[john70t]

When younger, I've had older ladies grab my hand and put it to their chest while talking (not breast). I've also talked recently with a established gentleman who seemed to edge closer and closer until we were a foot apart. Maybe hearing problems was involved, who knows. A little awkward then but I understood. They were trying to make a bond or connection.

The romantic language cultures such as Latin/Italian/French are very touchy-feely in their greetings, and even with strangers. The Asians are strictly hands off but I just saw a documentary where the white t.v. interviewer in Taiwan kept patting and touching male stranger's shoulders and sometimes when they were not looking which was probably very uncomfortable for them. We Americans generally use the three foot rule especially between men.

Cuba Gooding is just spiritually off-balance in general and can't fully commit to any particular role, which is partially why I don't like any of his movies. He's completely unsure of himself and tries way too hard one second and then retracts the next like he did something wrong. He probably saw other people having fun while greeting each other that way and decided to copy it. It would be a right move in the right context (women greeting women who are good friends) but applied the human gesture in the completely wrong situation.

It was an extremely awkward maneuver but it didn't seem sexually suggestive or a sexual assault from that footage w/o sound.


edit:
That thigh-touch was actually an inner grab, and way too long, but all she does is do nothing except adjust her hair and keep talking.
Her suddenly approaching him and his girlfriend at a restaurant and just sitting down without asking was a bit 'bold' as well.