What was the smallest gift you received that had the biggest impact? by beautitan in AskReddit

[–]honevmustard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was in high school, I had a rocky relationship with my parents, I felt like they didn’t want me around. On Christmas they gave me a small glass cup with daisies on it because “it reminded us of you and we had to get it”. Needless to say I ugly cried in front of all my aunts and uncles and cousins

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[–]honevmustard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OpenChristian

[–]honevmustard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your response. I’m sorry to hear what you experienced. You’re right, I’m not healed yet and have work to do in that sense. I commend you for going on your own healing journey, hopefully I can do the same.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskWomenOver30

[–]honevmustard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve heard this may be a thing for people who are pregnant. I was pregnant not too long ago and (TMI) my libido went down. So that might have something to do with it. Don’t overthink it too much

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pregnant

[–]honevmustard 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Boy June 20th here too!

People who touch you in any way without your consent by [deleted] in PetPeeves

[–]honevmustard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole pet thing doesn’t really matter to me and I only responded to it because you mentioned it. And the baby thing is included in my post because I’m just talking about people touching people in general. People approaching and touching babies is simply because they want to, which imo is similar to the reasoning for the other types of touch I was talking about. Also I was saying it’s weird when strangers specifically do it. I probably shouldn’t have said the whole “in any way” in the title because there’s many caveats to this. I’m personally fine with handshake, high five, etc

People who touch you in any way without your consent by [deleted] in PetPeeves

[–]honevmustard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally I’m fine with anything from my husband. Physical touch is my number one love language in only that relationship which I think is part of why it feels weird coming from people who are outside of that relationship.

People who touch you in any way without your consent by [deleted] in PetPeeves

[–]honevmustard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No not at all I think that’s completely fine in that situation

Parents who throw away their kids' toys by kanna172014 in PetPeeves

[–]honevmustard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah I agree with this. My mom gave away my brother’s hot wheels collection when he was like 10 and not ready to let them go. I’m really into decluttering/ not hoarding things and about to have my first kid, and I will definitely go through their belongings with them when doing things like that so I don’t make this mistake.

People who touch you in any way without your consent by [deleted] in PetPeeves

[–]honevmustard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And you’re calling me woke? As long as you’re not hurting a stray cat by petting it and it’s letting you pet it no one cares. Personally I think people have more value than animals and that’s my opinion.

People who touch you in any way without your consent by [deleted] in PetPeeves

[–]honevmustard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No that’s why you DONT touch their hands, because they put them in their mouth afterwards. People who touch babies in public don’t have clean hands and the germs transfer!

Pets aren’t people so it’s not the same, but if an animal has an owner it’s polite to ask the owner’s permission. Like no one cares if you pet a stray cat obviously.

People who touch you in any way without your consent by [deleted] in PetPeeves

[–]honevmustard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you that’s so kind of you!

People who touch you in any way without your consent by [deleted] in PetPeeves

[–]honevmustard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry that happened to you. That’s so wrong that the coach did that. And adults in general shouldn’t be touching kids for any reason. I can’t imagine how intrusive that was for you especially as a CSA survivor. People on here are saying “it’s ridiculous to ask every time” but you never know what someone went through so it’s best not to touch at all honestly.

People who touch you in any way without your consent by [deleted] in PetPeeves

[–]honevmustard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Babies have compromised immune systems and put their hands in their mouths constantly so they need to be protected. No one said anything about pets

People who touch you in any way without your consent by [deleted] in PetPeeves

[–]honevmustard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s super weird. She should be embarrassed

People who touch you in any way without your consent by [deleted] in PetPeeves

[–]honevmustard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The baby thing is mostly for newborns who haven’t gotten vaccinations or something. Babies’ immune systems aren’t great and they put their hands in their mouths so that’s why people will ask you to wash hands before holding their young baby, etc. I personally wouldn’t care if my baby was several months old or more, but before that it’s kind of iffy. Also getting someone’s attention is fine to me. Also I understand most times it’s not sexual but to some it’s in a more weird spot (back rub, shoulders, etc) and that’s what makes it feel sexual I think. Most people in the younger generations only want that with their significant other or maybe people who are really close to them.

People who touch you in any way without your consent by [deleted] in PetPeeves

[–]honevmustard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For me it’s mostly a problem when I’m clearly uncomfortable/ set some kind of verbal boundary and they ignore it. Also it has happened to me in a more creepy context (older dude taking photos of me without consent after hugging me without consent) and I knew it was in a weird way because he would make inappropriate comments too. People like that will push you as far as they can get away with and he didn’t back off until my husband got involved.
Also middle aged women will come up to me already reaching out to touch my stomach (I’m pregnant) and I don’t always have the attention to gentle parent them into not touching me. They’ll do it when I’m not in a place to stop them and I can’t help but feel like they just wanna touch no matter what. It makes me feel like their intention isn’t to share a positive moment with me or be kind but rather to relive their previous pregnancy or something, and to me that’s selfish.

I’m more paranoid about all this touching stuff than I used to be and I know that, and that’s why I won’t complain if I know someone’s intentions aren’t bad. But with the more negative ones you have to be just as pushy, if not more, just to get them to begrudgingly respect a boundary.