I hope you've had a good month.
If there's anything you'd like help with, just ask me in the comments here.
Thanks for reading.
Discussion about this post
No posts
© 2025 Will Knowland
Substack is the home for great culture
I hope you've had a good month.
If there's anything you'd like help with, just ask me in the comments here.
Thanks for reading.
No posts
Hi Will. I took my wife to a Christian music concert that she wanted to attend. She gets very excited about these things and she wishes I would too. She knows that I don't care for music but she appreciates that I spend time with her and I sway to the music a little bit, but I don't have desire for the music like others do. Aside from simply enjoying her company while she sings along, is there something else I can do to enjoy our time together?
I have been dating a woman for five months and we would like to get married. She saw me give hugs to a woman (who is my boss) at a farewell/graduation ceremony for my teaching job last week and had profound desolation because of that. She knows that I was only responding to this lady's hug and that I didn't initiate them but this still brought her discomfort and she believes that touching or hugging people of the opposite sex is inappropriate, regardless of the culture. She basically said that she couldn't continue with me if I hug other women even if I'm just giving them back. This is contrary to our culture and background, as we are of Mexican descent where hugging and even kissing people of the opposite sex is common. I'm feeling inclined as of now to move toward that direction of not touching others of the opposite sex despite this.
Do you think that it is reasonable do practice this principle, and how do you suggest going about it if a woman reaches me for a hug or if a man reaches her for a hug?