oh and another thing, dammit

[georgiamagnolia]

I am actually a rather physically affectionate with people I am comfortable with, in fact, there was a time in the past when the crowd I ran with was in the habit of, in greeting or parting, lightly rubbing the palm of one's hand across the solar plexus of one another, it was a sort of chakra stroke to say hello or goodbye or share energy, whatever. It developed unconsciously among this particular crowd, and I have have often wondered if it was some weird throwback behavior to when humans were more animal than not, a sign of trust that the other was not going to claw out the entrails or whathaveyou.

In any case, it still pisses me off that total strangers think that they can touch someone uninvited if there is (or they think there is) a baby on board. Get a clue, strangers out there, pregnant women are no more public property than unpregnant ones, so keep your hands to yourself unless invited. Gah.