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There are a million ways of saying "I love you."
I would recognize my mother's hands just as easily and know exactly what you're talking about.
before I read any of your post, I was going to comment about your thumbs! I don't think they look deformed at all, but they are so TINY! My thumb is huge in comparison!
I don't think I could recognize my mom's hands out of 20-30 different scans, but I'd be willing to give it a try!
So apparently your hands aren't getting bigger as your relationship continues. But aren't close partnerships supposed to make us grow as human beings?
(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
-- david
I got my Grandfathers hang nails
My first thought was:" Damn! I wish I'd written this!" Eloquently weaven post Jay. On a few different levels.
I can relate to the hand holding. While watching TV together,shopping, walking around, and when we cuddle up for the night.
Fantastic post Lady!
3T
I look at my mothers hands every time I look at my own.
When I was a little boy I always used to feel that my legs were too short. As I grew older I realized that they are the perfect length. They only need to reach the ground 
Very nice post Jay
I would like to think that I could have picked out the hands of the ones I love too - but there is no way to find out now. Somehow, I think it is comforting to know where your particular attributes came from.
I could recognize my mother's too.
But my dads? I doubt it.
I always find it odd when people inform me that I look "just like my mother" and that my brother is the spitting image of my father. I think it is solely base on gender chit chat as I have my father's coloring, build, eye and hair color while my brother has my mother's coloring, eye and hair color. My other two sisters? They look like they came from space aliens!
According to gloves, I have disproportionately small thumbs as well...
Seeing your fingers painted reminded me of how we used to sit in the basement at your mom's and paint our nails all kinds of crazy colours of the rainbow. And everytime i see someone with thumbs like yours I think of the nail polish memory. So there.
I've always wished I had my mom's hands. I got her feet. to which I'm not all that happy about, but her hands were so graceful. My children know my hands, the way I knew my mom's hands. It broke my heart that your father didn't, but I suppose it's not all that unusual, sadly. My husband would know, and I find great comfort in that thought somehow.....
Your thumbs aren't fugly! My husband has the same thumbs, and he has girlier hands than you do....shhhhh...don't tell him I told you that! lmao
Nice hands! Nice nail polish!
Kinda strange, but I just noticed last night that my oldest daughter has my hands. (yes, it is hard to type without them)
You read my mind on the scrolling up thing, LOL!
I love the colour of your nail polish!
Your thumbs aren't demented (I did scroll up). If it makes you feel any better, I have crooked pinkies.
I also have difficulty in seeing where babies look like their parents. I think most babies look alike anyway.
This is beautifully written...
I guess it's about time I de-lurk, huh? I've been reading you for quite a while but I've never commented.
Well, here I am. Your words are powerful and your gift is quite apparent.
Nicely done.
Well I have to hand it to you. Youknow how to make me think.
i've got my mother's hands, i think i would recognize hers anywhere.
yours look like they are incredibly small, with no ring?
hands are the first thing i notice on someone, whether male or female.
hands reveal everything.
your hands are nice and say "enclose me"
your nail polish says "i am strong"
i like both
I am an asshole.
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My wife and I hold hands all the time, too. Sitting on the couch, walking around a store, driving down the road. There's just something about the touch.
Beautifully written post, Jay.
why? what did I say? does this mean I cant house sit anymore?
Here by way of Kim's blog. Wonderful post, and wonderful writing style. I remember the first time I looked down at my hands and realized I had my grandmothers hands, so much so, that when she passed away and I was given her engagement ring, it fit my finger perfectly.
Beautiful.
As you well know, hands have quite a large representation in the somatosensory network.
Its not surprisng that holding hands is one of the most wonderful feelings in the world.
Confidential to Forsoothsayer:
Jamie, as a rule, does not edit her comments, but an angry husband is another thing entirely.
Prefacing comments with "I don't mean to be rude, but..." probably means you ARE being rude, so keep your yap shut. I think my wife is perfect. I don't think she needs the "improvements" you suggested. I hope that hers are the hands that I hold for the rest of my life.
-Jason
People are still taking your lunch money Jay? That's pretty bad.
But I know how you feel, I got my father's nose and I curse it to no end. I hate it.
You are guys are the only other couple that I've heard say that you hold hands in bed.
Aww. Maybe we should all get together and play euchre. Or poker.
MMM, I find hands extremely sensual. Extremely electric.
I so love the hand picture.
I also inherited my father's hands... comparatively long fingers and funky thumbs that are very large on top and bend back enough that they can imitate the letter "L." Looking now at my little boy, I think he has inherited his mother's fingers and his father's thumbs.
I was the same though, could never see family resmblance with newborns, that is, until I had my own. He still looks just like his daddy. :P
im sure you think she's perfect, intrusive husband, as well you should. but if she's really dissatisfied with her thumbs, like SHE SAID, growing her nails is one way to disguise it.
girls say shit like that to each other. i have the same problem.
Isnt it sad when we grow up and realize we have our parents deformaties? I inherited my father's dimples and I hate them, because they're always there when I smile! Ugh...thank God for plastic surgery...
Miss Jay, from one Miss Jay to another, that was beautiful writing! And I just love the word "tableau." I shall have to check in and read the blog more often. Love it.
This is a beautiful post. Very detailed and well thought out.
I have big, ugly, clumsy hands. They are the kind that get sweaty. They are the kind that no woman could love!
Sarah doesn't look too much like either of her parents, outside of the hair and eye colour she shares with her mom. She does, however, have her grandmother's hands and her nonna's feet. They're an exact match.
That made me question whether I'd be able to pick out my mom's hands on a lineup and I'm not 100% sure that I could. But that was a very touching post, nonetheless. Made me a little sad, actually...
That's a beautiful post. I never thought about my wife's hands that way, though I bet I could pick them out no sweat.
What a simple idea turned into such a wonderful post. Thank you for that. It was amazing as always, Jay.
Thumbs are overrated. As long as they're opposable, that's all that counts.
You seem to be struggling for identity lately. Don't look beyond your own skin. Although outside forces may have caused reactions in you, they didn't create you.
"We hold hands while we sleep..." Really? That would keep me awake.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I really like you posts. You're a great storyteller. I'm adopted, I've always wondered what it would be like to have someones thumbs..or anything.
You can be SO romantic and holding hands, even when asleep, is a prime example of this. I love it. I also adore your loving descriptions of your Mom. I don't know how she wouldn't simply melt if she ever knew...I hope she will someday.
You make me miss being the feeling of being with someone.
"He presses our hands together often, though the results are always the same. His hands are bigger than mine. This we know. He laughs about it every time."
that always happens to me with my dates, so weird. of course my hands are smaller, granted they are a bit freaky small, but whatever ;0
He is NOT intrusive. He loves me.
And yes we hold hands sleeping...I am not a cuddler, I like my space; this is how we stay connected.
well loving husband that he is, could he compound his perfections taking off his childish aleteration of my comment?
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