Bruess. Contemporary problems in interpersonal communication. Los Angeles: Roxbury, 2005. Print.) Although these norms were taught, they were always only inferred. Learning the rules of Proxemics opened my eyes. It's good to have general guidelines on intimate, personal, social and public distancing. When specific rules are put in place, it is much easier to make clear how someone is violating them. For example, a friend of mine, Mike, recently stopped by my house. It should be noted that Mike has been a well-known "talker" in our friend group for years. Now that I know the specific distances, I was able to talk to Mike about his close-up talking and the fact that it made some people uncomfortable. And, because we were alone, the minimal awkwardness of the situation allowed him to be receptive to the idea that he was violating implicit social rules. I showed him the textbook and we talked about the different distances. He finally thanked me for my candor and made strides at appropriate distances while paired and