We stay far away from people because we don't want to work at relationships. I know I don't... I also know that I could be perfectly content with people hating me than ignoring me. Ignoring someone means that they don't want to take the time to even consider your presence. Your very existence to them means absolutely nothing. Well, anyway...

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The touching thing is an interesting concept. I have a friend who claims I have a three foot radius I don't let people cross. In reality, its just him, but that's another story. I guess you just have to make a time and place for these things. I think the best example that I can give of this is my friends I lived by last year. They were three guys that I spent a lot of time with. Every night before i went to bed I would go down and hug them all goodnight, like you used to do with your parents when you were little. It made me feel less alone before I went to bed. One night I didn't go down and one of my friends came over, wondering where I was. It had never occured to me that my act of comfort had also comforted others. I think that we need to make a time and place for things like this then, like I did. I no longer do this, but I do miss it. Its probably easier for girls as well, but like most things, its out there if you want it