It's been my experience that the more you think people are going to stare at you, the more they do stare at you. The reason being that your body language becomes that of someone trying to hide something, so as not to be stared at. And that in itself looks out of place, not what the person themselves looks like.
I've lost count of the number of times I've seen tall women walking down the street, acting totally natural, oblivious to the people around them, and not given them a second glance beyond "hmm, she's pretty." And by the same token, women of 'average' height, looking like they should blend seemlessly into the background but then you notice their eyes darting around furtively, their movement hesitant, moving quickly from one place to another... and it's a case of "hang on, what
is she doing? Why is she acting like that?"
That in itself draws longer than normal looks from people just out of sheer curiosity. The way people act and carry themselves is far, far more noticeable than what someone looks like. If you go about your business like you have something to shy away from, or something you feel you don't want others to pay any attention to then it can often have the opposite effect since people are going to wonder exactly what that something is.
Donna, you're extremely gorgeous. Sweetie you are. What you have to learn to do is to live your life as though other people around you don't matter. I know that's a hard thing to do. It's almost instinctive to wonder what others are thinking and seeing as you pass. But really, think of it this way. If people stare at you, it's not as though you're going to disintegrate into a little pile of ash from laser beams which come from their eyes. And if they have little better to do than stare at someone else then that doesn't mean you should spend that same amount of time feeling bad about it. You don't know them. They don't know you. And once you've passed, given a few minutes, someone else will be getting stared at. Some folks are just like that.
*big hug* You can't be responsible for what other people think about you based on a glance. You
can be responsible for how much that matters to you, and how much power you're prepared to give these people over the way you live your life.
