Are you a hugger?

ninerbuff
ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
edited November 7 in Chit-Chat
My family hugs all the time so in most cases yes. If it's someone I don't know, of course no, but acquaintance's I've known well or for awhile, I'll give them a hug when saying hi. If it's a dude, it's the "man hug".

How bout everyone else?

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  • sentaruu
    sentaruu Posts: 2,206 Member
    I'm a hugger w/ the wimmenz and bros.

    firm hand-shaker w/ acquaintances
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    ill only hug you if you are my mom , sister

    or if at some point in my life we have been in an intimate relationship which means I am comfortable/use to having you touch me

    otherwise everyone can stay out of my bubble
  • in_the_stars
    in_the_stars Posts: 1,395 Member
    Yes.
  • cklbrown
    cklbrown Posts: 4,696 Member
    Nope I am very prickly. I don't like to be touched!
  • HuggyBeahr
    HuggyBeahr Posts: 259
    No, as paradoxical as this may seem, I love to be close to people and get upset when others get hugs and I don't, But I do not like when people are too close to me, like arms length is too close. I notice that I wince when hugged.
  • sentaruu
    sentaruu Posts: 2,206 Member
    adding more to the paradox.. your name is huggybeahr
  • craftywitch_63
    craftywitch_63 Posts: 829 Member
    ill only hug you if you are my mom , sister

    or if at some point in my life we have been in an intimate relationship which means I am comfortable/use to having you touch me

    otherwise everyone can stay out of my bubble

    +1
  • ALNoog
    ALNoog Posts: 413 Member
    Nope. Hate it!! No hugs and very little cuddles!
    I'm a grump, I don't like anyone in my bubble!
    My husband hates it... The only time I like to cuddle is when I'm sad, sick or if I wake up from a nightmare.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    I hug my kid constantly, but not anyone else much.
  • HuggyBeahr
    HuggyBeahr Posts: 259
    adding more to the paradox.. your name is huggybeahr

    IKR!!
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    Nope I am very prickly. I don't like to be touched!

    oooo prickly that is good
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    With the right person, yes, but generally I'm not a hugger at all.

    I'll hug my boyfriend, lots. I have no issues with that. I'll also hug my Mum, but while we get on well, we're not super close. I wouldn't go and automatically hug her if I was upset for example, it's more just in greetings.

    Friends I don't initiate hugs for, some of my friends do, and I wouldn't say I'm uncomfortable with it because they're my friend's, but I wouldn't choose to do it myself. I'm the sort of person who if I have a friend who's upset about something, I'll be the one standing/sitting there trying to make them feel better more with words, but feeling awkward/like a crap friend because I'm really not very good at comforting and physical affection (aside from the bf) I do care, greatly, and I hope they realise that even if it doesn't come across well.
  • hbk991
    hbk991 Posts: 192 Member
    In my family all hug each other even to say hi and bye. and among brothers, sisters and parents we say hi and bye with a kiss in the cheek.
  • _TastySnoBalls_
    _TastySnoBalls_ Posts: 1,298 Member
    Not usually, but I can be. Very rare though.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    No. Hugging anyone except my husband and children makes me uncomfortable. I don't even hug my siblings or father (which I know is weird).
  • bd0027
    bd0027 Posts: 1,053 Member
    Not really, they weird me out a little. If you're family/really close friends I'll hug you, but random hugs are strange.
  • TheBadToe
    TheBadToe Posts: 246 Member
    I'm a pick you up and squeeze you hugger... Its just how I roll.
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    Absolutely! I am an extremely touchy/ feely, affectionate person. My entire family is like that. However, I try to be respectful of others who aren't comfortable with it.
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    No; hugs are awkward for me. I value my personal space, and hugs definitely serve as an extreme intrusion of said space. I don't even hug my family (with the exception of my mom..of course) . For everyone else, a simple "hello" normally will suffice lol
  • lmhbuss
    lmhbuss Posts: 282 Member
    I want to be a hugger because I like it so much when other people are...but no, I do not ever feel comfortable entering someone else's space. I'm not even a "pat you on the shoulder-er" much less a hugger.
  • gmoneycole
    gmoneycole Posts: 813 Member
    Yep I'm a hugger.
  • ItsMeGee3
    ItsMeGee3 Posts: 13,254 Member
    Definitely a hugger! I hug everybody (except at work)!

    Just FYI - I could use one!
  • salladeve
    salladeve Posts: 1,053 Member
    Yes, family and friends only. I am not comfortable with that kind of closeness with acquaintances or someone I've just met.

    Something strange about my family however is the hug is just not good enough, a kiss is always required, and on the lips no less. I'm not real comfortable with that but try not kissing your elderly auntie or grandma on the lips when they come in for it, it hurts their feelings. I try to do the cheek thing, or turn a little but they usually get me anyway!
  • Derp_Diggler
    Derp_Diggler Posts: 1,456 Member
    I like trees and all, and I've eaten my share of granola, but no, I wouldn't consider myself a hugger.
  • sunshinesquared
    sunshinesquared Posts: 2,733 Member
    Yep! Hugs all around...for everybody!! I'm from KY and that's just how we roll, here, lol.
  • fitfreakymom
    fitfreakymom Posts: 1,400 Member
    I hug my kid constantly, but not anyone else much.



    this
  • luvmybabeez
    luvmybabeez Posts: 56 Member
    I hug everyone that I know. <3
  • chele1028
    chele1028 Posts: 248 Member
    Absolutely!
  • ChancyW
    ChancyW Posts: 437 Member
    I like hugs. :smile:
  • sunshinesquared
    sunshinesquared Posts: 2,733 Member
    Yep! Hugs all around...for everybody!! I'm from KY and that's just how we roll, here, lol.

    KY makes all physical contact better.

    Yep!! ;-)
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