skamins85

I said this on twitter, but my BFF and I find the "who's your daddy" segment a little melodramatic. We're both super close to our parents, and physical contact doesn't creep either of us out - neither does the occasional off-color joke. I've always been a touchy-feely person and I never grew out of it. When I'm walking around with my parents I occasionally will hold hands with them and I've been known to give both of them shoulder massages or to scratch their backs (and vice versa). When we're watching TV I often lean on my mom - it's comfortable and comforting to me. At this point my dad's become unsteady on his feet, so it's good we already have a rapport - offering my hand or arm isn't weird to help steady him. The only time I was made to feel weird and maybe took a step away was when I walked into a shop with my dad (who was in his late 50's and I was in my mid 20's) and the clerk asked if we were on our honeymoon or something like that. We weren't touching at all, and I very strongly resemble him, so. . . sometimes people are really weird. My friend's family are similarly comfortable with one another, and they all peck hello/goodbye on the mouth - and no, it's not anything like that SNL skit. We're both in our early 30's and our parents were all hippies or hippie adjacent, so maybe it's a generational thing? Just wanted to add another perspective. (Also, could y'all not call them "Aught-isms"? It's real problematic.)