The Stare-Case
I always wondered, how long one could stare at a person without
crossing any imaginary civilized boundary? More often than not, we walk across
somebody who seems familiar but we immediately can’t recollect and need to
visually gather more information before any memory recall happens. The time
needed to gather more visual information could vary and that would mean for
whole of that duration either one is staring at the person in question or is
stealing glances at him or her.
Wonder if there are acceptable time Also
we definitely want to save ourselves the embarrassment of greeting somebody who
ends up being a close resemblance only of somebody we know. Needless to say that, I am not referring to
people who use this as a ploy to pursue their love interest!
limits that we draw
intuitively so that the stare does not cross-over to a lecherous domain or to
the domain of ‘being interested’.
But really, is there a mental limit that we have beyond
which the stare we receive or give becomes uncomfortable, threatening and
intrusive? Does it vary culturally? I know not! All I know is that I have shot
myself in the foot few times.

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