Vanessa Van Edwards breaks down the physical love language: touch, proximity, and gestures like arm-around or back touches. When both partners are physical, it flows. When one is and one isn't, the physical partner feels rejected while the other feels pressured. Communication matters.
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People who are physical flirters tend to be physical love languagers. Physical is obviously a lot of touching, a lot of leaning in. There's a kind of physical banter that's happening there, so maybe it's like a hip bump or a shoulder bump. It's putting arm around, putting arm around, back touch. It's a lot of closeness, and maybe there isn't even a lot of words being shared, but there is some kind of physical connection in the relationship. Later, they also express their love through a physical touch. If you are dating someone and they also are physical, you're probably gonna have a match in love language. They're gonna be totally fine with PDA. If you are physical and they are not, you're going to have a hard time. It can be very hard if you have someone who's trying to be physical, touch, and reach out, and you're not ready, and you're like, I don't know if I like this or not. And that's hard.