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"Making eye contact with a cute stranger can be fun and flirty. But how do you know when it means what you think it means? Forgive me for getting a little doe-eyed for a moment here, but eye contact is the absolute best. My eyes like to look at pretty things, other people&amp;amp;#8217;s eyes like to look at pretty things, and when two people&amp;#x27;s pretty-seeking eyes land on each other, it&amp;amp;#8217;s just so great. When I was in middle school (or high school, who remembers!), I asked my mom about what she used to do to flirt with boys. She said when she was a teenager, she had a popular handbook that taught girls the right way to win boys over with eye contact. Now, I wouldn&amp;#x27;t usually instantly trust romance advice from a book from my mom&amp;#x27;s youth, but since she&amp;amp;#8217;s been married for 25 years and these have her stamp of approval, I&amp;#x27;m on board. The steps are as follows: 1. Catch the eye of your crush. (Easier said than done, right? If you stare long enough, though, he&amp;amp;#8217;ll probably notice.) 2. Once he sees you looking at him, drop your eyes down and smile (mouth closed) as if there is something wonderful in your lap. Like a small cake, for instance. 3. Look back up slowly at your crush with eyes that say &amp;amp;#8220;I&amp;amp;#8217;m a little shy, but not too shy, if you know what I mean.&amp;amp;#8221; My mom insists that this method is foolproof. I tend to agree&amp;amp;mdash;the coyness of the smile makes this version of eye contact special. Of course, any prolonged silent interaction has the potential for misinterpretation&amp;amp;mdash;maybe one person thinks she&amp;amp;#8217;s having sensual and meaningful eye contact with someone who just happens to land on her face every once in a while because he is constantly looking around all over the place and, probability-wise, he must come back to her face now and again so long as they are in the same room. Hypothetically speaking. Of course, if you&amp;amp;#8217;re the aimless eye-wanderer in this scenario, be careful. If you make accidental eye contact with someone in whom you aren&amp;amp;#8217;t interested, you must be prepared to never look upon him ever again, and maybe run away just for safe measure. That&amp;amp;#8217;s just how it works. It is a cruel world. Most of the time, though, eye contact works well, is mutual, and can be done virtually anywhere. Shops. Restaurants. Bars. Streets. Laundromats. Zoos. So let&amp;amp;#8217;s all stare at each other and never stop. Do you have any secret eye contact techniques? Has eye contact ever backfired on you? Katie Heaney is a writer and dedicated text message analyst in Minneapolis. Follow her on Twitter @KTHeaney. More Ways to Get Glamour: Chat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;amp;#8217;s schedule Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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