I’m pretty readable. I have a default non-expression face, but it doesn’t look “sad”; it just looks…expressionless. If I look sad, I probably am. If I look happy, I probably am.
I laugh alot. I even have a nervous laugh. I went to court one time and the judge asked me if I thought it was funny. I said no Wipe the smile right off my face, So yes I guess that is a yes.
I think it’s about 50/50 between a smile and a straight face. I only have a sad face when I am really, really sad. I try to hide my sadness most of the time, so I rarely have a sad face.
My face is generally straight/blank. It’s the funniest thing though, my best friend looks like a huge bitch by default. Before I’d catch her eye passing her in the hallway in high school, she always looked ready to beat someone to a pulp. Of course, then she’d see me and her face would light up in a smile. But even the friends we made eventually said to her, “I used to think you were a bitch, you always looked mean.” She hates hearing it though, cause she can’t help it.
Well, I think I’m smiling but I’ve had lots of peole tell me that I look unapproachable. That always freaks me out, because that’s not how I am at all. Wait….
Despite my extremely negative character, moodiness, depressive nature, when I am out, at work and generally in front of people, they ALWAYS comment on my smiling, pleasant nature.BUT on the inside….....another story!
On occasion. Nothing gets on my nerves more than someone telling me I need to smile more. I need a reason to smile. Ironically when I do smile I get people criticising me for that as well.
My wife tells me that I always look like I’m about to kill someone. She’s said this for years. Even if I’m in a perfectly good mood, I look very intense. I think it’s just because I’m usually thinking about something.
I inherited deep lines from my nose down around my mouth, which I was once told makes me sometimes appear to be frowning. That’s one of the reasons I grew a beard years ago (which evolved over time to a goatee), but then I just looked like a frowning guy with a goatee. So I started compensating by trying to smile a lot. But then I noticed in the mirror one day what I thought was a genuine smile looked phony. So now I just try to be friendly and not worry about how my face looks. I especially try to smile at little kids, and am always stunned when they smile back. (Do parents teach kids today not to smile at strangers?)
No. I think i often look much more serious than what i actually feel. I don’t hold back on smiles though when i have reason to give one, or something makes me laugh.