Physical touch
You feel loved through closeness.
For you, love lives in the body. A long hug when you meet, a hand on your back, sitting close on the couch. It's so much more than sex. It's getting to feel close.
When touch is missing, a day can feel long and cold, even if everything else is fine. And when you can't be together, the longing for closeness often gets extra strong.
In everyday life it often shows in how you reach for a hand on walks, like to sit close, and show care yourself with a hug or a squeeze of the arm.
Show your partner this
- Hug me a little longer than usual when we see each other.
- Hold my hand when we walk side by side.
- Sit close to me on the couch, legs touching or an arm around me.
- Give me a shoulder rub that doesn't have to lead to anything more.
- Stroke my hair or my back when I'm tired.