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[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.

Comments

Somehow I missed this notif in all of the other ones. Sorry!

[quintessent]

[Isn't it?]

Not publicly, no. Even among married couples most physical affection is meant to be kept between the parties involved. My parents referred to each other as Lord-husband and Lady-wife any time they were in front of others.

[They are just Very Polite.]

[polterguide]

I see... That probably explains where some of this confusion is coming from, if affection isn't super common for you, culturally.

But that also just kind of makes it seems like there's an exception for whoever you're being affectionate with, y'know?