To clarify my reaction: I don’t find anything wrong with it. It just seems really arbitrary, and slightly like a violation of personal space (even if you ask) although that one doesn’t really bother me. I find it unusual and surprising, more than anything else. My reaction was along the lines of “Wait, what? Why would you want to touch my hair?”.
Sure. I’ve just only seen or heard of it done with intimate couples. I’ve never seen it done with strangers. It seems like a couple steps above hugs on a scale of casual intimacy, to me, if I can just invent a scale out of thin air and proceed to give no reference points to guide how you’d evaluate that sort of thing.
To clarify my reaction: I don’t find anything wrong with it. It just seems really arbitrary, and slightly like a violation of personal space (even if you ask) although that one doesn’t really bother me. I find it unusual and surprising, more than anything else. My reaction was along the lines of “Wait, what? Why would you want to touch my hair?”.
A lot of people like being petted. Enough people and enough liking that I’m confused that it doesn’t seem to be a normal thing, like hugs.
Edit: Maybe because it’s kind of hard to pet someone who is petting you? Hugs are typically reciprocal.
Sure. I’ve just only seen or heard of it done with intimate couples. I’ve never seen it done with strangers. It seems like a couple steps above hugs on a scale of casual intimacy, to me, if I can just invent a scale out of thin air and proceed to give no reference points to guide how you’d evaluate that sort of thing.