No Relationship can sustain without a Touch

It is very interesting, you had researched this theory of yours. Any books about this ?

I was once in a relationship with someone I hardly saw for three years. I was fine with it. I really think it depends on your personal preference. However, in the long run, I'd want to be with someone I can hold and start a family with. I'm just a very independent person (Or so I like to think), and I don't need to be physically around someone all the time.

I believe that friendship can sustain without physical touch. I have a friend that I met through my job, and we talked on a regular basis. First, it was just about work, and then over time it become about general day to day things. Eventually, we started talking off work hours and exchanging e-mails on a more personal level but only as friends. Now, I did meet him in person a time or two, but that was just because we happened to be in the same area at the same time. In the years that we have been friends, I can count the times that we have met in person on one hand, so we have not met even once a year yet have been friends for a long time and still keep in touch.

Yes, i agree- touch or presence is important in every relationship... which is why it is rare for long distance relationships to work out.. unless the couple meets once in a while- no contact would be unbearable.

I agree with you, even a negative touch people (incl. children) prefer aboven no touch at all. No touching is killing.

I doubt it. Touch is essential in any kind of relationship. You can express love by touching, you can send what you feel through touch, so i guess you can 't sustain a relationship without touch.

I truly believe this one. I don't think technology could really bridge the gap of need for the human touch. Regardless how technology has made life easier and communication far-reaching, still there is pure need for touch. My partner and I are usually far from each other due to work and I could certainly feel the strain of not having him beside me. I do think he's feeling the same way. There's that frustration of not having the chance to hug a person or just hold hands. A few weeks from now, I would be far from him once more and I am hoping that he could well be patient enough for the next time we'll be together. It's really tough and I'm missing him starting now. Indeed touch is really important and vital for a relationship to survive. Have a great MyLot experience ahead!

i don't think touch is necessary for a platonic relationship, and for the casual ones with co-workers and superiors.

I agree. It's not all about physical touch,but more of emotional. I hate being ignored and taken for granted. Any relationship without emotional touch surely won't succeed. have a good day

Good day Rambansal, With reference to your main topic, indeed, a good relationship will not sustain if it is not being taking care off. Same as you have mentioned, as a very special touch is one way on how to take care the relationship. And it is needed in all types of relationship. For without this, the ingredients for a better relationship will not be complete anymore. Incompleteness will make it dull. Hence, there are some instances, that we want to show that we really love our children as in the situation of a parents, but, some parents do not know how to express that love, as a consequence, their child grows up having a extreme attitude towards their parents. And this is because, personal touch is not truly present.

other relationship no need to touch. But, in love, we should have to need the touch. Lover or life partner having great response from that.

Yes, we are such a touchable race. We need many ensurances like touching, smiling, sweet words, like we need to listen, to see, to feel and more to feel a connection. There are people that work more with somethings than others, there are people that appreciates more being touched but are not much of a talker, others like to see a smile and the gestures so they feel loved but don't care much about being touched.

i agree,because for me it is also a part of action which shows that you love the person.Relationship without a touch is like a relationship without communication..

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Hello friend, I think that it all depends on the kind of relationship you are talking about. I´m sure that some kinds of relationships need touch and looking into each other´s eyes. But I have had good friendships through e-mail. And my sister lived for many years abroad and we have a wonderful relation. I would need a lot more that a relationship via web to have a romantic attachment with someone though. Attraction has to do with proximity and touching. Have a nice day!

You are right there. I think without touch we can't share our energy. Positive energy in the case of love. I think there is something very magical and a little scientific about how much we need other people and how much they need us, and our touch. I totally get what you are saying!

I completely agree. It's human nature to want to be touched by others. To me, it strenghtens a relationship. In a loving relationship it's just another way for partners to show how they care for each other and a simple touch can hold so much meaning to a person. I know that personally, I love it when my boyfriend puts his arm around me in public or he'll hug me from behind if we're standing in line waiting for something. There was also an experiment done by a psychologist that tested out something similar to this. He took baby monkeys and placed them with a fake, surrogate mother. The monkeys were placed with a cold, hard wire "mom" that had a bottle of food and another "mom" that was warm and cozy but had no food. The study showed that the monkeys would rather be deprived of food and have a warm, touching mother rather than having food but a mom that wasn't as nice to touch.