Feet

Feet in bed

Feet under the table

Under footsie means the playful making physical contact with the feet. In particular, it is a form of flirtation in which affection is signaled by gently touching the foot under a table. In Austrian , “füßeln” also means “to trip up”.

The fiddling is often done for an initial and hidden physical contact between strangers, for example by fiddling under a table. Feet is a popular means of establishing physical contact between people who were previously only platonic friends or to flirt with each other in secret if one of the partners is otherwise in a relationship. 

Often there is fiddling under the table, women and men alike do this. Other popular places include the hot tub . The secrecy of what is happening means a special thrill for many people who do not walk .

In 1987, the American comic author Robert Crumb published "Footsy", an autobiographical comic on the subject of feet.

Web links

Commons : Feet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Duden entry.Retrieved June 29, 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Joe Navarro : The Body Language of Dating: The FBI Agent Explains How You Recognize and Influence Affection, MVG Verlag, 2014
2. ^ Matthias von Lexer: Carinthian dictionary: with an appendix: Christmas games and songs from Carinthia. Verlag Hirzel 1862, p. 105.
3. ↑ Lan Dong: Teaching Comics and Graphic Narratives: Essays on Theory, Strategy and Practice, McFarland & Company, 2012, p. 21 [1]
4. ^ The Return of Robert Crumb , Time , Aug. 20, 2002