A tender touch is a loving, slow, gentle touch that makes your senses go wild, every little caressing movement driving you into ecstasy

when you're hungover as shit after a spending a night drunk as a skunk

an erotically pleasurable sexual act, relative to cuddling yet much hardcore. the more intense, the better the touch. spicy touch. feisty touch. and the ultimate, foxy touch.

In restaurant service the "tender touch" is when a server (typically female - due to social taboos regarding men touching women they don't know... Or touching other men they don't know) puts their hand on the guest shoulder and then leans into answer or ask a question, taking order, or thank them for their business. Typically employed by young female servers with older male patrons. A tactic used to generate a better tip.