Katie MackVerified account

Asking for consent - as you should anyway - wins every time.

Agreed. But in some circumstances the asking would ruin the spontaneity and also the gesture itself. If I had to ask for a hug or a kiss I would not bother with either. Save the hugs and kisses for those you know well enough.

You will 100% be called out for asking, too. Just avoid human contact. Email is really the closest anyone should ever come to another human.

You seem really bitter and angry. I genuinely hope things get better for you, for your sake and even the people you are only contacting via email.

I've gotten into squabbles over this based on the premise that this was a normal way of life to people of previous generations, and no one told Biden that it was wrong or that he should stop, so he assumed it was fine. I, on the other hand, would do exactly what you suggested.

I am 66 now and don't recall any age when adults thought touching others freely was okay, or would always be enjoyed, understood, and appreciated. He is 76, so when I was 10 he'd have been 20. It was not normally done, US East Coast, nor in Cali, or midwest, in my circles.

We are also wired for empathy and if you don’t care how someone feels about what you’re doing to their body, something is very very wrong