[Sparrow]

handshakes, full stop, if we're meeting for the first time. it throws off a lot of the young women i meet. i'm not being stand-offish, you're not gross, i don't know you. i'm weird about non-sexual touching and people being too familiar with me. what do you want?! i spent an entire girlhood avoiding kisses to my cheeks and people picking me up b/c they could. my nightmare are people who platonically kiss on the mouth. just…just, no. no. no. no. no. no.

and don't get me started on the fake 'i love you' goodbyes from people who are barely acquaintances. it's an obligation to say it back. bitch, i don't love you and you have no idea what it is to love me. lies. *sigh* proper Southern politesse is full of lies.