It's very important to take a lot of things into consideration when reading a woman's body language. Some women who are uncomfortable with their attraction will react differently. My question is what face are you making at these women, they tend to reflect our face so if you are sending a repulsive face they may simply be returning it. You may not even realize your doing it.
Note: Eyes wide open are a sign of surprise and/or fear. This is a sign of arousal, arousal is a sign of attraction (heart starts beating faster when you see your crush and you perk up). We only open our eyes like that when we need to asses all the information in the area. When you put her on the spot and grant her a compliment it could make them very nervous, especially if she is attracted to a man. I would look at the rest of her body language as well, preens, submissive signals, repeated eye contact, etc.
I compliment women all the time, it's not difficult to compliment women and use it to open but it does require skill. I've come across a lot of men who don't know how to grant a woman a true compliment, they feel manufactured.
I'm a big fan of complimenting, but there is a right way and a wrong way to compliment women. Most men(people) compliment in a horrible way, "I like your shirt", "Nice shoes". It should be more than that, you also need the compliment to be accompanied by very confident body language. Body language that doesn't place a woman above you but does evoke conversation with it's detail and class.
The key lies in the why, tell them the why it's pretty or nice or whatever, avoid complimenting looks stick with clothes, accessories, shoes, this shows you appreciate her choices and personality rather than merely her aesthetics. I wrote a compliment article right here
http://showyourmind.wordpress.com/2012/ ... and-class/ .
I practice charisma, which means raising people up to your level. I will agree most women don't know how to take a compliment but most of the time it happens from poor delivery. When I compliment a woman she may freeze and even blush but she always thanks me, and more importantly starts a full blown conversation.
If you are having trouble evoking a conversation end it with a question.
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