there should be more mechanisms for non-sexual affectionate physical contact!! i had someone tell me once that once you’re out of your twenties, you don’t really cuddle your friends anymore because it’s weird. that’s!!!!! that’s fucked up!!!! don’t you like. don’t you need physical affection in order to be mentally healthy? like partnered ppl can share that with their partners, but like. what about ppl who aren’t partnered and don’t want to be? they spend most of their lives being untouched?? and even if you are partnered, expecting your partner alone to fulfill all your needs?? that just sounds. dysfunctional to me. how’s that supposed to work?