Eye contact is foundational to building trust and bonding.When somebody dodges eye contact with you or makes only very occasional eye contact, it’s generally a sign that they are uncomfortable with you on a subtle level.They don’t want to fight with you or have a conflict, but they also don’t particularly want to be around you or interact with you. So they avert their eyes and avoid making prolonged eye contact with you.As psychology writer and prosecutor Wendy L. Patrick, JD, PhD. notes that repeated studies have identified “eye contact as a critical, natural component of communication used to convey liking and attraction.”