Is this a solely Mormon phenomenon...?

[_Drifting]

Sorry Gordon, but I don't believe you witness unrelated adult males scratching each others backs during Sunday services.

I cannot find another person on here nor in real life that has witnessed such a thing.

[_PrickKicker]

Actually I have, my brother does it to everyone male or female... He's very touchy-feely.
Has a certificate in Holistic Massage or some crap, a piece of paper that convinces people to let you touch them intimately.

But it does look very gay.
Its not though, its just brotherly love.

[_Drifting]

Actually I have, my brother does it to everyone male or female... He's very touchy-feely.
Has a certificate in Holistic Massage or some s***, a piece of paper that convinces people to let you touch them intimately.

But it does look very gay.
Its not though, its just brotherly love.

Do you mean he sits in Sacrament meeting or other group situations scratching other men's backs?

[_PrickKicker]

Do you mean he sits in Sacrament meeting or other group situations scratching other men's backs?

Yeah, the back tickling thing in sacrament.

When my friends and I embraced in the halls we would sometimes grab a handful of ass!

then we'd take it to the extreme and grab each other by the balls and say "Carry your bags, for you Sir!"

it was just man fun.

You knew who you could and couldn't get away with it with.

[_just me]

I really have the urge to return to church to watch people touch each other.

Screw you all!!!!!

[_cafe crema]

I find it inappropriate in church, most likely because it's not something I've seen people doing in church but it is something I've seen countless people do in bars.

Perhaps you should pay more attention, then...I just saw it at work the other day.

I do pay attention, if I'm not talking to people I'm watching them. In church talking is at a bare minimum so I end up watching the people around me, no back scratching/rubbing. At work this kind of behavior is frowned on to say the least, one place I worked had meetings with H/R specifically about the inappropriateness of touching fellow employees.

Like I said, I've seen it in bars but not in church or work.

[_Gordon]

Sorry Gordon, but I don't believe you witness unrelated adult males scratching each others backs during Sunday services.

I cannot find another person on here nor in real life that has witnessed such a thing.

I have, personally, and other posters on this thread have confirmed this.

[_Gordon]

I do pay attention, if I'm not talking to people I'm watching them. In church talking is at a bare minimum so I end up watching the people around me, no back scratching/rubbing. At work this kind of behavior is frowned on to say the least, one place I worked had meetings with H/R specifically about the inappropriateness of touching fellow employees.

Like I said, I've seen it in bars but not in church or work.

The OP is about this happening at church...follow along.

[_madeleine]

Until a couple of weeks ago I would have said, never saw it at Mass. Then I went to a funeral, and there was a woman rubbing some guy's back. (Maybe they were Mormon family?)

But, we take care of the touching for everyone, in the middle of the highest point, the most sacred moment, we pause to shake our neighbor's hand or even give them a hug. Family members even *kiss* each other.

I can't say I view rubbing a person's back as a bad thing, though, seeing it at Mass was kind of odd.

[_Gordon]

Until a couple of weeks ago I would have said, never saw it at Mass. Then I went to a funeral, and there was a woman rubbing some guy's back. (Maybe they were Mormon family?)

But, we take care of the touching for everyone, in the middle of the highest point, the most sacred moment, we pause to shake our neighbor's hand or even give them a hug. Family members even *kiss* each other.

I can't say I view rubbing a person's back as a bad thing, though, seeing it at Mass was kind of odd.

You may view it as odd, but your experience supports my stance against the OP.