My "resting face" is not very friendly... it's basically a male RBF.

Someone I work with told me that I should smile more, so that I was more approachable and so I didn't "look so serious all of the time." I was annoyed (although my RBF hid it, since I already look annoyed all of the time). But just to prove them wrong, I figured I'd smile more for a few days and see if anyone noticed.

Well I have been smiling for 2 weeks straight now, and the results have been surprising (to me). All this smiling is actually working, ugh. I must be more approachable, because people are talking to me more and being much more warm towards me. I guess my RBF really was keeping people away. I'm an introvert, so maybe that was my goal all along - who knows.

So now I'm going to try and keep this smiling thing up. Does this mean I have to smile through my RBF for the rest of my life? Does anyone else have to smile just to look vaguely friendly-ish?