One concept that I found very interested was an idea of territories. In some way I would like to connect this post with a previous one, where we discussed difference in interpreting nonverbal messages within various cultures. At some point how different are people in identifying their territories. About 10 years ago I met a young man, his name was Tim and he came to Ukraine with his father for business. It happened that we became friends. So one day we took a walk around the city. While we were walking we started to talk and as long as street was pretty crowded I tried to stay as close as possible. At the same time I noticed that every time I was attempting to get closer, Tim was trying to avoid being close. Later my friend told me that I was too close, because for there were culturally accepted boundaries or ideas how close friends could stay. For me it was real discovery. 

Later I caught myself observing how close I did stay with my friends and fellows. For example, I stayed pretty close with my best friend, when I couldn't feel comfortable staying too close with my roommates. I think that by observing distance between us and people with whom we communicate, we can conclude how close we are. Going back to story with Tim, when I tried to stay too close I'm smiling now. How silly did I look to him? I can only guess what he might thought in that regard...