• benderbeerman@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I just took an NFPA 70E electrical safety course, and the instructor was talking about how electricians love to cuddle.

      I thought it was weird for a sec, then I remembered the last time I opened an electrical panel with someone else nearby. Then I remembered every other time I opened an electrical panel with other people nearby. Then I remembered all the times that I was all the other people nearby.

      Then he showed us a video of an arc flash with 3 people inside the panel, and then there was nobody nearby.

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        1 month ago

        Everyone has different preferences, straight man here and I always want cuddles. It depends on what your “love language” is i.e. how you prefer to give/receive affection.

        For me cuddles and other forms of non-sexual touch (not that I’m asexual, far from it) are my preference for giving and receiving. Acts of service, like cooking a meal etc. I’m fine with giving but it makes me feel awkward to receive. And gift giving (random flowers, chocolate, trinkets, etc.) I prefer not to do because trying to come up with a good gift stresses me out and I don’t like random gifts, I really appreciate the thought but if I don’t find a use for it, including being a decoration I like, I don’t want it.

        But like you said, you find a middle ground with your partner and I do the same as well.