Do you smile at strangers?

I do smile at strangers. Of course it's getting harder to make eye contact these days as everyone is looking at their phones.

Never. I never even smile at myself or life.

Yes, I smile at strangers often, and they almost always smile back. There will be a few that do not, of course, but a lot not only smile and say "hi" back to me (I usually say "hi" or nod at them when I smile) but also walk away smiling and looking a lot brighter and happier.

Yes I do.

I smile at everyone (well, most of the time.) Here in a small town in the southern USA, people will talk about you if you don't wave, so I wave at everyone when I'm driving because chances are I know them! Maybe in bigger cities, someone might think you want something if you smile. I'd still do it anyway.

If I make eye contact with a stranger I will smile and usually will get one back

I do. You can feel the aura of someone by just looking at them.

I would smile back at you

When i was in college i used to smile a lot even to strangers i met on the street but somebody told me to stop it because it attracted the attention of good and the bad persons. So from then onwards up to now i still dont make eye contact with strangers and dont smile at anybody i dont know. Its dangerous.

Yes, I do, but you are right... a lot won't smile back! I could never understand that! Maybe it does unnerve them!

always do, to everyone actually :D

sometimes if the person I meet has a smiling face and nice personality, I smile and I always get a smile back.

Always! I was taught to be polite and show care for everyone. A smile might make someone's day better.

I really want to try to smile to strangers, It has that nice feeling if you see someone who will smile at you :) and so I also want to do it. But every time I try to smile to them I feel shy and ends up looking downward. :( I am amaze that you do that. :)

I guess it depends on where we stay. In some countries, people might not be so friendly to strangers. I always smile at others, even strangers, sometimes I even make conversations with them (of course, I'll see if it's a person who is nice and can talk to). But, in my country, this is not very common. Some might not feel easy to talk to strangers, some don't even smile back too. I understand that, because it's not really common here. When I was studying in Australia, I think it seems to be a culture or norm there, everyone just greets everyone morning or good day when they meet someone. I like this culture there. When I just came back and started my first job, my ex-colleagues even found it weird when I greeted them good morning, and most of them didn't respond at the beginning.

If someone makes eye contact with me, I'll usually smile at them. I don't always get a smile back, but I will smile at them.

I am not a big smiler at strangers.

Yeah, I do. But there is so much scamming and suspicion in the world that people don't trust others who smile at them. They probably wonder why someone is showing an interest in them. There is not much we can do about that.

I usually make eye contact and smile. Around here most people will smile back - luckily. I hate it when people don't return the smile. Then I feel a bit silly.

At times I do and they usually smile back. Have a blessed day