Touching Behavior Paper
Touching Behavior
Paper 2
Comm 308
Christine Payne
3/25/2014
In most cases I would not consider myself a so called “toucher.” I do not go out of my way to touch someone. I would never be one to see a friend and give them a hug as a greeting. Occasionally I may give someone a hug if I hadn’t seen them over a long period of time or if I am close to them, but any other means no. I also wouldn’t all myself a toucher because I never really go out of my way to touch someone. If I was interacting with the opposite sex, flirtatiously I still would probably not touch them. For me a toucher is considered to be very self-aware, which is a trait that I don’t necessarily show by my actions but more by my thoughts and words. When it comes to myself I feel comfortable touching only people that I am very close to. I would say that touching is more intimate and meaningful to me. In regard to people touching me, it all depends on the situation. My parents were pretty “hands on” when it came to touching. Picking me up, scratching my back, giving me high fives and hugs after basketball games and just interactions like that. It was never foreign to me to embrace a loved one or close friend. I think that in a way the more social you are the more people you will come in contact with. I am involved in activities on campus that lead me to be interacting with others. So therefore I am bound to be shaking more people’s hands and people rubbing my back in a time of need just as examples. I think the same thing is true when it comes to touch being a comfort thing when it comes to either touching or being touched.
The relationships that I have with people and the way we touch each other is different for every relationship. Take a close friendship, someone that I have spent a lot of time with. In this situation I would feel pretty comfortable with giving them a hug or touching their face suddenly because we are an open understanding that it is all in fun.
Paper 2
Comm 308
Christine Payne
3/25/2014
In most cases I would not consider myself a so called “toucher.” I do not go out of my way to touch someone. I would never be one to see a friend and give them a hug as a greeting. Occasionally I may give someone a hug if I hadn’t seen them over a long period of time or if I am close to them, but any other means no. I also wouldn’t all myself a toucher because I never really go out of my way to touch someone. If I was interacting with the opposite sex, flirtatiously I still would probably not touch them. For me a toucher is considered to be very self-aware, which is a trait that I don’t necessarily show by my actions but more by my thoughts and words. When it comes to myself I feel comfortable touching only people that I am very close to. I would say that touching is more intimate and meaningful to me. In regard to people touching me, it all depends on the situation. My parents were pretty “hands on” when it came to touching. Picking me up, scratching my back, giving me high fives and hugs after basketball games and just interactions like that. It was never foreign to me to embrace a loved one or close friend. I think that in a way the more social you are the more people you will come in contact with. I am involved in activities on campus that lead me to be interacting with others. So therefore I am bound to be shaking more people’s hands and people rubbing my back in a time of need just as examples. I think the same thing is true when it comes to touch being a comfort thing when it comes to either touching or being touched.
The relationships that I have with people and the way we touch each other is different for every relationship. Take a close friendship, someone that I have spent a lot of time with. In this situation I would feel pretty comfortable with giving them a hug or touching their face suddenly because we are an open understanding that it is all in fun.