snuggling
Snuggling is the noble ritual of tickling each other’s emotions in a blind search for warmth. It often carries a scent of self-satisfaction, acting like a measuring line for interpersonal distance. By narrating someone else’s sorrow, one gains the perfect chance to advertise one’s own kindness. Praised as a heartwarming tale, it is in reality a subtle torture that compresses the air and stifles the other. A social deathmatch masquerading as love.