One of the Weirder Moments of Eye Contact I’ve Had Recently…

Eye contact can be challenging for me sometimes. I know it’s important, I know it makes people feel heard and connected, butdamn it be awks sometimes. It’s incredibly intimate and makes you feelseen. It reminds you that, hey, you are right there. That’s you.

A good friend of mine got married this past summer and after the ceremony she pointed something out to me I hadn’t realized before.

“You have to maintain eye contact for a long time. Like, way too long,” she said, a fellow introvert who p...