Paul Eastwick

Then to be aware of, you know, what is their body language?

What are they saying?

Are they laughing?

Do they look a little uncomfortable?

You know, what are some of those nonverbal cues that they might be giving off?

But sometimes we cross the line anyways, right?

And in cases where it is playful, it is intended to be playful sometimes.

What we see is that the person is more comfortable saying, hey, that crossed the line like too far enough.

And then they expect it to stop.

And that's one of the key things that we see.

You know, if the teasing stops when you ask for it to stop, that's a good marker that the intent was playful.

if the teasing doesn't stop when you ask for it to stop, that can feel even worse, right?

That you've noted this has crossed the line and it still goes on.

That kind of feels extra bad.

Yeah, absolutely, right?

Teasing is nuanced and it's complex.

And like you said, you know, and that's why we hear from children, they don't have that level of nuance, right?

They just say, you know, teasing's mean, right?

That's being mean.

And it does require a particular set of skills, a particular set of social skills to be able to kind of do it successfully.