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View Poll Results: How gentle and affectionate are you and your romantic partner, to each other?
10: Ultra- and uber-affectionate and gentle, always 2 25.00%
9: Extremely, almost all of the time 3 37.50%
8: Very, all of the time 0 0%
7: Above-average, frequently 3 37.50%
6: Slightly above-average, a lil more often than not 0 0%
5: Moderately, sometimes or occasionally 0 0%
4: Slightly below-average, a lil less often than more 0 0%
3: Moderately below-average, usually not 0 0%
2: Extremely below-average, rarely or hardly ever 0 0%
1: Never affectionate or gentle 0 0%
Voters: 8. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-31-2012, 12:05 PM
 
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One a scale of 1-10, how gentle and affectionate would you say you and your romantic partner are towards each other?

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Old 01-31-2012, 12:16 PM
 
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How is this poll defining "gentle"?
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Old 01-31-2012, 12:21 PM
 
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How is this poll defining "gentle"?
Excerpted portions from Gentle - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

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Definition of GENTLE
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1d: kind, amiable...
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2b: free from harshness [or] sternness...
3: soft, delicate
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Old 01-31-2012, 12:25 PM
 
Location: NY
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I find it to be too many choices without enough basis for comparison.
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Old 01-31-2012, 12:28 PM
 
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Uh, thanks, I'm familiar with the meaning of the word. I was asking more for the context here. Free from violence and "delicate" are not necessarily the same thing in all contexts.
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Old 01-31-2012, 12:38 PM
 
Location: Pa
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1. Pushover
2. Caring of their feelings
3. Caring somewhat, until pushed
4.Caring but if she/he is wrong you let them have it.
5.Caring but don't always think of her/ him first.
6.Caring but can't say it, only shows it.
7. Gentle? That's for sissies.
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Old 01-31-2012, 12:47 PM
 
Location: Central Florida
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I think "gentle" is one of those words that is hard to define, but you know when you see/experience it.

At any rate, I do know when my man is being gentle with me like holding my hand when we walk and then putting his arm around me as he steers me around people or problems on the sidewalk; and when waiting for lights to turn,he will step off the curb first and then take me with him, sometimes with his arm around my waist or more often, putting my arm in his. When we are talking, he sometimes brushes the hair out of my eyes or looks at me with his gentle eyes and just smiles. Now in the bedroom, it can run the gambit! But no matter if he is gentle or "randy", I feel protected by him as I know how strong he is and what he is capable of doing if the need ever arises.
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Old 01-31-2012, 01:07 PM
 
Location: SoCal - Sherman Oaks & Woodland Hills
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It depends on the occasion and situation. There are times when one must be gentle, and there are times when one needs to pull that hair and slap thata$$ if you know what I mean. You need to know what to do, when to do it, and the right gradient to do it.
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Old 01-31-2012, 01:08 PM
 
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Old 01-31-2012, 01:12 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Delicately violent?

I'm gentle.
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