https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:24:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1215194 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 23:52:23 +0000 Mia 1215194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&nbsp;I was at a business dinner with my husband and was wearing a new cropped jacket with fab texture over my LBD. &nbsp;I had received a few compliments on it over the evening&nbsp;and then a man I didn't know well actually&nbsp;&nbsp;reached out and touched it right around my chest area and said something like cool jacket. &nbsp;I was astounded but I think he just forgot himself for a moment. &nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1214110 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:45:41 +0000 rachylou 1214110@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Diana - that's an awesome response. I love it.</p> <p>I am reminded again of being in Shanghai. I'm Chinese, well sorta, but I guess not. There was this one moment where I was afraid this peasant woman was gonna hurt me. She kept poking and prodding me like I was a zoo animal. Took my Diet Coke and laughed when I tried to grab it back - like that's not something any <i>person </i>would do. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1213637 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 00:19:30 +0000 chadya 1213637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think someone tried to touch me when I was pregnant, they didn't get very far, so disgusting and invasive.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1211354 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:27:23 +0000 Diana 1211354@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have great hair! But I'm with you - I find unasked- for touching very disconcerting. </p> <p>My friend, when she was pregnant, had a great response to random people touching her belly. She would reach over and touch their belly right back! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1211351 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:21:32 +0000 Janet 1211351@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, your hair IS fantastic, but I'm with you. I have personal boundary issues myself, so I do not love to be touched by a stranger either. </p> <p>I can't get over how people think they can prod a pregnant woman's belly. Good thing I've never been pregnant -- I would not have reacted well to that! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1211224 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 09:42:43 +0000 Ledonna N. 1211224@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for all of your responses. I don't really get angry anymore people just forget or are just curious. I really like the responses I get from kids. They have very direct questions and they always ask if they can touch very loudly I love it. People think my hair is stiff but it is very very soft and flexible. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1211154 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:21:46 +0000 Adelfa 1211154@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On Saturday at the meetup Rae wore the famous Rag&amp;Bone sweatpant jeans and we were all reaching for her hips while asking quickly, "May I touch?" She would graciously say "Yes" and then we would try to touch something appropriate like the edge of her pocket! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1211120 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 03:38:12 +0000 adorkable 1211120@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When my head was shaved, people used to touch it all the time without asking. I hit a point where I stopped being nice about it. Snarling "What makes you think it's appropriate to touch me without asking?" does tend to be very effective! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1211046 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 02:24:06 +0000 DonnaF 1211046@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@ladywone, my church is pretty touchy feely so I've gotten used to it enough to tolerate it.&nbsp; But heck, Asian parents don't touch (I'm Japanese American), so I have pretty strong personal boundaries.&nbsp; I find touching hair pretty outa pocket, but that would happen to me occasionally when I sported spikey hair before it became so common.&nbsp; My hair is super coarse, so touching it can hurt the toucher! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1210895 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:36:44 +0000 Ledonna N. 1210895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I was in the Army my first duty station was in Korea. I wore my hair in braids and I was 18yrs old. People would come up to to me all the time and touch my hair and skin. I was vey ignorant so I did not realize that many people had never seen a person of color. It was still very different. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1210858 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:54:32 +0000 Thistle 1210858@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My first real experience with this was with a coworker who is not from America. She is very touchy, and it takes all my willpower not to cringe when she touches my shoulder.</p> <p>Pregnancy was the worst. Inappropriate questions, people wanting to touch your belly . . . The whole thing was very disconcerting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1210718 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 22:12:09 +0000 Kristin L 1210718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've experienced it with my tattoos. It's a bit unnerving when someone grabs your arm because they want to see a tattoo. People would also move my hair (when it was longer) so they could see it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1210707 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 21:40:55 +0000 deb 1210707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a female supervisor ask to feel my hair and was so dumbfounded, I said yes, even though I did not want her to. It was more unnerving than the pregnancy belly touch because it was unexpected. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1210621 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:34:01 +0000 JAileen 1210621@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I was pregnant people did that all the time. Very annoying! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1210619 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:33:12 +0000 viva 1210619@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not at all touchy-feely with people I don't know, and I can even be pretty restrained with people <i>I do</i> know. But there is a part of me that is tactile with non-human things (almost anything in nature, interesting fabrics, art that has texture, etc.)&nbsp; And ladywone, I have to tell you that you have some a-ma-zing hair going on. It's sculptural -- and if it weren't attached to your head .... if it were, in fact, a piece of sculpture on a table, I would <i>totally</i> touch it. It looks like it should be felt. I think I understand why people without boundaries are reaching up to say hello. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1210558 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:09:38 +0000 Ledonna N. 1210558@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not a touchy feely and the people at my church are I find it challenging.&nbsp; I always ask permission to touch someons pregnant belly only close family.&nbsp; There won't be any childern for me so its OK., </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1210507 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:04:40 +0000 columbine(erin) 1210507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes. My Italian landlady lifted up my shirt one time to pat my pregnant belly. She was sweet but didn't know how close she came to getting punched, just reflexively. Your hair looks awesome!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1210485 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:39:49 +0000 ironkurtin 1210485@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes.&nbsp; People have no boundaries.&nbsp; Most of the time it's friendly but if you're not a touchy-feely person it can be annoying or even threatening.&nbsp; If I want to touch something on someone else, I always ask! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1210477 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:35:37 +0000 Ledonna N. 1210477@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never watched a Seinfeld episode.&nbsp; I have co-workers that refer the me as Newman they find it very funny Hello Newman.&nbsp; I just don't get it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1210443 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:57:09 +0000 Kristin SF 1210443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Same thing happens when you are preggo! The belly is mesmerizing to some people, I guess, but it's a definite violation of someone's personal space, IMHO!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1210379 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:49:53 +0000 rachylou 1210379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yeah. People do that. It's weird. Gosh, did <i>Seinfeld </i>ever do an episode about this? Should have, if they didn't. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hey-get-your-hands-away-from-there#post-1210360 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:35:07 +0000 Ledonna N. 1210360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Has this ever happened to you, has someone ever invaded you personnel space to touch something on you and then given you a compliment.</p> <p>Example: I love having fun with my hair and people come up to me all the time to give me their opinion of my "look" People tend to automatically reach for my hair. I tend to duck slightly out of the way. Give my MC Hammer statement and dance "you cant touch this" other times people tend to touch jewelry or other things they find fascinating to themselves. Do you ever experience this </p>