara wrote: »theeldestberry wrote: »Most guys that think women are looking are full of themselves.
Most guys who think guys who think women are looking are full of themselves are full of themselves ugh so much easier to just say your mom
😂😂😂😂😂😂1 -
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Here we go again...
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I love some eye candy at the gym1
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I love cars and working on them. I frequently go to car shows because I appreciate other cars. We’re all working on our bodies in the gym. Observing others without staring or learing is a natural part of it. As far as eye contact, I work out in a gym that seldom has more than a couple of other people working out. Avoiding eye contact might be creepier than making it.1
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Okay?1 -
report it to management
make it very clear that you are not here to be ooogled!
(and put your hands up and wiggle your fingers when you say oogled btw)1 -
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Pmore_oomph wrote: »report it to management
make it very clear that you are not here to be ooogled!
(and put your hands up and wiggle your fingers when you say oogled btw)
So many things happen at the gym, after a long hard run, tired sweaty and happy you finish. Someone noticed your efforts and gives you a heads up look, positive in all things excercise not at all related to you or you peck muscles. Does the eye googling from male or female really disturbe you that much,. Be it in your mind for the work your doing or someone who thinks you attractive, because of the hard work your doing. Either way they are telling you perhaps not verbally that your program is working and they have noticed. Nothing more then that, enjoy the complement and keep pushing quietly. No need to interact.0 -
Pmore_oomph wrote: »report it to management
make it very clear that you are not here to be ooogled!
(and put your hands up and wiggle your fingers when you say oogled btw)
So many things happen at the gym, after a long hard run, tired sweaty and happy you finish. Someone noticed your efforts and gives you a heads up look, positive in all things excercise not at all related to you or you peck muscles. Does the eye googling from male or female really disturbe you that much,. Be it in your mind for the work your doing or someone who thinks you attractive, because of the hard work your doing. Either way they are telling you perhaps not verbally that your program is working and they have noticed. Nothing more then that, enjoy the complement and keep pushing quietly. No need to interact.
This thread is, in fact, a dumpster fire.
(most) people go to the gym to work out and not to be looked at.
eyes front, get your *kitten* done, and get out.
the statement you've made is the equivalent of saying "WELL They were just trying to pay you a compliment when they yelled at you 'hey momma what that *kitten* do'"
It makes people uncomfortable to be stared at, and mindsets like the one you've made here, and I'm sure your looks are totally innocent, mind you, but usually it's not, and those who are not pure of heart, like you, take this mindset too far and begin invading spaces and making the gym, a place to become strong and feel safe, less of a safe space and more of s a space to let some creep come and take a look at my bum4 -
^so well explained
Also being told to ‘take it as the compliment it is and don’t interact’ reinforces two problematic themes: 1) that our value is all wrapped up in what we physically look like (appreciative looks being currency) and 2) that it’s expected of us to not only allow ourselves to be objectified (by being told to take it and not interact) but to learn to like it4 -
i get a few stares and smiles but I always ignore them. Waiting for the day when they stare while on the adductor machine😍1
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If anyone looks at me, I am probably going to look back. If they hit on me, or flirt with me, chances are I am going to flirt back. I like interaction with people, and I like to flirt and be flirted with. If they ask me out or try anything funny, I put a stop to it really quick, because social flirting and conversation is all it is.
Thats just me, and I understand that some people don't/can't feel that way. But IMHO, people should relax and quit looking for reasons to be offended or subjects to argue and complain about. If someone looks at you, throw them a quick smile of acknowledgement and get back to work. If they keep staring, walk up to them and say "Hi, I'm so and so.....and I noticed you staring. Do I have a bat in the cave, or what?" They will either laugh and you will have a new friend, or they will get the message and stop. At least, that's my experience.
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when i get stare at or look at I look around and see i am doing some wrong with the machines lol--but then i will start a conversation how i get to meet new people1
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Finger guns and a wink. It's the only way to go.8
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Thank you for sharing, that made my day in a way I don’t know how to explain0 -
Women can stare too, but men don't care, on the contrary.0
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Eye contact is no big deal. It happens either inadvertently or you glance at someone attractive. Its human nature. Just dont invade someone's space and its a non factor. If you go to the gym enough you will come to know who are the chatty social types and who are the ones that dont want to be bothered. Friendships as well as romances are formed in gyms all the time....its usually happens over time seeing the same people over and over and forming a common bond enough so that a conversation is no longer a cringe thing.6
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Eye contact is no big deal. It happens either inadvertently or you glance at someone attractive. Its human nature. Just dont invade someone's space and its a non factor. If you go to the gym enough you will come to know who are the chatty social types and who are the ones that dont want to be bothered. Friendships as well as romances are formed in gyms all the time....its usually happens over time seeing the same people over and over and forming a common bond enough so that a conversation is no longer a cringe thing.
Be careful now, let's not offend those who are seeking so hard to be offended.
Its never ok to look at anyone at the gym, don't-ya-know?4 -
bellababy9031 wrote: »Eye contact is no big deal. It happens either inadvertently or you glance at someone attractive. Its human nature. Just dont invade someone's space and its a non factor. If you go to the gym enough you will come to know who are the chatty social types and who are the ones that dont want to be bothered. Friendships as well as romances are formed in gyms all the time....its usually happens over time seeing the same people over and over and forming a common bond enough so that a conversation is no longer a cringe thing.
Be careful now, let's not offend those who are seeking so hard to be offended.
Its never ok to look at anyone at the gym, don't-ya-know?
Wait, am I the offended one?3
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