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Well,...though I have been in Thailand only 3 times, and have not lived there as long as some previous commentators, I can comment only from my experiences, and to me, as far as making eye contact, Thais are no different than people in U.S...As I walk down Chicago`s streets, many people-strangers-don`t want to make eye contact with me, I guess I look suspicious to them,..and then some people/strangers, I don`t want to make eye contact with-`cause they look suspicious to me...And we are ALL human, we think of our own safety first, and politeness/friendlines/civility second....Personaly I don`t mind eye contacts (they look better than glasses) just as long as it is not their fingers my eyes > contact