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Personal Space and Dating

There are several different perspectives on personal space while dating, depending on the type of person that you are. There are three types of people out there; those who think personal space is not an issue at all, those who have very strong views about the boundaries of personal space and finally those in between personality types. Let’s access these three kinds of people and see what they think about personal space and dating.

The first personality type is a person who has no issues about personal space at all and just freely expresses themselves to whatever extent they feel like to who they want and when they want. These types of people are very touchy feely and can make public displays of themselves. They could be seen making out in public or practically having sex with their clothes on in front of people. They will engage in long and passionate kisses, be clingy and almost too close at times to the person who they are in a relationship with. Often people are uncomfortable when this type of person is in public with their partner, due to indecency of expression. They can be smothering of the person they are with, depending on the situation. Public displays of affection are often associated with feelings of warmth and security for these personality types.

The next personality type is one who is overly aware of personal space. This is the more introverted personality who has a very strong sense of personal space and the boundaries, which it imposes on dating. This kind of person can be recognized easily as they don’t hold hands, kiss or hug in public but only in private situations. This person could be viewed as shy and unexpressive perhaps in a public setting. Often this person’s parents raised them to be excessively discrete in public so that privacy it the focus.

Finally, we have the person who is in between these two personality types. This person is expressive in public and does not mind personal space depending on the mood or situation that they are in. This kind of person may hold hands with their loved one in public give them a hug or even a gentle kiss but not be overly expressive past that in public. This person uses their discretion very often, which is not a bad idea. People like this tend to enjoy the best of both worlds, being introverted and extraverted but at different times and in different situations.

The key is to respect personal space while dating, especially if your partner has set out boundaries relating to this, which they are comfortable with. It is good to compromise together and shares the expression of love in a way that brings you happiness together. There is nothing wrong with being neither outgoing, nor introverted and private and if you happen to be in the between type of personality, that is good too! Just be yourself and respect your partner as you express the love that you feel in the relationship in creative and comfortable ways. The important thing is that your love gets expressed in your relationship. How you decide to express your love is a personal thing between yourselves.