Scandal

I was talking to InternBill tonight about my parents and I mentioned 'when they were first dating...' he said, "They held hands? *gasp*" Indicating that he believed that I thought that was scandalous. I had to tell him, "Um, you know that Mormons can hold hands, right?" "I don't know," he replied in all honesty.

I really like how he respects me enough that he doesn't want to cross my boundaries, but, on the other hand, I don't want to have to make all the moves because he's scared of violating some boundary which doesn't exist.

Also, I don't want to have to sit him down and say, "This is a good touch, that would be a bad touch." It seems a bit, um, juvenile.

The problem comes in that he's not making any moves. I don't know if he's paranoid of violating my religion or because he's not interested. But, he does say things like, "we'll have to eat at such-and-such a place." Or, "you'll have to hang out at my new place." Or, "Wanna go shopping for something totally unrelated to anything you need?"

One of my girlfriends suggested that I just kiss him, and if he reacts negatively point at him and laugh and say, "Just kidding!!! You should totally see your face!" I'm tempted, very, very tempted.