A question that seems to be everywhere is what does that mean. It sure isn’t a bad thing. That said it can mean all kinds of things and I shouldn’t read into it beyond a compliment.
I’m just wondering at what frequency women will smile out of the blue when passing a man they don’t know.
Its quite often for me when I’m out doing stuff. I’d say on an average day 2-3 women I don’t know will smile at me after we’ve made eye contact.
It depends on the man. People, both men and women, acknowledge my partner, because he has a very striking appearance. On the other hand, they look at me as if I weren’t there (not complaining).
Reporting this thread for probable move to IMHO.
Women smile at me constantly. Sometimes they break out into guffaws.
It means they think you look like a pleasant and friendly person, nothing more. I’m a guy, my neutral face looks like I’m slightly smiling and I get more smiles from strangers than I can count. It’s nice, but is just a friendly gesture
Since I have gotten older I get a lot more smiles. I don’t think they are flirting as much as seeing me as a non threatening friendly person. When I was younger I got my share of smiles and I think those were more flirtacious.
Since this is in GQ, the correct answer is 13.7 times per day for a male described as Caucasian living in North America between the ages of 18 and 32.
Since I have a strange feeling this will be soon transported to IMHO or MPSIMS my answer is “all the time.” I tend to be smiling most of the time, and if I make eye contact with a woman I will smile at her and almost every time they will smile back. In fact, it is the ones who don’t who stand out. I guess I’m just a non threatening old dude.
This is better suited to IMHO than GQ.
Colibri
General Questions Moderator
Since this is in GQ: Cite?? 
Yes. I’m more apt to smile at men, both younger and older, since I hit that certain age. It feels like it’s less apt to be misconstrued.
(Of course that’s truly a fallacy, but don’t tell.)
Anyway, it’s nice advantage to being older.
Young, attractive women avoid eye contact with me like the Plague; however, older women (and men) smile and wave at me like it’s going out of style.
If I don’t smile first, I never get a smile from females. When I smile, they always return the smile. It is like their mouth can’t help but smile. I live in Mexico.
Hold on… I’ve got it here somewhere… {shuffling papers furiously}… just a sec, I just saw it. Ok, I know it is here somewhere but I can’t seem to put my finger on it right now, but I’ll get back to you soon.
Once or twice a year. Dammit.
My favorite Herb Caen quote: “I smiled at a pretty girl today, and she smiled back. That feels better than laughing out loud.”
I tend to get smiles from any woman I exchange eye contact with. The exceptions are mostly within a shout of 20 and with an aura of being a bit full of themselves.
This except for the non threatening part. I am a big and ugly biker type of dude.
My wife has told me that the ladies usually like me. She said that they have always smiled at me. I was oblivious to this until she started pointing it out to me when it happened. Now I guess that they do. I generally like folks, so I am usually smiling. I think that they smile at me because I smiled first.