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Why is it so awkward when your hand touches someone elses?

Asked by Jellie (6492points) September 29th, 2011

So I was handing this guy at work a drink and in the natural course of events our hands touched. Although I didn’t react outwardly, it was slightly weird for me. And there’s no tension between us of any sort, we’re completely normal colleagues, he is like 20 years older to me and all that. It happens to me with most people I am not on a “hugging level” with.

Hands aren’t a private or intimate part of body. Why is it awkward?

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