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I believe another character trait which adds to this, EE women tend to be more solemn, do not smile as much at an early age than western women (American), who are more affable for the most part. My colleague attributes this to EE women having poor teeth (pun intended) and often do not smile to cloak them.
This trait has nothing to do with teeth. It has with mentality.
We (Slavs), at first glance, do not tend to smile at strangers. I sure don't. Too much smiling is seen as as sign that either you are hiding something, or that you are retarded. For example, when I was in Cali 6 years ago, I was feeling uncomfortable when I saw strangers smiling at me. Do you really like me? Or do you intend to shoot me in the back when I lower my guard?
But...once we get to know you better, we do like to smile. We aren't robots.