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Referring to the Tanabata lovers who only meet once a year:

> A) 「せめて毎月一回会えればいいのに」  
>  A) "I wish they could meet at least once a month."  
>  B) 「一年一回っていうのがいいんだ。そんなに何回もベタベタ会うもんじゃねェや」  
>  B) "Once a year is fine. In that way they'll meet _stickily_ many times.
> Right?"

What on earth does ベタベタ mean in this context? I thought it meant sticky. But I
can't imagine what a sticky meeting is.
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Meaning of ベタベタ when referring to a meeting
> そんなに何回もベタベタ合うもんじゃねェや

The essence of the above sentence is

> 何回もベタベタ会｛あ｝う

何回もベタベタ会う  
＝何回も会う＋ベタベタ会う  
＝何回も会う＋ベタベタした感｛かん｝じで会う

In this context "あっさり" is the antonym of "ベタベタ" in Japanese.  
We say "彼｛かれ｝と彼女｛かのじょ｝の関係｛かんけい｝はあっさりしている。" to describe their indifferent
relation.  
Do you get the nuance of "ベタベタした感じ"?
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ベタベタ is an onomatopoeia (擬態語) commonly used for describing a couple or lovers
being close and intimate, as well as for something being sticky. Maybe it's a
bit close to イチャイチャ.

> 一年一回っていうのがいいんだ。そんなに何回もベタベタ会うもんじゃねェや  
>  (≂ そんなに何回もベタベタ **と** 会うものではない)

I think it'd be something like "It's good because it's just once a year. (≂
What's good about it is that they meet only once a year.) They shouldn't be
meeting that often (≂ so many times a year), so intimately."
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It feels to me that ベタベタ here is _not_ describing a manner in which single
instances of Orihime and Hikoboshi's meeting may be engaged in. Rather, by
ベタベタ Person B is referring to the frequency with which, Person A wishes, they
could see each other. Person B thinks meeting once a month would be to
"ベタベタ会う", regardless of how "clinglingly" the star-crossed lovers might spend
their time together. (Person A mentions only how often they should meet, not
in what way, don' they? Then it would be somewhat incongruous with the
anaphoric そんな if we interpret ベタベタ as a "manner adverb", unless Person B is
somehow presupposing that the meeting would be ベタベタ in the "manner" sense of
the word, which I think is unlikely.)
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