Have trouble smiling?

[Pastel 7,630]

A bit yeah, even when I'm happy or interested I sometimes don't smile.

I'm not really expressive.

[CosmicSpark 2,120]

I try to smile all the time, but there are times when i don't smile 

[kelseymarie805 301]

Lucky you.

 

But in general I would advice anyone to not smile too much. Its insincere, you know?

 

I actually find smiling pretty sincere, like if it's a fake smile than obviously not because you know.....it's um.....fake......but as for smiling in general, if someone happens to naturally smile a lot. I don't see a problem with that.

 

I mean for instance, if I smile at someone, real or fake, I want them to smile back at me! Or at least acknowledge it, whether it be with a nod or something like that (which mostly guys do) just something. But for me to look over at someone randomly, happen to smile at them b/c that's generally the thing that happens if I look over randomly at someone (for whatever reason), I usually want a quick smile back.

 

Maybe I sound like I have high expectations but I don't find that to be much.

[baltosaa 86]

I can't smile unless I'm looking at something cute (like an animal.), or if something makes me laugh...

 

I find it weird when people constantly use that annoying "fake-smile" though.

[Tom Snyder 4,112]

I hate when i have to force it, even though my mother doesn't know how to tell i'm faking it. It only happens if i'm not happy, i don't want my mother to see me upset.

[Hashi 323]

SMILING IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH AND USES MORE MUSCLES THAN FROWNING THEREFORE YOU ARE BEING HEALTHY GOOD ON YOU NOW GO EAT THAT LARGE CHOCOLATE CAKE YOU WERE NOT EATING FOR NOT BEING HEALTHY ENOUGH BECAUSE YOU ARE NOW HEALTHY

Edited June 30, 2015 by bonamb

[SquipyCheetah 449]

Is it weird that I'm like one of the only people in here who smiles naturally quite a bit?? Like even if I'm depressed, it doesn't take much for me to smile.

 

As for fake smiling, I do OK with it, it doesn't usually look natural. But normally if I don't feel like smiling, I don't.

This is exactly what my current situation is ^^

[Lunia 332]

I have no trouble smiling, but I usually fake my smiles. The only time I smile for real is when I'm happy about something which is very rarely lately. 

[Pineapple Bloom 511]

I don't ever need to fake a smile. XD I smile sometimes when something is funny, but I don't show my teeth when I do.

[Magic Note 2,748]

I have trouble smiling sometimes. Although usually I smile, sometimes I'm in moods where it's tough to when I'm not feeling 100%.

[frecklesareblooming 225]

Yep, and I've gotten a lot of grief over the years because of it. I have the worst resting face (think of it as Rainbow Dash's angry face from Tanks for the Memories), so most of the time I look incredibly pissed, even if I'm in the best of moods. My dad would always lecture me on smiling more, to make myself more approachable, but I'd prefer to smile when there's something to smile about.

[Retro*Derpy 3,185]

I've been told I have a great smile, but I personally hate it. I only do it for a few photos.

[1943 57]

apparently, I can only smile when I laugh...

[ChikaChan 7,323]

I never smile when my parents are with me

[Catpone Cerberus 23,599]

I'm good with fake smile, but only because I need it a lot because people around me 

[GuyNamedEarl 1,332]

I hate fake smiling, I feel so weird doing so.

[SCS 7,537]

Yes. I don't smile often, unless I'm around people who make me happy. I suck at forcing smiles. But when I do smile, it's genuine.

[Sugar Cube 4,843]

I can force a smile just fine. In fact, I find myself smiling naturally way too easily.

 

Someone can just walk up and start talking to me and chances are at some point I'll start to grin like a doofus. I get really smiley when complimented or when joking around. It's slightly embarrassing sometimes tbh because it usually leads to me getting awkwardly giggly or rosy-faced.

 

Then there's the other extreme where if I am upset, really concentrated or focused on something, or just plain daydreaming, I typically have this very serious, almost perturbed expression, furled brows and all, and it's not exactly friendly or flattering. There's no happy medium with me, unfortunately.

[Auburn 23]

I for one love smiling and I can easily fake one at any given moment. However I don't exactly have the prettiest smile... a bent front tooth (darn little mini me deciding to suck her thumb) and just general blehness when I smile. So preferably I try to keep my smiles to a small twitch at each side of my mouth in pictures which always comes out rather sinister. I never win x3

[Not Yellow Diamond 925]

 

 

What about folks who can do it well?

 

I can actually force smiles extremely well... I'm typically smiling anyways. But, fake smiles are natural to me. That... and I'm literally happy and smiling all the time so... it's hard for me not to have something to smile about.  

[Whitewolf 106]

I know it's weird, but it's really hard for me to smile. I can't smile if I'm not laughing xD 

[PROJECT: Simon 3,954]

I know it's weird, but it's really hard for me to smile. I can't smile if I'm not laughing xD 

Same path, totally agree~ xD        ^~^ <3

[TimeyMarey007 110]

I never smile. Never did in a long time.

Yeah, not even in family photos. I always have the same :-| expression in all of them lol.

[gamecubeguy214 2,512]

In pictures, I do not like to smile with my teeth showing. My upper lip sort of ''folds'' up. I have less of a problem with my lips closed in a smile, but I still think I look weird. Though when I'm laughing, I don't give a s*** about what I look like,

[SkullcandyPegasus 603]

My faked smiles are extreme, like the grin of a maddened clown. I would rather they look a bit more natural, so this is something I should work on at some point. A mirror makes practice spectacularly easy thankfully :33