I dont' know if she was mad. I left after I hugged her.
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I've got a person that gets mad when anyone tries to hug them or shake their hand.
Not everyone grew up in a Leave it to Beaver household.
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To be a servant of God, it will cost us our total commitment to God, and God alone. His burden must be our burden... Sis Alvear
Well, I don't know many people who like somebody in their face.
I know I don't.
But this is different. This person is averse to any sort of congeniality at all.
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Originally Posted by mizpeh
Not everyone grew up in a Leave it to Beaver household.
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Originally Posted by Edward Anglin
What's that supposed to mean?
It means that inside that bubble is probably some pretty horrendous pain.
Doesn't make the reaction right, but it does explain it.
I'm not a huggy touchy sort of person. I'll go out of my way to avoid crowds, especially in church, because everyone wants to shake hands and quite a few people want to hug too. I hate coming across as cold so I try to avoid it at all costs. I'm pretty uncomfortable in any sort of group of people.
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There are reasons some people respond the way they do.
Some folks did not grow up with lots of love and hugs and happiness.
We can cut them some slack, look beyond their bubble, and show them the love of Christ by His grace.
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To be a servant of God, it will cost us our total commitment to God, and God alone. His burden must be our burden... Sis Alvear
Sounds like this person has more than a bubble around them. They sound downright harsh.
When I think of folks with bubbles, I think of those that just don't like to be touched much. I think it starts when they're babies. There are those that will lean away from you when you hold them. They just don't like the close contact. Most babies lean into and snuggle into you....bubble babies don't.
My sister is a bubble person, but she's not cold or unfriendly or weird. And it's not a germ thing either, she just doesn't like to be touched.
Something I used to do, and wonder if it was subconscious due to my occasional awkwardness when being hugged, is I would return the hug, and reach my arm up around their neck in such a way as to sort of choke them. A brother once mentioned it to me, as, "You must have a problem with hugging, every time I give you a hug my windpipe gets knocked by your arm." I felt bad, apoligized, and now try to do a "handshake-hug combo", it keeps me from the awkward body contact, and puts my hugging arm at their back, "One pat-two pats- 'Good to see you'- break."
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