10 common behaviours that quietly ruin first impressions

We’ve all been there—meeting someone new and feeling that immediate connection. Science suggests we form an opinion about someone in roughly seven seconds.
That is barely enough time to get a full sentence out, but it’s plenty of time for your shoes, your scent, and your body language to tell a whole story before you even open your mouth.

First impressions, once formed, are notoriously hard to delete. If you trip at the start, you’re spending the rest of the relationship trying to catch up. Here’s a look at the subtle (and not-so-subtle) things that can accidentally tank your reputation before you’ve even started.