How do you even smile ?

[Gekkouga]

Seems like a dumb question but actually, there's some reasons behind that.

Lately, I remembered a lot of moments of my life when I got some criticism on my smile. Sometimes, I looked like a junkie, someone dumb or even like a psychopath. So I obviously understood that unlike a lot of people say, smiling will not always make you look good. What I mean is, how do you learn on how to smile properly ? We don't learn that, that's stupid to say, but it's important on our daily life. If we don't know how to do it correctly, we can give bad signals to people and suffer the consequences. So how do you do it?

 

[Wikzo]

I can sometimes feel the same. I think it's like breathing: if you consciously think about it, it will be weird. It should come naturally.

 

[NESpowerhouse]

 

[julia crawford]

I don't know but I know the left side of my face smiles more than the right so it always looks like I'm smirking.

 

[Bandage]

All teeth.
Wiggle the eye brows.
Wink a lot.
Gun fingers.

 

[capitalCORN]

Your upper lip peels back and you narrow your eyes.

 

[John Dunbar]

i look suicidal when i don't smile and like a serial killer when i do, so i try not to think about it too much

 

[Kinthey]

 

[Buckle]

There are times where I try to smile and look super happy for cameras but when I actually see the pictures, I still just look extremely bored and or like I'm in a bad mood.

I got resting bastard face going on or something. Its impossible to work with.

 

[The Grizz]

Clench teeth as tightly as possible, raise upper lip, lower bottom lip, squint eyes. Pray you don't look like an idiot.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

I don't ever force myself to smile. Mine are always genuine and not practiced fakery.

 

[D6AMIA6N]

Can't lie, I hate smiling when I don't want to. Because of that, I feel I always look "off" when I have to "try" to smile

 

[Xavillin]

I'm embarrassed of my teeth, so I try really hard to not show them. Just smile with my mouth closed. If someone can give me thousands of dollars to pay for teeth correction, i'll be sure to let you be the first (well, except the dentist of course) to see my beautiful smile!

 

[Taurus Silver]

Smiles should happen organically.

 

[pestul]

I can smile but not with teeth showing (unless in laughter). It's kind of annoying actually..

 

[maxxpower]

Terminatorsmiling.gif

 

[Kafarabo]

alls you got to do is just go on here and make a few posts.

 

[Mr Swine]

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God damnit, I was going to post a gif of that...

My family says I look awkward when I smile for the camera (which is a reason why I try to force a smile)

 

[Dekuman]

Im lucky i have dimples. I look happy when I smile even when im only trying to be polite and don't feel particularly happy. So people tell me 'you always look so happy' but all that means is I look happy when i smile.

It has helped me a lot in interactions with people.

 

[TheIdiot]

I hate when people take like 7 seconds to take a selfie from the right angle and you're muttering through your clenched, forced smile "Hurry up man"

 

[Joe]

I just make myself laugh whenever I need to smile for a photo.

 

[thecouncil]

fake a laugh.

 

[GaijinDensetsu]

I basically just quit smiling for pictures because it always looked forced. I have been seen smiling before so I can smile, but doing it for the camera just produces a bad result.

 

[hombremalo]

Think about sex

 

[Walter White Walker]

With my mouth closed. I'm not a toothy smiler.

 

[Strike]

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Came in here to post the actual gif, but yeah.

 

[Abu]

Smile with your eyes, move all those face muscles

Not just your mouth

 

[PSqueak]

Yes, but absolutely not on cue, i cannot consciously smile.

 

[Truly Gargantuan]

I practiced in the mirror. I used to not smile in pics and people told me I should.

 

[ArgyleReptile]

Just like this.

 

[Deleted member 13642]

Yes, but absolutely not on cue, i cannot consciously smile.

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Same. My face literally twitches. Convulses. Then I kinda feel like a monster.

 

[Perzeval]

I don't smile that often and I've gotten comments about it, but it's still better to not smile if it ain't truly genuine. I'd rather be true to people than look like

Basically, don't worry about it. We're all different. Worrying about it only makes one more distracted and less present when a genuine moment actually occurs.

 

[Z-Beat]

 

[Patrick Bateman]

 

[RalchAC]

Something like this?

You shouldn't really worry that much but, if you do, just practice in the mirror or something until you find a face you're comfortable with for fotos and all that. I've been told repeteadly that I tend to close my eyes when I laugh and I realized that when I smile one of my eyes is a bit more opened than the other but I don't really care. Most people don't really notice that so there is no sense in nitpicking that much.

 

[LionPride]

Anytime I smile it's cause someone or something made me laugh, I can't force myself to smile otherwise

 

[Terra Firma]

I just look constipated when I smile.

 

[Rad]

I find smiling with my eyes hard so when I smile I look like this:

 

[Manu]

 

[Deleted member 31817]

 

[itwasTuesday]

You wait for the photographer to get ready and

 

[Irnbru]

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Me erryday

 

[Sky Chief]

I just kinda smile all the time just naturally

 

[Deleted member 10060]

Forget the mouth. Smile with your eyes, the rest will follow.

 

[Gekkouga]

how do you smile with eyes ? That sounds a little bit confusing to me

 

[CostcoCousteau]

I put Vaseline on my upper teeth so my lip stays up and doesn't slide down covering my teeth.

 

[low-G]

When I was dating I had to honest to god learn to smile better.

My primary problem is I tend to prefer to smile and speak with one side of my mouth. It's easy for me to correct it when I think about it. I speak pretty clearly but I'm very clear when I use my whole fucking mouth like a normal human being.

 

[MCN]

how do you smile with eyes ? That sounds a little bit confusing to me

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When you fake a smile, you only move your mouth muscles. When a smile is genuine, a lot more muscles are involved, and there are subtle differences, especially around the eyes, that we instinctively recognise without even realising it so we know when a smile is genuine.

 

[Doctoglethorpe]

There are times where I try to smile and look super happy for cameras but when I actually see the pictures, I still just look extremely bored and or like I'm in a bad mood.

I got resting bastard face going on or something. Its impossible to work with.

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This is basically my problem. Apparently I just look like I'm angry all the time. I try to do a nice smile for a picture and it comes out looking more like an indifferent face. Better than angry I guess.

 

[Conciliator]

like this

:)