How did you learn it? It isn't as though there are guides or lessons... sigh.
two people sitting snuggled up together reading separate books
If the other person is a stranger or just-friends, that's also a foreign reference. But I have snuggled up while reading, next to a partner (someone that I know is okay with having me in close proximity ;). If I don't already know that a priori, I'm reluctant to sit down in proximity to the other person, even to read.
just absent-minded hand motions True, these may not be consuming more than a few percent of that person's attention... but they're visually a distraction while I'm trying to talk with that person, so my attention is also partially deflected.
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Date: 2003-06-24 07:54 am (UTC)How did you learn it? It isn't as though there are guides or lessons... sigh.
two people sitting snuggled up together reading separate books
If the other person is a stranger or just-friends, that's also a foreign reference. But I have snuggled up while reading, next to a partner (someone that I know is okay with having me in close proximity ;). If I don't already know that a priori, I'm reluctant to sit down in proximity to the other person, even to read.
just absent-minded hand motions
True, these may not be consuming more than a few percent of that person's attention... but they're visually a distraction while I'm trying to talk with that person, so my attention is also partially deflected.