People say that if we are sitting on a chair we are hovering is this true and why?

Question: People say that if we are sitting on a chair we are hovering is this true and why?
- Keywords:
  chair,
  hover
Asked by luvinscience1202 to Ed, Hayley, Jason, Nathan, Sophie on 18 Mar 2013.
- Hayley Evers-King answered on 18 Mar 2013:
  
  It’s kind of true. The reason people say this is because of the way forces between things work. Technically you are not actually touching another thing (say a chair when you sit on it) you are just feeling the reaction of the forces between you and the thing you’re touching.

Question: People say that if we are sitting on a chair we are hovering is this true and why?