hugs

[hellosunshine]

on the radio today there was a chit chat about some research Batchelors cupa soup or someone had done about hugging.


(i wont get this 100% correct as i was driving but)


the best one apparently is from behind when you dont expect it.like when you are washing up - well i hate that!!!!makes me jump


there were bear hugs and cheek hugs,and some explanatioin which i think said if you brush the left cheek it reaches the right side of the brain which is the lovey duvey side,and .......shute,there were 5 sorts anyway.


20 secs hug a day,5 portions of fruit and veg and life will be good!

aint hada hug for adges,but the sort i like best are the encompasing sort,strong,i give very very strong hugs.........i love my dog n she loves me but she doesnt have 2 arms and i miss that,licking my face just doesnt hit the right "spot"!!!!


so whats the verdict amongst you lot?

[Pax]

I think I would die from "skin-hunger" (a term I learned in psych class) if I didn't get loads of hugs a day. My SO is very huggy so that helps quite a bit, my co-workers (all women) tend to hug a lot as well.

[lph]

I hate being hugged from behind too! At least a lot of the time. It takes away my chance to signal if I want to be hugged or not... and if I'm doing the washing-up or some other chore that I dislike I get VERY antsy if I get hugged so I can't move. Makes me feel trapped.

On the other hand, mostly I love getting hugs, and I wish I were much better at giving them than I am. It gives some weird behaviour - one drink and I start holding and patting peoples shoulders, two and I start hugging all my friends. Which is nice and all, but I'd prefer it would come naturally sober...

I'd like to be like some of my male friends, who are the best huggers ever - big bear hugs that are enormously comforting and friendly, but don't trap you or feel awkward. Funny.

Right, I'm going off to work on my hugging skills

[kelownagirl]

I LOVE hugs, dh is a great hugger. And my neck hair stands up on end whenever I am doing dishes and he walks into the room, because I know I'm usually going to get a hug, and probably kiss on the back of the neck.

[hellosunshine]

come to think of it,as i live alone,if someone came up and hugged me from behind id probably **** white!!!!!

[Brandi]

here is a hug for you ((((((((hellosunshine)))))))))). Warned you before I did it.

[spokewench]

I'm not picky - I'll take any kind of hug (especially from my hubby!)

[hellosunshine]

there is a woman who went around with a placard on sayiong FREE HUGS in london.


actually thatd be fun to do in my town,but i cant work out HOW you hug someone wearing a wooden placard.


hey!do u lot have these people in the street posing as statues,all in grey who move a tiny weeny bit every so often,well,not often at all?


DO THEY GET JOB SATISFACTION?

[Offthegrid]

One of the things about not having a boyfriend that stinks the most is no hugs, cuddling or snuggling!

*in a small quiet voice* I actually LOVE hugs from behind, but only if I'm not startled.

[LBTC]

I love the Free Hugs thing! A few girls did that here, even. I think I collected 3 or 4 of them.

Hugs are the best. All kinds. Especially with my honey

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Pax]

...*in a small quiet voice* I actually LOVE hugs from behind, but only if I'm not startled.

Same here, I startle easily so my SO knows to make some sort of noise upon approach...otherwise I jump about a foot into the air (sorta spoils the moment ).

[KnottedYet]

I like hugs, especially from people I know and care about. I'm never quite sure what to do when I meet one of those folks who hugs instead of shaking hands.

SKnot doesn't like me to hug him like I used to (he's a teenager now) but he GIVES hugs all the time. If I'm feeling bad, he'll say "hug!" and stretch his arms out for me. He's such a nice guy! I hope he stays nice as he goes through the rest of his teenage years...

[Pax]

I like hugs, especially from people I know and care about. I'm never quite sure what to do when I meet one of those folks who hugs instead of shaking hands.

SKnot doesn't like me to hug him like I used to (he's a teenager now) but he GIVES hugs all the time. If I'm feeling bad, he'll say "hug!" and stretch his arms out for me. He's such a nice guy! I hope he stays nice as he goes through the rest of his teenage years...

That is so sweet! My co-worker has a five year old girl and a teenage boy (13 I think), the little one will throw herself into your arms for hugs but the teenager does this head nod and then ignores you...it makes his mom so sad that she can't cuddle him anymore.

[crazycanuck]

Hugs..hugs & more hugs I say!

I love being hugged. Ian & I hug eachother every day with no definite number allocated.

I send my mom hugs over the phone. I can't wait to see her again so I can give her a big hug as she needs them!!!



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[Tuckervill]

SKnot doesn't like me to hug him like I used to (he's a teenager now) but he GIVES hugs all the time. If I'm feeling bad, he'll say "hug!" and stretch his arms out for me. He's such a nice guy! I hope he stays nice as he goes through the rest of his teenage years...
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Aw. Just keep hugging him, even if he might push you away sometimes.

The poor guys need it so badly sometimes, and they just don't know they need it. I've felt my angry, insolent, hormone-driven teenage boys melt when I've hugged them, and it changed *everything*.

Karen