Teen couples holding hands

They tensed and tightened their grips, preparing for the inevitable jeer, sharp insult, or crude joke that is usually lobbed at them in this part of town. Guys pick on us for being gay a lot," explained year-old Vidal, a junior at Lacey High School. I looked at Alec my boyfriend , my mom, my sister, and stopped to make sure the couple was okay as they walked by Good for you being so brave and open Theodore and Colin! While he didn't know Vidal that well, Mills, a year-old now in college, said the junior was "comfortable in his own skin and proud of who he was. No one would talk to me.

Whether you're watching a movie, walking down the street, or simply hanging out, there's nothing more innate than the act of grabbing bae's hand when it's by you. But why do we do this, and is there more to the action than comfort? Indeed, there is. The reason why we hold hands can be traced back to biological, psychological, and cultural reasons. You may not realize it, but the simple act of taking your SO's hand is actually pretty complicated. Here are 7 reasons why people hold hands, whether they realize it or not.

Verified by Psychology Today. Inclusive Insight. Recently, a same-sex couple was attacked on a London double-decker bus by a group of four young men[1]. The two women were minding their own business when the group of men started taunting them and asking them to kiss each other.

By Liz Hodgkinson for the Daily Mail. But I like it, how about you? Whenever I walk down Banbury Road in Oxford, where I live, and which is home to dozens of elderly dons, I see them in the street with their geriatric spouses, hands firmly clasped.