The Huggy Generation

interesting concept

Quite true. However, the truly gifted learn to appreciate a Foofie!

I have made no plans to stop hugging.

Ha!, says the oblivious one..

To irrate people of course. I love to kill people with kindness and love.

How are you doing, ehBeth?

I am fine with hugging among social friends - though at work for some reason any sort of touching is wrong. I guess I just don't like to mix personal with work.

And of course smelly people are out as well - I wouldn't want to hug a smelly person. I love to touch and hug kids - they are just .... huggable. Although I remain unless I know them well - don't want to be considered a molestor. And I always have to hug friends - that is what they are for.

I also did not come from an overing hugging kissing type family - I think that may be why I enjoy hugging and kissing my kids so much. They are very hugging - sometimes when they make a new friend and then leave them, they want to young them - and many kids kind of step away they don't seem to want to hug.

At work, I had some one who reported to me that miscarried. When she came back in the office, I said her how sorry, etc I was - I wanted to be brief so as not to upset her at work so we discussed briefly. It was the hardest thing for me not to reach out and hug her. It just seemed like the most natural thing to do to try and console.

I prefer this baseball hug...

And this is another favorite "hug"

I'm a hugger! There are some seriously good huggers out there. You know the kind that wrap their arms around you and squeeze you like they mean it? It's so restorative!

Now - if I don't know you very well I will give a side hug! You know...put my arm around your waist and pull ever so slightly. I am not a casual hugger.

Must have a relationship of some kind established before I give and receive the "bear hugs".

I rarely hug strangers.

(mismi is strange, but I would hug her, I think)

no different than adults then

on man, I just read what I wrote what a mess! And you could understand me? Amazing!

Well, I'd hug you fer sure....birds of a feather and all that.

, rocks a bird

funny, his picture looks like a moose

oh god dj, I just clicked on your avatar and got a good look at that kid.

that movie gave me nightmares when I was a kid.

it's one of my favourites

yeah well, it was like good nightmares, you know?

Hafta comment on this one, to disagree. I really think grown-ups are much more tolerant than teenagers.

Adults seem (to me) MUCH less concerned with social status and gaffs, and more concerned with making a real connection to other people.

Maybe this is just my own experience speaking?

At 47, I find people SO much more loving, accepting, huggy, and friendly than I did at, say, 17, I can hardly believe it.