Text | un: PrincessAllura | time for more silly network shenanigans

[quintessent]

Name: Princess Allura (un: PrincessAllura)
Date: 9/10
Format: Text

I have a question directed to the Earthlings who were brought here.

Before I came to this planet, my experience with humans was brief. As such, my knowledge of their culture is largely limited and something I have been working at understanding for some time now.

To get to the point: I am curious about human friendship rituals. Is handholding a common practice among friends?


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And what about kissing?

[AHEM. Not lingering on that one for too long. Definitely asking for a friend and not because she’s been casually smooching her bond for awhile now and still they are acting like it means nothing. As you do.]

I only ask this because I have seen a lot of different behavior since I arrived here that is different from the culture I was raised in and do not wish to misinterpret the meanings. Thank you.

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text | un: reddeer

[rightfoot]

Friends hold hands.
Friends kiss.

Friends with benefits sometimes also use tongue or have sex. You don't have to be romantic with someone to enjoy those things.

Does your species not have sex or something? Do you just like reproduce asexually or something like a plant?

[quintessent]

We reproduce like any other species!

After a long courting period of course.

[rightfoot]

So you're like... a child, then?

[quintessent]

That's not it either!

I understand these things can be... enjoyed casually.

But you could not just walk up to a platonic acquaintance and expect to... to open-mouth kiss them without certain assumptions being made.

[rightfoot]

I have to ask. Usually people in their teens understand this stuff.

Yeah, the assumption is "I want to kiss you". You're doing yourself and the other person no favors by reading into something as simple as a kiss.

[quintessent]

But certain feelings typically lead up to wanting to kiss someone. Like romance and longing.

[Someone has read too many romantic books.]

At least that's how it is where I come from.

[rightfoot]

Not always. Sometimes people just want physical intimacy and that's it. Usually an adult would have this conversation with their partner rather than ask a group of assholes on a public network.

But, what do I know.

[quintessent]

[Again with the adult thing…]

Well I did not know that the network was full of these assholes before I posed my question. I have certainly learned my lesson!