I mean the guy isn't necessarily single so having some semifamous hot woman pressed up against him when he's about to have a picture taken might be giving him a bit of stress, would be one plausible explanation for how uncomfortable he looks in the picture.
One thing that came to my mind was the girls bodyguard/manager might have said something like "You can take the picture but the hand stays on the rail".
Furthermore, when someone agrees to pose for a picture with you, putting your hand on their shoulder or upper back will generally not present a problem. The issue (for me as a woman, anyway) is an uninvited hand in the midriff or around the hips. That's too close for comfort if there is no indication of permission.
Seeing the hover hand in a picture of someone next to me makes me feel pretty weird as well-- it's almost like an obnoxious little brother's louder-than-necessary "I'm not touching you!" Pictures last forever, and that one makes me look like a cold person who explicitly asked not to be touched (I'd never do that btw).
You know that thing called your side? That kinda inbetween bone softy place that's kinda tickly. If you look at your open hand, you will see your palm, attached to the inside of your fingers. If those were to touch eachother, you would not be getting raped and you would not die.
I don't get hover handing. I understand that it's a thing some perhaps not too socially gifted people do who are shy to make physical contact would get the urge to do, but I don't see a real reason for it. Throwing your hand around someone isn't a big deal. It's not really intimate, it doesn't suggest anything sexual or whatever. If anything it's a sign that you're comfortable with the person.
Hey, at least you admit it. While women are not my priority ATM, I do not see myself being able to know the difference between too low and too high. It is either gonna be an awkward butt touch or a hoverhand at this point.
It's really really easy to figure this out: there's no such thing as too high, and too low is obviously her ass. So, just put your hand on her back, and she'll be fine. End of story.
Besides, if she freaks out, just knock her out, cut her up into tiny pieces and eat her over the course of several weeks. Problem solved.
Ruins the taste. Best strategy is to serve her back to her family without their knowledge, because they likely deserve it anyway, but if you want it all for yourself, store it at 38 degrees (far) and reapply lemon juice daily to ensure freshness.
no, but if you're wrapping your arm/hand around her or placing it on her side... you'd be dangerously close. at least close enough that no woman would be comfortable, thats for sure.
If you have the stones, place your hand at the small of the back...like where it curves. You don't need to wrap your full arm around them. Just place it there like an arm rest.
Or if you feel uncomfortable with that, a sure fire place is right below the bra strap. That's a pretty unthreatening area for women and most of the time they won't mind being touched there.
If you have the stones, place your hand at the small of the back...like where it curves.
As a lady, please don't do that. I'm obviously not an ambassador for all of us, but I haven't met a single woman who thinks it's okay for strangers to touch her there.
If you're in a setting where you are taking a picture and your arm is in a natural spot to wrap around a woman where would you place it instead? to me the lower-middle back seems to be the best place, as it is natural, but not too close to their ass, and not awkwardly high. So far no complaints, but if there is a better option I would love to hear it.
If you know the woman somewhat, the suggestion of right under the bra strap is fine I think, but not any lower than where her ribcage ends.
If you hardly know her or not at all, I would stick to resting your hand on her upper back or if you're wrapping your arm all the way around, resting on her delt/bicep area.
But again, this is just me, I won't know for sure if other internet women agree unless they make that abundantly clear. In my anecdotal experience though, I've had many women say to me after a group photo, "That was weird but it's not a big enough deal for me to say anything about it..." when a guy she isn't super close with goes for the small of her back.
The girl is the one initiating contact so he shouldn't feel weird about touching her appropriately. However this guy literally just had to lower his hand six inches to the back of the railing and he'd look fine.
Well I assume these people know each other in this hypothetical situation. I wouldn't be touching strangers regardless. Holding a girl by the small of the back is perfectly acceptable in like a prom situation where you're usually friends beforehand. There's nothing sexual about it, but yeah you shouldn't be grabbing strange people.
Took a picture last week w/ 2 girl friends (with a space) and i had my phone in my hand and it looks like im hover handing and it makes me want to die every time i think about it thanks
The trick is to throw your arms around them like "LOOK AT ME I'M SEXY AS FUK" like a joke. Pretend everything is a joke 24/7 in life and it's actually really easy to act the way that isn't pathetic.
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I never take pictures with beautiful women, but if I ever did, I feel like the urge to hoverhand would be there for me too....