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Title: How do you feel about physical contact?
Post by: Calypso on September 16, 2015, 12:33:11 AM: Physical contact meaning hugs, holding hands, shaking hands, etc.
How do you feel about it? Certain types of physical contact, like knowing I'm gonna have to shake someone's hand, gives me anxiety. Other types of physical contact I welcome, such as hugs.
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Post by: warfox on September 16, 2015, 01:13:10 AM: I mean depending on the way its approached and how much force is put into it im fine with almost any thing
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Post by: HollowOfHaze on September 16, 2015, 01:18:15 AM: Never held a person's hand other than my parents. Wouldn't really work out considering my hands are a bit... undesirable.
I don't shake hands unless prompted, due to similar reasons.
I don't hug people, although I have accepted a hug from a friend in a humorous/lighthearted situation.
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Post by: warfox on September 16, 2015, 01:26:14 AM: I have clammy hand too probably cause I keep them in my pocket all the time T_T
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Post by: warfox on September 16, 2015, 01:31:28 AM: it feels weird to have my arms dangle o.O
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Post by: warfox on September 16, 2015, 01:34:07 AM: good idea *starts flailing*
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Post by: warfox on September 16, 2015, 01:37:07 AM: I will be too ...cuz im stuck here
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Post by: warfox on September 16, 2015, 01:39:16 AM: lol to the site or furries?
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Post by: warfox on September 16, 2015, 01:41:05 AM: oh lol
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Post by: HollowOfHaze on September 16, 2015, 01:43:11 AM: ONE OF US
ONE OF US
ONE OF US
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Post by: warfox on September 16, 2015, 01:45:27 AM: oh ok then
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Post by: warfox on September 16, 2015, 01:47:22 AM: *looks around* uhhhh
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Post by: warfox on September 16, 2015, 01:54:19 AM: (yeah I bet) *starts canting*
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Post by: CrazyCat on September 16, 2015, 02:46:10 AM: Feels weird. Not used to it. Especially light touch. It makes my skin crawl. Feels awful.
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Post by: CrazyCat on September 16, 2015, 03:01:10 AM: Quote from: Calypso on September 16, 2015, 02:50:42 AM
I know someone like that that also can't stand massages. Just the thought gives her the creeps, does that apply to you?

Massages are fine as long as some pressure is applied. Otherwise, no massage.

Hugs are fine though as long as I know before hand I'm gonna get hugged. Any unexpected contact freaks me out.
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Post by: SapiensUrsus on September 16, 2015, 03:06:36 AM: I'm all for most physical contact. Hugs, arms around shoulders, etc. I feel you about handshakes though. It can be awkward sometimes if the handshake isn't "perfect" :/

Even with strangers, I'm all good with random hugs and stuff.
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Post by: Caesium Iodide on September 16, 2015, 04:15:18 AM: On an informal level, like with a mate, I enjoy sitting really close, cuddling, I enjoy when an arm is put around me ( I feel protected lol), holding hands is literally my favorite thing in the world, and I give the greatest hugs and I just. I can't STAND kissing. I've done it but I just find it so gross. Oh well, what do I know?
Formally, I'm okay with shaking hands. High fives aren't formal but they're chill. Idk what else. I just really like hugs and holding hands.
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Post by: Aldebar on September 16, 2015, 04:45:57 AM: I'm okay with hugs and the like from trusted friends, but I suppose it depends on my mood. Some days I don't mind, others I highly value my personal space and don't want it disturbed. It depends on the person and the situation.

It's a little different when it comes to more RP-based situations and acting things out with fursonas; I don't mind a bit of cuddling up but I'd prefer it be something that's happening on the side of an actual conversation. I get closer to people through learning more about them and talking regularly, sharing ideas and interests and all that.
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Post by: Farewell on September 16, 2015, 05:12:26 AM: I can't hug people
Only people I love... Which is odd since friends do it, some strangers, or family but I have to love, trust, respect, them. Hopefully it's just an odd thing I'm going through sometimes I feel rude to people when I reject hugs.
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Post by: Valentina on September 16, 2015, 09:05:51 AM: If its a friend I can hug them, hold hands and everything ect. But if it were strangers i wouldnt dare, (My hands shake a lot)
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Post by: RAM on September 16, 2015, 02:18:22 PM: Meh, I don't touch people because I'm a disgusting fatass. I know my place, and it's not being wrapped around someone else.
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Post by: Farewell on September 16, 2015, 02:50:18 PM: Quote from: RAM on September 16, 2015, 02:18:22 PM
Meh, I don't touch people because I'm a disgusting fatass. I know my place, and it's not being wrapped around someone else.
I've hugged you once before, but that's true you don't like hugs even though every friend at our school wants to hug you for some reason...
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Post by: RAM on September 16, 2015, 03:20:43 PM: Yey
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Post by: Trixsie Vixen on September 16, 2015, 03:29:50 PM: I'm all for it. Hug a stranger? I'm down with it. Hand shakes are for certain semi-formal moments and one always stands up to shake a hand even if sitting when it is offered. That's just how it's done.

Not a big fan of amateur massages.

I like kissing, but agree it is gross XD
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Post by: Indiveren on September 16, 2015, 04:21:19 PM: Usually can't stand touch, although some people seem to be able to touch me without it bothering me... If I can actually stand the touch of someone without wanting them to stop immediately and me try to shake the feeling off, then I'm perfectly ok with it.
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Post by: Caesium Iodide on September 17, 2015, 03:43:36 AM: I'm a very touchy-feely kind of person so it's really hard for me to not hug people sometimes or touch their hair. Like, even sometimes when I'm hanging out with my friends I feel like putting my head on one of their shoulders (one friend in particular <.< ). Anyway, I feel like touching someone and receiving touch is a great way of affection. I'm literally a child in a relationship like I have no idea why that is but then it's like I become more playful like a fox. My fox comes out! Oh sorry.
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Post by: HagenK on September 17, 2015, 08:12:05 AM: I love touching, hugging, cuddling and all that good stuff. Hell I even sometimes give double handed handshakes and touch strangers when trying to walk through a crowd.
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Post by: Halei-Helai on September 17, 2015, 12:56:51 PM: I am extremely sensitive to touch. I don't know if I am more or less than others, but it profoundly affects me. I do enjoy having personal space but for those I let in I really love a good hug, and receiving a good massage is indescribable for me because it feels so wonderful. Romantically, cuddling, hand holding, embracing, and all the rest almost puts my brain into overdrive and I get goosebumps instantly since it feels so good.

I think I have an oversized touch center in my brain or something too because I can feel certain music, not in the hippy sense, but in the actual tactile sense. It is unbelievable.

So yeah, touch rules!
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Post by: MrRazot on September 17, 2015, 08:10:32 PM: Giving a good handshake is important to me. Also contrary to my online self, I'm always up for a hug.
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Post by: TangovyTrix on September 22, 2015, 05:23:06 AM: I'm not really one for physical contact. I just don't like it haha. Sometimes a hug from someone I might know is okay, but otherwise... no. ヾ(T(エTヽ
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Post by: Alistair on September 22, 2015, 05:33:59 AM: Upon first meeting I prefer a firm handshake, if its something more than a handshake; such as a hug, we'd have to get to know each other very well before any hugs happen.
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Post by: Elliot_ on September 24, 2015, 11:18:31 PM: Quote from: Calypso on September 16, 2015, 01:23:21 AM
I have clammy hands which is why I get anxiety about holding hands/shaking hands/high five-ing which makes my hands get even worse. It's an unfortunate cycle.
I hear you sister! Sweaty hands are one of my worst anxieties.
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Post by: ENOJI Kengura on September 25, 2015, 04:23:02 PM: i am really fine with anyone touching me in those said ways on the first post, although if i hardly know the person, and they go too far, i get nervous.
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Post by: Kyuusoku on September 26, 2015, 01:55:08 PM: Well, really depends on the person giving the hug, hand holding, kissing etc. At camp last year, I met my favorite person in the world. He was soo cute :$ He has black bieber hair and he looks deliceous :* Well, anyways we hugged like 50 times a day, and held hands and put are arms around eachother. We still talk, over texting and are planning to go to camp again the same session so we can <3 again :* But back to the point, it really depends on the person doing the touching. Like if it was my brother, someone that I really didn't like, child malesters etc I would probably bish slap 'em and run the hell away o.O XD
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Post by: Bayzan on September 29, 2015, 01:37:20 PM: Depends on what type of contact. I don't mind hugging anyone, though for you to really feel a hug from me, you must be someone I care about.
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Post by: FriendlyFern on October 07, 2015, 07:15:36 PM: I'm not into physical contact... I find it awkward and uncomfortable. I'll hug family members if they want me to and I shake peoples hands if they hold them out, that's just because I don't want to be rude. My partner is the only person I'm obviously OK with hugging and all that other stuff...
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Post by: Elias on October 08, 2015, 12:48:20 AM: I like it. Infact I love it, it gives me a good read of what the persons like or how they feel, like the difference between a firm handshake and someone trying to crush your damn hand might be dependent on their stress levels, or for example a hug, if they snuggle themselves into your neck and hug you tightly, they are happy to see you and need you around for some reason.. Just small details like that make everything to me so intimate.
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Post by: KelsieTheWolf on October 09, 2015, 08:53:55 PM: I love it :3 nothing is better then a nice snuggle.
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Post by: Dontier_S on October 19, 2015, 01:54:04 PM: My parents were older when I was born, so that meant being taught a lot of the older things. Make sure your handshake is firm, that kind of stuff. Tends to get me confused sometimes nowadays because it doesn't seem like it's pushed as much. Hugs from some people Make me feel a bit awkward. I sometimes over analyze things when it comes to body language. Habit.
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Post by: Traum on October 19, 2015, 03:58:27 PM: I'm up for it
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Post by: Bembix on October 19, 2015, 04:02:46 PM: Hugging and hand-shaking are alright usually. What really weirds me out is people touching my back or my hair, it's just such an unpleasant sensation. Especially if I don't know who's doing it, or they do it repeatedly.
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Post by: Keinai on October 19, 2015, 05:49:59 PM: I only hug my family from the front, otherwise I just like side hugs or A-frame hugs. But that's only when I like hugs, which is extremely rare.

I don't like physical contact tbh. I don't mind a firm handshake now and again but I won't hesitate to throw someone off of me as if I was being mugged.

I hate my hair being touched unless it's by a stylist and I hate touching someone else's hair.
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Post by: L4BY_ on October 22, 2015, 11:40:46 PM: I don't like being touched, especially by surprise, but I'm okay with hugs, group hugs or a simple hand shake.
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Post by: Cecilia Peromi on October 23, 2015, 12:19:00 AM: Is it wierd that I don't really mind a surprise massage?
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Post by: Loote on October 23, 2015, 01:05:25 AM: I love having physical contact with people, but only when I start it. I can't stand being touched after i've asked someone not to, but I guess that applies to everyone :P I'm completely down for hugs, but only when i'm aware of it. Well, with friends, anyway.

I'd never be as touchy-feely with family as I am with friends. It's even gotten to the point where I try and avoid my dads hugs, because he doesn't appreciate when I don't want them. Ah, well.

Basically, Yes to physical contact most of the time :P
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Post by: Cecilia Peromi on October 23, 2015, 01:09:40 AM: I like physical contact, especially something like massages, my mom used to give me them when I was little.
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Post by: NamelessTraveler on October 23, 2015, 02:29:00 AM: I flippin' hate being touched. No hugs, no pats on the shoulder, nothing please. :P
Nobody has permission to touch me, no matter how good of friends we are. The only one who gets to touch me in any way, shape, or form is my boyfriend, and since I don't have one... Well, that explains that. xD

The only exception is my lil' sis. She can give me a back massage, she's good at that. :3
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Post by: Wolfles on October 26, 2015, 02:10:42 PM: I don't like too much physical contact, unless its someone that I know and trust, if its someone I don't know, I 99% of the time would scream at them C: Love Hugs,
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Post by: Traum on October 26, 2015, 02:23:19 PM: It's kinda odd to see so many furies not liking touch
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Post by: MrRazot on October 27, 2015, 03:41:45 PM: Most people know me online for hating hugs, however a genuine one IRL is awesome and I can usually feel deprived of them :P
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Post by: kalan on October 27, 2015, 04:50:54 PM: But I like to do this anyways

*hugs mr razot*

XP
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Post by: [INACTIVE] on October 29, 2015, 04:11:30 AM: I love it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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Post by: Farewell on October 29, 2015, 04:18:01 AM: He only contact I had was awkward hugs and firm handshakes... But yea :T not Fond of hugs just feels odd and I usually hug if I trust people and like them like family or close friends which I don't have... :| ehh
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Post by: 138 on October 31, 2015, 05:00:14 PM: I don't have much of an issue with it just as long as you get all in my face about it.
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Post by: Caesium Iodide on November 01, 2015, 02:16:20 AM: Sometimes, I really want to be hugged, by my friends and such.
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Post by: Alonzorion on November 01, 2015, 04:38:59 AM: Bizarrely, despite being somewhat of a mute, I love cuddles.
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Post by: Kipsy on November 02, 2015, 10:58:30 PM: I dislike people touching me. Hugging is out of the question unless I hug you often and willing, meaning I start the hug process. There are few people I truly want to hug in this world and that is my mother and my boyfriend. Everyone else can back off. Especially when I go to cons. I know a lot of people enjoy hugging each other in the furry fandom, but I don't hug strangers in normal public events and that rule doesn't change when I go to conventions. I don't like shaking hands either, because it feels forced and again I don't know if they've washed their hands.
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Post by: ReD2222 on November 05, 2015, 11:13:10 AM: I hate it. Mostly because I don't know how to react. Makes me dread greeting people. It really hurts my ability to make friends irl. :(
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Post by: Celestial_Dragon on November 11, 2015, 12:09:11 PM: i don't like it when people get physical when i don't want them to be.
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Post by: Ræfóa Aldrnari on November 11, 2015, 02:52:14 PM: I always love a good hug from a good friend ^_^
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Post by: Honey Bun on November 16, 2015, 11:01:12 PM: I'm one of those, "don't touch me" people who secretly like physical contact.

I like hugs, I just feel like I'm gonna do it wrong, so I get nervous.

I think it's partially due to the fakeness of my parents physical contact with me. They don't like me much, but then every once in a while they'll pretend to be nice and then hug me or something similar. And I hate it cuz it's so fake. So real hugs and such are a surprise every time, I suppose.
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Post by: ENOJI Kengura on November 19, 2015, 10:37:03 PM: im okay with hugging, especially from a friend. although if its someone i dont know, ill be nervous. Even though I have that mentality, i try my best to keep myself from being seen as...a groper, or anything similar to that.
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Post by: FinnegansWake on December 09, 2015, 12:13:37 AM: For me, it depends how much I know someone. For example, I will hold hands with my girlfriend, but not a random classmate of whom I have the same Physics class with XP but hugs are always welcome!
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Post by: Caesium Iodide on December 09, 2015, 05:23:37 AM: Sometimes, I really long for a hug and I just shrug it off.

Like right now. Could seriously go for some strawberry ice cream and cuddles right now because for some reason I'm upset.
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Post by: Rho'Syn Ilwynog on December 09, 2015, 06:09:05 PM: I'm very cuddly but I'm very afraid of it coming off as flirting.
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Post by: Remo The Sponge Guppy on December 09, 2015, 09:44:16 PM: Since I don't have much experience with physics contact, a lot of blushing and fidgeting is involved.
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Post by: Alice stormwater on December 09, 2015, 10:45:08 PM: I miss physical contact, all you people are great but I found when I came out as a furry to my friends well. Not really came out sense they went through my computer when I left for a moment. But still, I lost three great guys that day. Kinda wish I learned to clear history back then lol.

Names Alice, a mature furry, expert human. You name it I can get you a good price. Brakes are our business.
With petrol in your glass!
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Post by: Rob_Silvermyst on December 20, 2015, 02:08:13 AM: It depends more on the person. I like giving physical contact as long as I like the person. Anything beyond a handshake or hug is reserved for friends, family and loved ones. I certainly love to snuggle, but alas, I haven't had anyone in my life that I've been able to do that with :(