Everyone has different preferences, straight man here and I always want cuddles. It depends on what your "love language" is i.e. how you prefer to give/receive affection.
For me cuddles and other forms of non-sexual touch (not that I'm asexual, far from it) are my preference for giving and receiving. Acts of service, like cooking a meal etc. I'm fine with giving but it makes me feel awkward to receive. And gift giving (random flowers, chocolate, trinkets, etc.) I prefer not to do because trying to come up with a good gift stresses me out and I don't like random gifts, I really appreciate the thought but if I don't find a use for it, including being a decoration I like, I don't want it.
But like you said, you find a middle ground with your partner and I do the same as well.
That's very interesting, I shall look into that book, thank you for the recommendation.
I think that posting Ken screenshots to this community here kind of fits both meanings of that phrase because:
You always get people in the comments questioning should Ken screenshots be posted here as he's not an actual linkedin lunatic, but a satire of one.
Ken screenshots are still allowed because if you didn't detect the sarcasm and were as dense as some real people who are posted here, then you could mistake it for genuine lunacy. Therefore he's the single exception of satirical posts amongst a sea of real ones.