I'm new here. In the past three weeks there have been two separate occasions on the street where I've sheared eye contact with a girl, broke it and then regain contact until we pass each other. Now this all happens in about a 10 second frame and within this time frame I'm not even able to put together a smile or say something, I'm just so caught up in the eye contact.

I think the thing with me is I get really nervous, and because it's such a short time frame my brain doesn't put it all together until I've passed the girl. Now it's happened twice, and two missed opportunities. I don't want to let another one pass.

What can I do to improve?

Should I go back for them once we pass each other?

Has anyone ecperienced/picked up this way and how?