hand holding
Apr. 20th, 2006 10:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
keryxIs there a point in time when we suddenly shift in how we think about hand holding?
Little kids hold people's hands all the time. I think they actually get that it's a gesture of simple affection, connection to a person, comfort, not-alone-ness (sure they may not articulate it, cause they're ya know - four, but I think they get it). When do people stop doing that?
I guess that at some point all of us "grow up" into seeing most affection as the domain of romance. I for one miss holding my friends' hands without complication and doing that arm-swingy thing that means I am just so happy to be here with you. We might all be happier people if we could express how we felt about other humans that way instead of having to construct words around it and put them at a physical distance.
Yeah.
I think we should reclaim hand holding for friendship and affection in general.
Little kids hold people's hands all the time. I think they actually get that it's a gesture of simple affection, connection to a person, comfort, not-alone-ness (sure they may not articulate it, cause they're ya know - four, but I think they get it). When do people stop doing that?
I guess that at some point all of us "grow up" into seeing most affection as the domain of romance. I for one miss holding my friends' hands without complication and doing that arm-swingy thing that means I am just so happy to be here with you. We might all be happier people if we could express how we felt about other humans that way instead of having to construct words around it and put them at a physical distance.
Yeah.
I think we should reclaim hand holding for friendship and affection in general.