Why is my girlfriend so touchy feely?

Anonymous
So I'm an 18 year old high school senior, and my whole life I've never had a girlfriend except for recently. For 2 reasons. One, I never had the guts to ask a girl out. Two, it was pretty hard to find a girl who's both attractive and has a good personality.

But now I have one. She's 17 years old. We've been together for about 5-6 months so far. And I absolutely love her to death. Almost more than my own family. She's physically beautiful, kind, sweet, cheerful, is not afraid to express herself, kind of tomboyish, has a pretty large variety of hobbies, etc.

And if there's anything I noticed about her in that time, is that she's really touchy feely. It's not bad, I like it in fact, but I just sort of wonder.

She always like to hold my hand and get close to me, she nuzzles her soft cheeks against mine, when we're alone and she's wearing shorts she offers me to feel her silky smooth shaved legs, etc. Even when at the beach, she just gets so close to me, meaning a lot of bare skin is making contact, since I'm shirtless in mid-thigh swimming trunks and she's in a bikni. She doesn't care if we're fully clothed or practically naked at the beach, or about how much bare skin contact there is, she just likes to hug me and be close to me. You get the just of it.

So why do you think she's the way she is?

Her mom, dad, and younger sister (14 yo) all greeted me with a peck on the cheek... and she sometimes pecks her close friends on the cheeks as well... so maybe it's a culture thing.

Or maybe this is a totally normal thing that happens in absolutely EVERY relationship ever, and I'm just confused because I've never been in a relationship before.

Fun Fact: Heck, prior to her, I never even had a first HUG from a girl... I was literally the very definition of "lonely."
Why is my girlfriend so touchy feely?
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