smiling/high school/good?

[slickdon]

Hey, I had a quick question on the issue of smiling. I know it projects confidence and all that good stuff but when your in highschool with bullies it makes it kind of hard. Everyone now a days is all about being "tough" What do you guys do? Smile a lot? Smile just enough? Do you all agree with it making you look more confident? Or do you think its just when picking up ladies. I wanna know! Thanks!

Nick

 

[ShizamDaMan]

Well don't smile 24/7, it makes you look like a looney. Smiling should only be used when you make a witty remark to a female and then smile to show you're not an @sshole. If you're still confused, watch a few James Bond movies. The guy never smiles unless A) he's boning a chick B) he just beat up/ killed somone he hates C) done with the mission and gets the girl. The guy never smiles, even when he's cracking witty remarks. Very seldom will he show some teeth.

Bullies won't give you crap unless you look like an insecure wimp, stand tall and you'll be fine.

 

[Sax God]

I usually have a constant smirk on my face. This gives the impression that you know something that the other people do not. It really depends on what type of person you are. I don't go looking for fights, but I can handle myself if someone is trying to pick one. If you have a smirk, guys tend to try to start stuff with you because they think that you think that you're better than them. Use your own disgression and use what works for you, but don't force it. Only use what comes naturally to you.

 

[Julius_Caesar]

I believe that it its a little difficult, for me at least, to not smile and be social. Because for me, the up and coming social climber, I need to be very friendly and outgoing. Another problem I have is that I need to be very energetic and happy to get my funny on, I need to activily participate, I can't just hang back(yet!) and be funny or think of stuff to say because my natural tendencies for 16 years was to just be sorta mean and sarcastic, I was pretty funny but not fun around girls and some people because my mind was not open but now I realized that I have to get happy to be fun(duh!).

with that said, I think that for social climbers it is more difficult to NOT SMILE AND SUCCEED than otherwise. But more important than smiling is being different because the same isn't noticed; I think that people should comecentrate there personality. All this stuff applies, unless your really good looking and people notice you without smiling+personality! once you are the center of attention (aka popular) then you don't have to smile much, but you gots to get there first.

 

[Dimebag_Darrell]

i walk around with a straight face, and sometimes a little tilted..but when i calculate the need to smile to someone...I give a good radiant smile(not big either!)


smiling can and will do wonders as long as you do it reasonably, not all fruity....and don't go around smiling all the time either..

 

[DuckMan]

I found in my experiences that many chicks dig a good smile. Practice in the mirror. Its not a necessity, but itll give you that little edge. You can change the mood of other people by smiling.
just dont overdo it or it gets redundant

 

[Pheonix:ScndrlReborn]

Smile a lot, it makes you look like a happy person. Honestly nobody is going to care if you look too happy. Don't worry about trying to look tough all the time, just be real.