What kinds of connections do you want to make with other people?

[petra]

What types of interactions do you feel the lack of while staying inside?

Comments

[petra]

Saying "touching people" sounds a little creepy, true though it is. Let's go with "I miss being able to sing with other people." The closest I've found is singing along with people on Zoom, which is somewhat but not wholly satisfying.

[minoanmiss]

No, no, physical contact is very important.

[petra]

I still get physical contact with my SO, but the lack of more casual interactions with friends is a gaping crater in my heart when I think about it.

[minoanmiss]

I hear you. SO much. J hugs me, but it's not a substitute for all the differnet hugs I want.

[petra]

You're on my list of People I Would Like To Hug, under the subheading "Stretch Goals." <3

[dine]

physical - just being in close physical distance to people, and the attendant hugs and shoulder bumps and hand touches

[petra]

The little stuff is hard. I miss hugging my friends like crazy.

[fred_mouse]

Having people in my house. Our house has traditionally been the meeting place for my gaming and singing groups (because when the first of these started, I had infants, and when the second started I was the one with the lounge/kids being run around), and I miss just having extra people in my space.

Also touching people. And being in close space -- our canteen at work is takeaway only, and all of the inside lunch spaces are marked as do not use (and the kitchens have signs up about use and get out). And I feel guilty about wandering into other people's spaces, and I typically go and babble at people multiple times a day (very very external thinker).

[hannah]

Collective worship.

[petra]

I can sympathize with that.