Roger,
I agree with Joe. You can look at your face in the mirror without meeting your eyes, i.e. without looking directly into them, without holding their gaze. If I focus on my chin, for example, while shaving, I might still be able to see my (reflected) eyes, out of focus and towards the edge of my vision, but I'm not meeting those eyes, not looking directly into them. Just as if I met another person and stared at their chin, I wouldn't be meeting their eyes, I wouldn't be "looking them in them in the eye".
Matt
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