It’s superior by far when you may want to ever actually u tie the rope. But my experience with some ropes is that the action of loading and unloading or otherwise jostling the knot can cause it to come loose.

I sometimes tie off the loose ends together to prevent that but it’s hella ugly and bulky.

Any advice on using this knot?

The second set of long strings confuses me, doesn’t seem to be in the picture. Am I missing something?

In pole dancing terms that’s the gluteal crease or gluteal fold.

Medically the gluteal fold is the buttcrack.

This guy diy’s

Sorta. I’m a comfortable person expressing affection and my inner emotions with friends. I’m also often the one initiating the sharing asking how they are etc, and the physical touch. It’s nearly always me initiating, so I’m kinda uncertain how it is in the other person’s head. Obv not bad enough to recoil or ask me to stop, but maybe they’re just a bit uncomfortable.

Yes. I want it more. I look at relationships among women where that level of physical affection is part of the connection and reinforces it and I want that. I only really have that with my wife and one close friend, who is a woman.