you've never *told* me that, sweetheart--and I'm so so sorry I never knew. This is something totally alien to me, and my heart *aches* for you....the idea of not touching, you just....I touch everyone, constantly, whether I'm allowed, asked, or permitted to or not. I touch strangers, I touch friends, I touch family, everyone--because I'm so afraid people, in general, are becoming afraid to touch one another. I wish I were there for you, I wish I could hug you, and I wish I could give you a solution besides "send me a plane ticket"....because, really--I hurt so badly for you.
I know this reply post hasn't been useful at all, just overly wordy and annoying and sympathetic, but it's all I can give--and I wish I could do more :(
*hugs* Well, reunions of daddy's family don't happen but every few years and before this year it was 2001 since we been to Jersey to see momma's family...but yeah. *hugs* It sucks. I wanna be clingy, but it feels weird, so I end up sittin' on my own. I think a couple of my cousins (one on each side, aparently) is vaguely psychic cause they always make sure to keep contact with me when they're around me at gatherings.
I'm a naturally a touchy feely person, so I guess I differ a bit from you there. Also my family is very small and very cuddly and affectionate. But I've learnt the hard way that most of my friends or people that I meet just aren't comfortable being touched. By that I mean just a pat on the arm in friendship or a hug in greeting or sitting closely while watching TV.
Interestingly, I mentioned it in a post once and a lot of my online friends said the same thing. That they don't normally try to touch people, because they don't know how they might react.
It's a weird society we live in sometimes.
(A few of those friends who read the post though hug me goodbye now and it makes me feel all squishy and happy.)
*hugs* I know it's not the same, but they warm me anyway. I wish I could give you a real hug.
Ah. I think I'd like to be that free to be all touchy-feely but...yeah.
So I'm really free with th' hugs. *hugs* See? *G*
Ah, but not so much society as it is America. Lots of other (European, anyway) countries are more touchy. America's pretty much the main prude of the major players. *pauses* Assuming yer in America at all. Or yer friends are. *has gotten too used to her closest friends being State-side*
(*giggles* And, yeah. Go here for detail if yer really intersted, but yeah. It started as a branch off the Cult of the Rodney and grew a life of it's own. I play Rodney and Radek, among others.)
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I know this reply post hasn't been useful at all, just overly wordy and annoying and sympathetic, but it's all I can give--and I wish I could do more :(
~rather clingy hugs~
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Interestingly, I mentioned it in a post once and a lot of my online friends said the same thing. That they don't normally try to touch people, because they don't know how they might react.
It's a weird society we live in sometimes.
(A few of those friends who read the post though hug me goodbye now and it makes me feel all squishy and happy.)
*hugs* I know it's not the same, but they warm me anyway. I wish I could give you a real hug.
(*points at account* You RPG?)
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So I'm really free with th' hugs. *hugs* See? *G*
Ah, but not so much society as it is America. Lots of other (European, anyway) countries are more touchy. America's pretty much the main prude of the major players. *pauses* Assuming yer in America at all. Or yer friends are. *has gotten too used to her closest friends being State-side*
(*giggles* And, yeah. Go here for detail if yer really intersted, but yeah. It started as a branch off the Cult of the Rodney and grew a life of it's own. I play Rodney and Radek, among others.)
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