the holy hand grenade of touch

on men hugging awkwardly

He looked at me awkwardly.

I don’t usually do this but..

This happens a lot with men.

One moment we’re finally leveling with each other emotionally then the next?

We’re fumbling around that holiest of hand grenades - touch.

It’s like some dudes are so afraid of something, it’s like if we hug we either turn into a banana shaped martian with herpes or, you know… sexytime.

To all you dudes who have awkward hugs with other dudes: ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT SEXYTIME CREEPING INTO YOUR RELATIONSHIPS IF YOU HUG WITHOUT RESERVATION?

Did every person you hug end up spending sexytime with you?

If so, that’s a hell of a record and yikes do not tell me about your childhood, I’m leaving that therapy world behind.

Touch is so taboo these days. And with good reason. It’s been abused. Asking for consent to touch and be touched is being left to chance less and less. This takes away from spontaneous touch.

While images in the west have become hypersexualized, touch has become increasingly evil. Every little nuanc…