Different types of touches mean different things. Luckily, Love Panky has it all figured out. So the next time your partner touches you, here's what it most likely means:

This is an expression of familiarity and comfort, wanting to be closer, and asking for affection. It feels secure and right.

A hug is a general greeting among familials, but when your crush does it, is a greeting, a request for intimacy, or a gesture that denotes comfort.

This is an intimate gesture that demonstrates protectiveness, affection, and familiarity. Even might be seen as possession.

A beautifully intimate gesture that shows love, affection, and a plea for closeness. It is an action between couples who are close and comfortable with each other.

The neck is a surprisingly intimate, erotic and emotional area when it comes to touching. A hand on your neck shows protectiveness, wanting to increase intimacy, and trying to express comfort.

Both sexes like their hair to be touched, stroked or played with. It expresses familiarity and a need to be closer."

This is a plea for closeness, guidance, a need for security, solidification of a friendship or pact, and reaching out to make a connection.

This is a classic indicator of two different things: the first being a showing of pride over an achievement, and the second being a more tender showing of empathy if you happen to be upset.

Rubbing someone’s arm suggest a desire for further closeness but a lack of confidence to really go for it, so he’s probably sending you a signal that he wants to be more intimate!

When he places both his hands on your shoulders, it’s a sign that he wants to take up all of your attention. Think about it, you have no choice but to look straight into his eyes!

If he holds his cheek a little longer than usual when you kiss each other hello or goodnight, it’s a pretty traditional signifier that he would rather be kissing you on the mouth!

If you are holding hands and he makes the move to start rubbing your palm, you can be assured that he feels very protective of you and also wants to make you feel as relaxed and comfortable as possible.

There is only one place the night is headed when the thigh rubbing starts to happen! This is a classic starter move for somebody who wants to take things a whole lot further!

This is different to a regular hug in the sense that it portrays a much stronger longing and need to be close and intimate with the person being squeezed. A squeeze hug is always reserved for the ones we love the most.

This is a classic courting sign, when a guy puts his arm around you it’s to let others nearby know that he wants you all to himself! It’s a very protective gesture.

This is another affectionate, intimate gesture that denotes complete closeness between you and him. He wants to hold you in a way that strangers and mere acquaintances don’t get to do.

I don’t mean in an aggressive way, but more in a reassuring, cute way, perhaps when you are in a crowd and he gives you a quick squeeze to let you know he’s still there. It can be very comforting.

Has your crush touched you in any of these ways lately?