Sorry for posting two threads in a row on the same day, though I believe the limit is five. Anyway, this was strongly on my mind.

I admit to not looking like the most approachable person. I don't think it's because I'm considered ugly, but because I often look angry, bored and disdainful. So I have to know, are attractive but mean-looking people still approached and hit on, and seen as some kind of fun challenge? Or do they scare people away?

It seems the girls I'm most interested in are scared of me. I look at them, but I admit to not smiling at them. The thing is, I feel smiling at them would scare them even more. Like it'd seem creepy, rather than affectionate. Smiling kindly seems almost alien to me.

While I've said I look at them, I don't stare at them for long. When walking, I may look at them then quickly look away. Does that come off not as me being shy, but rather, as me wanting to get the hell away from them, by any chance?

In the bus, they rarely sit in the same row of seats as me. I'm considering the possibility than they think I don't want them anywhere near me, rather than the other way around. I'm often hesitant to voluntarily sit right next to them, or near them, because of shyness. Not a stretch to think they might feel the same way, especially if I appear bored.

Finally, the reason I don't believe it's me being unattractive if the girls I like are staying away, is because there was a time where it seemed they were interested in me. I know my looks didn't change, so I have to wonder if it's either because my facial expressions and body language appear much more aggressive now, or if, somehow, word got around that I'm a mean person.

But maybe it's indeed because I'm not considered attractive, or I'm considered both ugly and mean.