Conversation ends when I make eye contact with men
So I'm pretty confused. I'm a woman.
Sometimes there would be company parties and everyone would be at one big table chatting with other people. I usually keep to myself most of the time and don't initiate conversations, but I do join in convesations as a side member, if you know what I mean.
What I've noticed is that when I talk to other women, it's normal chatting, I make eye contact just fine and I can keep a conversation long and engaging. But when sometimes a man would initiate a convo with me, I try to engage and make the convo longer by asking follow up questions and offering my opinion, just like usual right? Then I make eye contact and then they look at me and fizzle out the convo. Like they turn to another person and talk to them instead, or say some filler things like "Is that so?", "Interesting...", or just ends the convo abruptly somehow.
This has happened more than 5-6 times and I'm just bamboozled why it's only happened with men. Any ideas?