Hi,

Specific question about eye-contact which is a hard as fuck considering my lack of confidence with women. At the gym, there's a fairly attractive woman who lifts weights too. Except for the one time she asked me to remove some plates from a barbell because it was too heavy for her, I haven't interacted more than exchanging a simple "hi" with her when we walk passed each other. She doesn't seem particularly interested in me.

When it comes to eye contact with an attractive girl when your eyes meet each other by "accident", I often hear that a man should maintain until she breaks it.

A few weeks ago, my eyes locked with this girl in the gym while we were both doing our shit and I tried maintaining. She looked away after a couple of seconds and I couldn't help but feel like she must have thought "the fuck is this guy staring at me for? It's creepy"

So how does a guy actually maintain eye contact with a girl without being that creepy guy who stares? I'm not talking about eye contact during a conversation. I got that pretty well. I'm talking about when we're just locking eyes on random places like the gym, the bus, the bar or whatever.