INTPness
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Yeah, so far it looks like - on the whole - NT's are definitely favoring physical touch. In the NF thread, it looks like they enjoy physical touch as well - along with quality time and/or words of affirmation.
For me, physical touch is a means of quality time. I love great conversations with my partner - perhaps above anything else - but after the conversation is over I want you to be independent and I also want to be independent. Physical touch is cool not only because it's physical touch, but also because there does not necessarily have to be dialogue. Someone in the NF thread mentioned just sitting on the couch together - maybe watching a movie. That allows for intimacy and it's also a great way of communicating nonverbally, but it also allows for low energy (even if its intense - like at the beginning of a new relationship where the intensity of everything is heightened), relaxing time together. Great for the introverts! Much more relaxing than going to the local amusement park together.
For me, physical touch is a means of quality time. I love great conversations with my partner - perhaps above anything else - but after the conversation is over I want you to be independent and I also want to be independent. Physical touch is cool not only because it's physical touch, but also because there does not necessarily have to be dialogue. Someone in the NF thread mentioned just sitting on the couch together - maybe watching a movie. That allows for intimacy and it's also a great way of communicating nonverbally, but it also allows for low energy (even if its intense - like at the beginning of a new relationship where the intensity of everything is heightened), relaxing time together. Great for the introverts! Much more relaxing than going to the local amusement park together.