Comments on: The Kind of Girl Who … is so close you can almost taste her

By: That Kind of Girl

That Kind of Girl — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:23:47 +0000

oh, I’m right with you on that one! If I recounted some of the ridiculous extremes I’ve gone to in order to avoid standing too close to strangers in public, you’d think I was insane beyond like human recognition!

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:30:55 +0000

In this case, “dude”, you would have been my absolute worst nightmare!!! I am sooo possessive over my personal space!

By: Special K

Special K — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:33:33 +0000

I’m also big on personal space. It’s sometimes entertaining to get a sneak peak into people’s lives when they decide to sit with you, even though they’re not with you. Other times, though, you just want to tell them to go somewhere else!

By: That Kind of Girl

That Kind of Girl — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:12:20 +0000

And you’ll appreciate this, babe: the close-talker in the photo is none other than foul-mouthed former US prez LBJ. Remember that NPR piece about the banal pre-Nixon oval office recordings, where LBJ was talking to his tailor and went on and on about his “bunghole”?

All class, that one!

By: The Ex

The Ex — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:04:27 +0000

*applauds the choice of soundtrack and photo*

By: shine

shine — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:05:51 +0000

I want to tell everyone about personal space. How are there people who didn’t get the memo?

BACK OFF CLOSE TALKER.

By: Elliott

Elliott — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:20:49 +0000

What intrigues me most is that these people made no overt effort to move away from you, even the professor and student. I did this unconsciously once in my early 20′s, as I stood behind a beautiful woman who smelled so fresh and clean in a crowd of hundreds.

And yes, I think I scared her a bit.

By: Tara

Tara — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:38:02 +0000

I’m with Dara on this one too. The one on the bus would be the worst to me. I don’t even like it when at the gym, there are a bunch of machines open and someone chooses the one right next to mine. I adore your blog. You are doing things I would never have the courage to do.

By: Ken O

Ken O — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:45:23 +0000

I’m male, but I agree with Dara. I’d be waay more bothered by a man doing that to me than by a cute, personable 20something girl doing it.

By: Dara

Dara — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:19:33 +0000

The one on the bus sounds super awkward to me. But I guess you don’t look like a crazy person. As a woman, I would be wayyyy more freaked out if a man did that to me as opposed to a young woman.