While lamâsching takes place when a group of people enjoys unconditionally shared body contact in an explicitly innocent way, sarping takes it a step further. Still far away from sex, a sarp can - in contrast to a lamasching situation - contain mouth-to-mouth contact and nudity.
This differentiation is, however, not binary. While full-body clothing and the occasional humorous break may be important for newcomer lamaschers, people who are more used to lamasching culture and feel that the type of relationship to the other members of their lamâsching circle is clearly defined may want to move up the scale in a more sarpy direction. That can mean that more direct skin contact is applied, less joking and laughing takes place and/or kisses on regular body parts.
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Since the difference between the nature of lamâsch and sarp is so vague, the extreme ends of the scale should be defined:
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The concept of lamâsching was defined in a group situation filled with laughter and appreciation, while the concept of sarping was defined by a traditional monogamous couple to have a nicer word for what is basically cuddling. Since the couple thought about the differentiation of intimate but non-erotic caressing from 2-person sexual interaction, whereas the group thought about a newly found group action, the two concepts naturally overlap in the middle of the skinship-intensity scale. They simply move inward from two different directions:
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Overlapping and change in situation
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