Posted by rainbowbrite on April 1, 2005, at 12:51:53
In reply to Re: fingertip handshakes........, posted by sunny10 on April 1, 2005, at 9:46:14
> Non-intimate touching is entirely fake in my opinion.
Its sad to say this but I think I have become way too comfortable with superficial life. I never hug, ever. I rarely get hugs...and I mean a real hug. I get and give the hugs that people often wonder why they happened becasue they were so quick and there was hardly any physical contact between the person (hand taps the shoulder) but thats it. I realized a few years ago that we live in a plastic, and fake society and now I often dont question it, I have my moments but....I dont like it, I prefer real, but I cant find it...anywhere> I'm a bumbling fool? Naw, I prefer to admit to having no manners at all. It's not like I mean a lack of respect for PEOPLE, just for useless gestures!
well I dont think it is always necesary to conform to socieity's rituals, if it works for soemone then there is no reason to. Although i am more a manners freak...but I am also recently learning that the more proper you are, the more fake you are, the more people feel uncomfortable around you to a certain degree. so you can never win in my eyes ....ever!
> I'm quite sure that jyl gets lots more respect than I do- I just can't help being myself!
There is nothing wrong with being yourself! I wish people were more like themselves. :-)
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