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Originally posted by Lamb Chopped:

We're all made differently, and have different levels of tolerance for personal contact. I think that's okay.

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Absolutely.

At our Church you see all sorts during the peace. Those who sit dowm, hands in prayer, eyes closed, clearly signalling 'no touch!'. The 'quick handshake' people. Those who rush round and try to greet everyone in the place. The 'find my mates and have a conversation about plans for tomorrow' people. The intense folk who like deep, meaningful eye contact. etc etc.

I shake the hands of those either side and anyone else who comes up to me, but I don't move from in front of my chair.

Then I sit down think of all the bugs we have just shared - hands being the best microbe carriers there are!

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Garden. Room. Walk

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Crap spouted by Boogie:
* shake the hands of those either side and anyone else who comes up to me, but * don't move from in front of my chair.

Then * sit down think of all the bugs we have just shared - hands being the best microbe carriers there are!

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Yup, me too, and the next step is to take a piece of "bread" in those newly bugged with everyone else's bugs hands and put the now well bugged bread in your mouth. Sometimes * think * should carry hand sanitizer to church to use after the peace.

One church * visited the peace went on for so long (20 minutes or so, apparently every week the peace was a social occasion) * was quickly abandoned by pew mates running around the room to greet friends, * wandered off to the toilet room, then thought about joining others who were getting coffee. If * visit again * 'll bring my knitting or some letters to write. But my hands were clean after the peace with just a few brief neighbors and then the restroom break.