holding hands

a long time ago, a friend told me that girls should look for boyfriends who are 12-15cm taller so that kissing wouldn't be so awkward. not sure if she did any studies to come out with the figures... BUT! she forgot to consider another important factor. holding hands! yesh! the time a couple hold hands is much longer than they kiss. holding hands is definitely a topic of bigger importance and implications for a relationship! i had avoided the topic of holding hands for many years. the whole world seems to be laughing at me when i insisted that holding hands is super tiring! *humph!* BUT! the whole world disagreeing with me doesn't mean that i am not going to hold on to my belief, especially when my belief is backed with facts.

taking moments about the elbow,

due to the height difference, the arm of the shorter person (aka my arm) has to be bended at an angle, which means, there will be a moment about the elbow due to the weight of forearm. because of this moment, the muscle in the forearm would have to exert a force. i have yet to collect enough data to quantify the force. but imaging holding hands for 15 mins, 30 mins, 1 hour, the energy used can accumulate to a hefty amount. hence i was right to say holding hands is tiring!

i am still in the process of collecting more data to find the optimum height of boyfriend so that holding hands wouldn't be so tiring. till then, we shall continue to do trial and error! *grins*