Danfalc

I have problems smiling full stop and when i do its totaly fake and forced...meh.

lyricalliaisons

I never have any idea about things like that either. Though it does seem like he probably meant what he said.

I have trouble with smiling, too, though not because I think I look worse when doing it. It's really hard for me to smile (or show any type of emotion, really). It's hard to smile "on cue" just because others think I'm supposed to. Sometimes I will smile if it's just natural... if somethings funny or something. But usually, even if I am happy about something, it never shows on my face. Because of that, people are always telling me to "cheer up" & saying things like "Why do you look so sad?" & "It can't be that bad...." It annoys me because I can actually be happy at the time when they say things like that, it just doesn't show.

* * * * *

recluse

You can't fake a smile. The give away that a smile is fake is the eyes; With a genuine smile the skin around the eyes wrinkle up whereas with a fake smile only the mouth moves. I'm always self conscious about how my smile appears.

skatterkat

I was always complimented on at work for being the 'only one who smiles'. Weird, cos I have braces and I hate them to infinity (seriously, I'm 22!!!!! I look about 14 with jaws of steel... *grumbleyrumbley*). Generally I was so thrilled to be successfully interacting with people that the smile would be genuine ^^, Maybe that outweighs the MetalFAceOfDooooom!!!! :P

Recovering SA-er.

this_portrait

I just hate smiling for pictures.

Everyone always tells me I have a beautiful smile. I neither agree nor disagree.

"If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. Buildings burn, people die, but true love lasts forever."
- Sarah, The Crow