Just a note to the gnereal populace of the CR : If someone asks a question and it is clae that person might be either a baal teshuvah or interested in learning more about Judaism, it would help for you to refrain from using expressions in Hebrew or Aramaic, that they could possibly not know.
For example, “derech chiba.” Why could people not simply say, in an affectionate manner, when trying to differentiate between casual contact such as bumping against someone on the subway and holding the hand of someone of the opposite gender. What purpose is served by using expressions that cannot clarify the meaning for that person? There are many words and expressions that have been used here, that are of questionable value to the OP, if that person did not understand what you were saying.