I don't know why, but can make excellent eye contact with the hottest HB's, (Why wouldn't you want to look at them?) but I can't smile at a girl unless I'm in convo with her. For example if I'm passing by a girl, and I make eye contact, even sometimes if she smiles, I can't. Also, I have a really hard time opening sets when I'm with members of my family. Is that normal?

Disclaimer: Newbie answering

Smiling on command can be really hard, i couldn't do it at all before. But for me to be able to do it i have to start i process in my mind. Usually i think of something hilarious, lately it's been this family guy clip i saw on the internet. That clip always makes me smile.

But hopefully you should be able to smile if a girl smiles at you. Maybe you're putting to much pressure on yourself, and by doing that are hindering yourself to let go and smile.

And about the family issue, I don't know what your relationship with your family is like. But in your world you have different roles. With your friends you have one role, and with your family it's a different one. Different roles come with different responsibilities. Maybe that's putting you off a little? I act different when i'm with my friends than i do with my family, but i'm still the same person. Maybe you feel like if your family saw you f**k up a set, they would change the way they look at you? And by doing that you're putting more pressure on yourself than normal?

I think it will figure itself out as you get better at picking up. If you knew with 90% certainty that you would be successful, would you open a set in front of your family?