Are you a hugger?

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  • fromaquasar
    fromaquasar Posts: 811 Member
    I'm a hugger!! I hug my friends, my family, my work mates, I hug people when I'm happy, people who are sad. I am also a big believer in the platonic couch snuggle :) I always try to remember some people aren't has happy with hugging - don't want to make them feel uncomfortable but it feels very normal to me
  • zippo32
    zippo32 Posts: 1,407 Member
    We're going to hug this out......................................
  • MissFuchsia
    MissFuchsia Posts: 523 Member
    I hug my husband and family all the time. I feel awkward hugging anyone else. I don't know why
  • gazz777
    gazz777 Posts: 722
    I'm a natural hugger - grown up in a non-huggy family, in a non-huggy (it's not appropriate) work-place married to a non-huggy wife.

    The only thing that get's me through are still cute and are 9 and 11 year old and atm are VERY huggy.

    When they outgrow that I'll have nothing left :(

    So, if they're offered - I'm there !!!

    Me thinks I will hit e-Bay to see if there is one of these for me:

    http://www.weirdthings.org.uk/feeling-lonely-have-a-cuddle-with-this-arm-pillow/

    Either the pillow or the model - I can't be too fussy
  • withchaco
    withchaco Posts: 1,026 Member
    Where I was raised, hugging was limited to:

    --Young children (say, 9 or younger) hugging parents and grandparents, occasionally the other way around
    --Spouses and significant others hugging each other
    --Friends being silly... I think hugging is considered a childlike behavior, except between spouses/ SOs

    And it was always a tight hug, never a 'gently wrapping your arms around the other person' thing. Gentle, casual hugs are still foreign to me.

    Another thing is that where I grew up, they generally don't hug a crying person. When someone you know is crying, you place your hand on their shoulder(s)/ back, or simply stand around and commiserate silently.

    I dislike ritualistic/ casual hugs. The casualness cheapens it. Heartfelt ones are good, though. :)
  • Segrande
    Segrande Posts: 75
    I am awkward when hugging people I am not close to/familiar with and generally hate being touched by those who I have not allowed to touch me. I think I used to be a lot worse when it comes to being picky about personal space and all, now I don't mind the occasional handshake or fist bump or whatever. However, if I have decided that I really like you, I'm extremely affectionate and a cuddle monster. >:3 I suppose this only applies to significant others though, it's still a little awkward even with best friends.
  • olymp1a
    olymp1a Posts: 1,766 Member
    I definitely am a hugger... I just love contact with the people that are close to me, makes me feel good!

    But if there is someone I do not feel comfortable with (example: new collague) I hate being touched!
  • AshDHart
    AshDHart Posts: 818 Member
    I'm a hugger! That said I don't go around randomly hugging people. But I will hug people I barely know. Maybe I've talked to them a few times online or once before in person. I have a friend I meet online and we hug but I don't hug his wife. I have several clients who I hug and some I don't. I would say it's about 50/50. The ones I hug end up being longer term clients. Might need to hug a few more. :happy:
  • knight_owl
    knight_owl Posts: 37
    It depends. If I know you really well, then I'm totally a hugger. Otherwise, I avoid it.
  • VinVenture
    VinVenture Posts: 290
    I would have been a hugger, but everyone assumes I'm the sort of person you hug under penalty of death. So, being the shy one, I never get any hugs. Which is lame, 'cause I love hugs.
  • Jade_Butterfly
    Jade_Butterfly Posts: 2,963 Member
    Definitely a hugger. . Love hugging people. Makes one feel good!:bigsmile:
  • lorna1002
    lorna1002 Posts: 185 Member
    I hug my babies all the time, but apart from that.....No, not a hugger.
  • Mailaaa
    Mailaaa Posts: 8
    Totally agree with you, thank god i'm not alone haha :)
  • Mailaaa
    Mailaaa Posts: 8
    Oh man! I WISH I was a hugger! But for me, I reserve touchy moments like that for special times, or for very close friends and family. I suppose you could say I'm not a touchy person, although I LOVE affection. It's a kind of weird line.


    omfg damn it i posted my answer like 3 times now haha i still don't know how to use this site! but like i said, i agree with you :P
  • Mailaaa
    Mailaaa Posts: 8
    Totally agree with you, thank god i'm not alone haha :)
  • SetecAstronomy
    SetecAstronomy Posts: 470 Member
    In my culture we hug a lot with family and close friends, but there are some people who are just huggers with EVERYONE. So do you hug or do you avoid it at all costs?


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  • clioandboy
    clioandboy Posts: 963 Member
    hmmm I hug lots my nearest and dearest but there is nothing worse for me than to be caught in a hug that I dont want to be in, yucky!
  • LickyNees
    LickyNees Posts: 101 Member
    hugsies are my favourite!!
  • dibdobw
    dibdobw Posts: 89 Member
    Definitely a hugger x
  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    I hug. I wasn't always a hugger until I realized that it makes people feel better after they've spilled their entire life's stories out on me. So I hug 'em.

    It also makes the stranger times when the cart-collector at Target or the little old produce guy who says "I love you" to me a little less strange.
  • DWilbanks
    DWilbanks Posts: 420 Member
    It's weird, I'm a touchy feely kinda gal, like placing my hand on your arm and laughing. But to hug, I only do this at special times. I think it comes from the fact that growing up my family wasn't very demostrative. But as for me an my husband...we hug and kiss every morning, every afternoon and night and a lil sum thin sum thin inbetween...lol we are very affectionate!
  • Galletakek
    Galletakek Posts: 285
    handshakes for the men... hugs for the girls.... idk why im like that I just am... but I dont really hug anyone.... now that I think about it.. o.0 last person I gave a hug to was my Dad. lol and that was a year ago..... : /
  • claire_xox
    claire_xox Posts: 282 Member
    I HATE hugging! hate hate hate hate it ! big fan of personal space!
  • Solly123
    Solly123 Posts: 162 Member
    Definitely NOT a hugger.. Reading this post has made me think about it and I actually hate people touching me. I actually get a shock if someone touches me.. MMmmmm... Don't know why..

    None of my friends would ever try to hug or touch me.. Maybe thats why they are my friends.

    This has me wondering now.. Why do I hate being touched so much??

    Know I freak out in crowds - not go nuts, but just get extremely frustrated and annoyed being jostled and shoved. I'd always avoid crowded places at all costs. Maybe its just a continuation of that??

    No idea.. But definitely would get a huge shock if someone I didn't know extremely well hugged me.. :bigsmile:
  • warmachinejt
    warmachinejt Posts: 2,162 Member
    i am not very affectionate, actually i am not affectionate at all
  • gipperakh
    gipperakh Posts: 102 Member
    guilty
  • yummygoods
    yummygoods Posts: 32 Member
    Totally a hugger.

    On my business card, at the bottom it says "Free Hugs Upon Request"

    (seriously, it really does.)

    And I don't go for that one-armed crap. Both arms, baby.

    .........................................

    BUT: please, no high-fiving! I get like high five PTSD. Fist bump if you must, but no high fives with me.

    Hugs or a nice firm handshake.
    If you i like you a lot, a peck on the cheek makes me all mushytimes.
  • jennajava
    jennajava Posts: 2,176 Member
    I am such a hugger. If you make me smile, you get a hug. If you look like you need to smile, you get a hug. :hugs:
  • jennajava
    jennajava Posts: 2,176 Member
    Totally a hugger.

    On my business card, at the bottom it says "Free Hugs Upon Request"

    (seriously, it really does.)

    And I don't go for that one-armed crap. Both arms, baby.

    :love:
  • Iamfit4life
    Iamfit4life Posts: 3,095 Member
    Not really, it's awkward to me.
    And I thought the hugs were bad.


    All of siggys friends are also cheek kissers.
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