Community Chat

[Mary Bailey]

I don't need much space, until someone starts coughing or sneezing, then I cannot get far enough away!

[sidsmom]

Leave it to Science to tell us!

"Proxemics is the study of human use of space and the effects that population density has on behaviour, communication, and social interaction."

[deepwaterdotter]

10' -12' would be ideal for me.

[Lorelei1123]

I definitely have a comfort zone and it's pretty wide - - LOL!!!  I've become rather claustrophobic over the years and dislike feeling crowded. 

Of course, as I type this, I've got two cats laying all over me. I'm fine with that  

[lianne]

good thing most of you don't ride the NYC subway at rush hour!

[cherry]

It actually varies with each person. When my son was in sub school ,one of the guys confided to my son, he had claustrophobia. My son suggested he tell  the person in charge about this. He didn't want to, he said he would be fine

They take the new submariners out for a trial run. He fell apart. I have been on a sub once, and there is no space ,period. You have to be able to tolerate this .

[CelticCrafter]

If you are behind me in line at the supermarket and your grocery cart is ramming me in the behind, then you're too close.

When it comes to strangers and public places, I prefer my personal bubble of space to be around 3 feet on all sides of me.

[Moonchilde]

It varies according to the situation. If I'm in a crowd of people like at a parade, trying to see someone/something, or waiting for "the doors to open" somewhere, I have more tolerance to people pressing against or accidentally elbowing me. But I try not to be in that situation very often.

In public, standing in a line, at the mall, etc. I'm guessing 2-3 feet. For sure, don't touch me, push me, etc. when I know you don't have to be due to crowds. I get VERY cranky with "push-y" people who do it to get you out of the way, move faster, try to et in front of you, etc. BACK OFF!

[momtochloe]

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@CelticCrafter wrote:

If you are behind me in line at the supermarket and your grocery cart is ramming me in the behind, then you're too close.

When it comes to strangers and public places, I prefer my personal bubble of space to be around 3 feet on all sides of me.

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Oh goodness @CelticCrafter does this take me back . . . as I took care of my parents I am very respectful of older folks (of which I am one now) but one time when I was standing in a grocery line this elderly lady kept ramming her cart into my back (please know if I had had the option of her going in front of me I would have done it but we were locked into the current configuration) . . . I put up with it for a while and finally decided she was just being rude and gave her cart a good shove with my backside . . . we got along famously from that point forward . . .

[bri20]

One time we were at the museum to see the coal exhibit.  There are stairs that you have to wait on.  This woman insisted on standing on the same stair rung as me.  There was absolutely no reason to do that.  I finally had to tell her to give me some space.  She looked insulted.