Sunday, February 1, 2015

#Shomer #Negiah - as it relates to dating opposite #sex

#Reading this #quote by #author Thomas Mann,
made me think about the #Jewish concept of #Shomer #Negiah
- as it relates to dating opposite #sex :

"Nothing is more curious and awkward than the relationship of two people who only know each other with their eyes — who meet and observe each other daily, even hourly and who keep up the impression of a slight interest and disinterest because of modesty. Between them there is #listlessness and pent-up curiosity, the hysteria of an #unsatisfied, #unnaturally #suppressed need for #communion and also a kind of tense #respect."

- Thomas Mann,  Death in Venice and Other Tales

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