I felt that this whole activity was super humourous and I actually had to try to not laugh. The first part with the eye contact I used on one of my roommates and I was just constant staring at her and watching every word that was coming out of her mouth. I could tell that she was feeling super uncomfortable because she would try and look away as much as she could and was looking down alot. It was obvious that she felt uncomfortable which I know I would feel the exact same way in that situation.
Then in my other situation I used another roommate. They are great victims!! I did not even look at her once when she was talking. She actually asked me if everything was okay and if I had alot on my mind. I was just like, " everything is fine go ahead." Then she stopped again and said, "are you even listening?!" It was really funny and I could tell that she was getting annoyed with me by doing this and never looking at her once. Then once I debriefed her she laughed so hard and said, " oh good because I was getting mad at you."
The back me up conversation was the best one yet. I used my roommate who is a guy and dating one of my ex roommates and we are not very close at all. When he started talking to me and I slowly started to move closer to him you could tell that he would start to try and not have as much eye contact with me and when I was super close to him about a little over two feet away I could see him slightly backing up. It was so hillarious!! Afterwards I debriefed him and he was like, " yeah honestly I was feeling soo awkward I did not know what to do."
What is the worst stare down moment that you have had with someone where they do not break eye contact for the life of them?
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One time that I can recall, I personally was not having a discussion with this person but I could feel them staring at me. It was an elderly woman in a line at Universal Studios. I could feel her staring so I glanced over and sure enough she was staring and she didn't even look away when our eyes met she just kept staring even after I turned away and looked back again a few minutes later, she was still staring. It was very uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteI don't even think I can think of a specific time where I've felt I've got the stare down from someone, and they won't break their stare. It makes conversations too awkward and hard to bare, so if a conversation is getting this way, or I feel uncomfortable I will end the conversation if they're just staring and maintaining eye contact awkwardly.
ReplyDeleteI was at my brother's wedding and had never met his wife's family because they lived really far away. The day before the wedding I was just chilling in their living room and one of her uncles started talking to me about religion. I'm not the most religious person and it honestly makes me incredibly uncomfortable talking about it, but on top of that, he would not stop staring at me and he would not let me get a word in. My parents wanted to go somewhere and I finally had to interrupt him to tell him we were leaving. I've never felt so uncomfortable in my life.
ReplyDeleteI can not think of a stare down that I have had, unless you count the staring game. I probably haven’t had a memorial stare down because feel too nervous if eye contact is held too long so I usually break it. I think I felt almost as uncomfortable doing this experiment as the person I was staring at.
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