Comments on: Not knowing how to hold hands.

By: Inspector Karamazov

Inspector Karamazov — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:30:00 +0000

If it’s a friend, I squeeze as hard as I can to cause discomfort. if it’s somone I don’t know, I only let them hold a few fingers and drop it ASAP.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:06:46 +0000

the worst thing is when someone puts their hand in the air or does any other worship-esqe gesture while still holding my hand… when all the blood rushes from my arm and I can’t hold it up any longer, I can’t take it down, because it’s in my neighbor’s death-grip hand-hold and to forcefully remove it would distract them from their worship… a huge no-no!

By: karldomogalla

karldomogalla — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:23:26 +0000

Pretty much hate it.

By: Zack Woods

Zack Woods — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:51:31 +0000

The holding a dead fish- It seems like to me, everytime I hold hands with someone, I always get this weak hand hold, almost like a dead fish… I mean, I know the situation can be akward, but its 10000% worse when you are doing all the work to keep the hand/dead fish afloat and in the hair… I think people to it because they think it makes it easier to slip out of it, idk…just, akward…

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:34:20 +0000

I always viewed the squeeze as the part of the countdown. In Jesus’ name (Ready), Amen, (Set), squeeze (GO!) If the person next to you doesn’t actually listen to the prayer, it’s his cue to LET GO RIGHT NOW!

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:57:07 +0000

I’m falling over laughing because this is exactly how I learned to hold hands growing up in a Baptist church. My husband had to teach me how to hold hands in a romantic way when we started dating. He had to teach me how to hug, too. So awkward!

By: Jaymie

Jaymie — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:12:22 +0000

my friend likes to rub his thumb on the back of our hands. yuk. but he does it TO make us feel awkward, so…

By: Tweeter MooChristen

Tweeter MooChristen — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:22:31 +0000

One time on a youth trip we dubbed lacing fingers the highest form of intimacy. And we’d go around with our hands in the air, pretending they were laced with Jesus, yelling, “The highest form!” So. Freakin. Funny.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:39:34 +0000

My brother likes to scratch sundry parts of his body while holding hands in prayer. And he ALWAYS interlinks his fingers because he knows it will annoy you. But he's my brother. And needs a lot of prayer.

By: jololikestuff

jololikestuff — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:21:42 +0000

I love #3. Great stuff. But I for one always thought it was kinda the rule to give a tiny (not really intimate, per se) squeeze at the end of a prayer. maybe not general handholding, but definitely at the end of the prayer. And as for number 1, i had a really cool experience at a summer camp. It's a camp in Missouri called Camp Barnabas (if anyone is looking into new mission trips for their church, especially youth, please check it out at http://www.campbarnabas.org) for people with special needs. The volunteers are paired one-on-one with a camper. Every night we had "family time" with the volunteers and counselors from each cabin. My awesome cabin staff had us interdigitate (interlock fingers) since the first night. It's a great way to awkwardly force people to get close.