Why is it easier to challenge or ridicule your male friends than to encourage or verbally praise them? Why has the intimacy in our greetings gone from handshakes, to fist bumps, to head nods?
When did challenging become the new kind?
I don’t know all of the root issues that led to the scarcity of male affection. I don’t have the answers.
But I hope that we are trending towards a world where “male friends hugging” doesn’t automatically make the viewer assume anything about the huggers’ sexual orientation.
What about you?
Has anyone ever mistaken you and your guy friends for being in a relationship for any of the above reasons? Or different reasons?