Monday, November 16th, 2009...9:59 pm

Generation Y is too touchy-feely

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“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dear­ness only that gives everything its value.“
 — Thomas Paine

Hugs are spe­cial. They provide com­fort in times of need, and express joy fol­low­ing tri­umph. And it is their rel­at­ive rar­ity that gives them that value. That works out well, because our pas­sions and emo­tions are rarely at those highs for very long.

For my gen­er­a­tion how­ever, those hugs are doled out without a second thought – they are lit­er­ally free.

I find this a little troub­ling, because these actions provide a ven­eer of rap­port and camaraderie over what are really very shal­low rela­tion­ships. If a hug is just a way of say­ing “hello”, how do we express real intim­acy? Not with kisses, because guys are end­ing their text mes­sages with them. Is it symp­to­matic of an instant-gratification cul­ture where we try to fast-track bonds of affin­ity, and in the pro­cess des­troy the worth of those relationships?

Call me a cold bitch if you want, but I find the excess­ive touchy-feelyness of other young people quite icky. Harden the fuck up people, and save hugs and kisses for when they are actu­ally warranted!

XOXO

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  • David
    February 19th, 2010 at 6:48 pm

    No one really cares what you have to say bro — they just want your notes

  • Dan
    February 24th, 2010 at 11:15 pm

    Seems like you cared enough to comment.

  • Yolanda
    April 19th, 2010 at 8:54 pm

    I care. this much (holds fin­ger and thumb mm from each other) because I wouldn’t want to get too touchy-feely on you. I agree though. Every­one hugs every­one all the freak­ing time.

  • Mariusthecamel
    May 11th, 2010 at 10:51 pm

    I’ll cut to the chase. I had a sex dream about you.

  • S.sha
    July 12th, 2010 at 7:11 pm

    david you douche,
    I com­pletely under­stand what you’re say­ing… its incred­ibly upset­ting but our gen­er­a­tion is on such a down­ward spiral what are we to do? We’ll prob­ably blow ourselves up in a nuc­lear war or expend all the oil reserves or kill each other over water so maybe a few mean­ing­less hugs couldn’t hurt anyone…

  • Bob
    September 5th, 2010 at 6:52 pm

    I like touching

  • sohbet odalar?
    October 15th, 2010 at 12:04 am

    thank you very nice posts

  • Ki
    November 29th, 2010 at 7:31 pm

    i agree with you, and i would most def­in­itely agree with you had i not changed to ruse. It has made me more open. Before that, i wouldn’t even have given a hug to close friends. Now giv­ing and receiv­ing hug is like a form of sup­port for each other, but i limit it only to those who need it, and those close to me.

  • HUGSSSSS
    October 8th, 2011 at 9:03 am

    I love hugs.

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