My idea of good company is the company of cleaver, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation. I am mistaken, that is not good company, that is the best. It is a community of purpose that constitutes society; without that, living beings may be drawn into contiguity, but they still continue virtually isolated. They who know how to speak are the only people who know how to hold their tongues. You ever find yourself out in public and unintentionally feel like you are hovering around someone and invading their personal space, but do not mean to? However, for some reason you two or three keep orbing around each other. Well, sometimes that happens and if it is making you uncomfortable, they probably feel the same way. Americans tend to surround themselves not with one, but with four invisible bubbles and there are four different zone of comfort that have been identified, regarding social interaction and comfort zone. 

For most Americans, intimate distance is the distance that extends from the body outward approximately 18 inches. Generally, we protect this space fiercely and allow it to be penetrated only by loved ones, very close friends, and our family pets. In the course of our daily interactions, this intimate zone is generally reserved for hugging, kissing, Netflix and Chill, or comforting. Occasionally, medical professionals such as doctors, nurses, and dentists must enter this intimate space. When strangers invade this space, we are likely to feel uncomfortable, and are likely to defend the space and our bodies by either retreating to a safer and more comfortable distance or by striking out in defense. Criminologists and law enforcement officials, for example, know that deaths by stabbing and strangulation are more likely to have been committed b intimates, family members, friends, neighbors, or acquaintances than total strangers, because of the nature of the intimacy involved in the crime.

The personal distance zone tends to extend from approximately 18 inches from the body out to about 4 or 5 feet. While not reserved for intimates, we tend to feel most comfortable allowing friends and acquaintances within this space for any length of time. Generally, when we are being introduced to people for the first time, we like to maintain somewhere between 2 to 4 feet between our bodies and theirs, not coincidentally the most comfortable distances for two people to shake hands. Again, criminologists and people figure that is a person is shot from this distance that the perpetrator was probably a friend or family member. Keeping witty company sharpeneth the apprehension. A companionable being will put up with many inconveniences for the sake of enjoying agreeable society. Life is full of the saddest and strongest contrasts. There is no light without its shade, no good without its inconvenience.

A social distance of 4 or 5 feet out to approximately 12 feet is commonly used for impersonal and formal interactions. This is a common distance used in job interviews (sitting across a 36-inch desk with each person approximately a foot from it), for example. It also is the distance that podiums are usually set from the front row to separate speakers and audience, and if you observe the professor in your classroom, probably about this distance from which he or she lectures or leads the class discussion. Shootings from this distance are as likely to have been committed by casual acquaintances or total strangers as friends or family members. Good company upon the road is the shortest cut. Good heads and good hearts generally go together, but they are not inseparable companions. Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

Public distance is beyond 12 feet, is open to just about anybody and rarely do we feel threatened when somebody is 12 or more feet away from us. We can walk past total strangers, acknowledging them only with a glance or a nod, or ignoring them altogether if we choose to do so. Secret Service agents and bodyguards like to keep this much distance between dignitaries and the general public. Killings that take place from this distance often involve total strangers, as in the case of a drive-by shooting, or random sniper shooting. An individual may, from various motives, decline to give their company, but perhaps not even a preacher would be gratified that nobody missed him. There are times when we must act as though life were equally sweet in any company. There are comparisons that should never be made, on account of circumstances that overrule all common efforts.

If the company of fools irritates, the society of cleaver people leave its own peculiar pain also. Comfort zone vary greatly from one culture to another, and within cultures when people of different age, race, ethnicities, genders, and social class categories interact. Some cultures have much smaller distance requirements for casual interactions and in France some men often embrace or kiss on the cheek—something that could make American men very uncomfortable. Despite living in a very densely populated country, Japanese often maintain a larger social space when interacting with strangers. When two Japanese men are introduced, traditionally, they bow toward one another, an act that requires a distance of about 6 feet to prevent from bumping heads. Many gentleman lives well upon a soft head, who would find a heart of the same quality a very great draw back. When people are angry and passionate, one foes not so much mind what they say. However, when they speak with kindness it seems to pierce to the very heart.

In the United States of America, women are generally far more comfortable touching, hugging, or kissing one another than are men, and women generally will allow other women within their intimate distance, something a man rarely allows from another man, even if they are blood related. Also, not all men are comfortable with the same amount of personal and social distance. We found, for example, in our research on the demeanor of contemporary cowboys, that cowboys out on the Great Plains have a much larger invisible bubble surrounding them, and although they will allow other closer to them on their side, they generally keep 5 to 6 feet (coincidentally, about the length of a horse) between them and others during face-to-face interaction. The difference in attitudes towards personal space between the genders can cause some awkward situations. For instance, if a woman touches a man, he often misreads this gesture as a sexual overture because she has invaded his intimate space; hence, he considers it an intimate gesture—something she may not have intended at all. Or the man might be annoyed and feel uncomfortable.

Conversely, if a man touches a woman or keeps talking to her after she brushed him off, this may scare her and be considered harassment. It is best to be professional and not touch people. If someone tells you to back off, or gives you a nonverbal communication that they are not interested, leave them alone. Similarly, antiquated people often tell comfortable touching younger people, in a nonsexual manner, but children often feel uncomfortable approaching adults. While members of certain socioeconomic classes often hug one another, embrace upon meeting, and feel comfortable in close proximity, members of other classes usually maintain a “proper” distance between themselves and others, especially when interacting with members for other classes. All of these example involve nonverbal communication—the body movements, gestures, and facial expression that we used to communicate with others. Smiles, nods, winks, eye contact, hand gestures, and other forms of nonverbal communication can be just as important, if not more so, than words in shaping out interactions with others. They are especially important in helping social actors to define social situations and give meaning to everyday interactions.

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