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After the pandemic is over, my friend's getting married. However, her mother will be excluded. She has been meddling too much in the relationship, causing too much drama and said ''I'll be a hypocrite in your wedding, only you matter, I don't give a damn about him''. Meanwhile everyone else the family (and friends) like him.

My friend found her mother's words extremely hurtful and disrespectful. In my friend's view, expressing any hatred towards her partner and making it so obvious means directly hurting her and not caring one bit about her feelings.

Like they hug you constantly and grab you even from behind. They grab both your hands and hold them. They get right in your face with their face or stick their feet in your face. Girls that grab your head and put it in their boobs. They want to cuddle and sleep in bed together.

My friends in question were drunk (I was not) and I have known them since childhood. After not seeing them for a long time I felt very uncomfortable when they acted like this. I’m curious how other women feel about that type of close-friendship and physical touch. I have had a lot of female friends act this way with me, even one’s with boyfriends. They seem to have nothing but good intentions, and I play along with it but often end up feeling a little violated or disrespected. It seems like they think that’s how to express love with friends, but I feel like I want to reserve that type of touch/closeness for the person I’m in a romantic relationship with only.

I am setting boundaries and working on speaking up when I feel uncomfortable. I feel like my friends would like me more if I was more touchy-feeley but somehow it always feels too sexual to me. I sometimes worry that my girlfriends are into me in a romantic/sexual way. Thoughts?