@AutisticAdam@actuallyautistic@Lizette603_23
I grew up in a family that wasn’t physical. To this day I don’t like being hugged or touched uninvited. If that bothers someone, that’s their issue. It doesn’t bother me anymore.
@Jack@AutisticAdam@actuallyautistic I have several friends who are touch-averse. It's simply an extension of courtesy to me. I don't automatically hug anyone who hasn't said or indicated that they themselves like to be hugged BY ME, not in general. It's very specific for some people, re person or timing or even location. It's not about me it's about someone else. I think that's where a lot of people go wrong, thinking it's personal.
Sure, I recognise that some people do like it. Fine, good for them. But that doesn't give them the right to inflict a handshake on anybody else, and it's absurd to suggest that handshakes are universally correct and consented to.
@Lizette603_23@Jack@AutisticAdam@actuallyautistic not a hugger or a hand shaker. Covid was strangely a good thing for me in that regard. There are waaaaayyy to many huggers in the South…and have you seen DeathSantis rubbing his nose then shaking hands with people? 🤮🤢
On this I must be slightly closer to baseline. I welcome touch, but only from people I know well and trust. That's a very small list. With people I don't know, I can endure it, for a short time. With people I know but don't trust, it's torture.
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