Hi guys! I posted a memory to /r/dirtypenpals recently, and I was strongly encouraged to share it here too!
A few years back, I used to share a flat with one other girl. We had mutual friends before we moved in, but didn’t really know one another. We hit it off though, and quickly became pretty close friends. We spent a lot of time together in the lounge, rather than keeping to ourselves like some roommates do. It was good!
One time, while we were laying on the couch watching TV, she mentioned she had cold feet. She was already under a blanket, but asked if she could slip them under mine too, just to have an extra layer. I said no problem, and so she propped her feet up on my lap and we carried on watching the show.
I’m a fidget. I find it really hard to just sit and watch TV without doing something with my hands, so I asked her if she wanted me to rub her feet with my hands, just to help warm them up. She seemed really excited, so that’s what we did. Not just that night, but for a few weeks. Every time we sat in the lounge together, she would put her feet on my lap, and I’d rub them. It got to the point where neither of us even had to ask.