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[quote=Anonymous]To answer the actual questions as a thought experiment, I'd say they're all pretty culturally dependent. I'd say a white-leaning American median would deem hugging and maybe kissing briefly on the cheek as appropriate-- maybe very light cuddling if it's just watching a movie on the couch together and your bodies are incidentally touching in some way. Maybe. Everything else would be a no, exceptions for some people who peck everyone on the lips.

It's funny, because handholding/walking arm in arm is NBD and in many countries, it's very common among same sex adults (even men). But it's just not a thing in the US unless you're a couple or parent/child/etc.... occasionally adult female friends or family members.

I can see there also being more leeway depending on the relationship. Like if it's fictive kinship (play brother, play cousin-- very close family friends that you grew up with and are like family)... I think with those, anything that would be okay with a brother/sister would usually not feel inappropriate. But even that is tricky.

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