Are you a hugger? I'm not. People at my work are always hugging. I wonder if they think I'm stand offish.

i appreciate a good hug. i wouldn't say i'm a hugger. but i do like hugs. sometimes all somebody really needs is a good hug.

I readily hug people I know and love and once in a while someone I just met strikes me as someone I want to hug - but generally I don't go around hugging all and sundry. I have been ed standoffish as a result. What I am even more amazed by are people that kiss a lot. I don't mean romantiy, I mean people that kiss you when they say hello or goodbye. Platoniy, but often even on the lips. Just not my style - I am REALLY not a kissy person, unless it's my girlfriend. I'm just not a touchy feely person, I guess, unless I know someone. (One guy even ed me autistic, but it was in college, and he wanted to sleep with me and I said no. So, grain of salt there.)

kissers make greetings so awkward. you never know what they're going in for. a hug, a kiss, both, neither, maybe they're just a close talker. or if it's a kiss, what side are they going after, or god forbid- are they going for the lips! it's too much for me. i guess it's possible that i'm the one who makes it awkward. but i'd be happy with a hello.

I am much like this It is funny, because even my mom sees me as "non demonstrative", but really the truth is I am selective. I fawn all over my . It is not unusual for us to be practiy (or actually) laying all over each other on the couch when we watch tv. Lots of hugs and kisses and physical contact. I am far more selective outside my inner circle. I hug some, but it really depends on the situation and the energy of the other person.

curiously... I am a hugger of those I know, like/love/care about and some aquaintances. Several of my exes and even my current gf came from homes where hugging was almost unheard of. When we were together, they all preferred my family functions, visits, holiday celebrations, etc to theirs because we are so warm. I also do not like it when someone other than my girlfriend wants to kiss me on the lips. Cheek is ok and I have several friends who do the air kiss as a joke. Some will even say I lurve ya. This, for me, is ok but I have to be comfortable with the person before I let her/him do it.

Do they give you that straight-person hug, where the bodies never actually touch?

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they give me the one-arm *patpat* & then a swift elbow to the boob

wouldn't creep me out dashie... c'mon, come here so I can give you a BIG bear hug.... :p hope I'm not creeping you out

Work hugs are weird. There's always the strategy of standing close behind a chair or other barrier. Stand off and to heck with 'em, I say!

on hugs I hug my immediate family like crazy. I love hugs and loved to be hugged... However: Co-workers....I hug them only on special occasions...example: the end of Christmas party...or if they are going thru some sort of personal pain or emotional event in their life. That's about it

not a hugger I don't initiate hugs, but I don't run away if someone else is attempting to hug me. My girlfriend used to do just about anything to avoid a hug, but now she is slightly better.

yes..I'm a hugger but I try to be respectful of person I hug, some welcome it, others who seem stiff, I keep it short and distant... with my kids, I love to give them bear hugs together...they are starting to get a bit too big for this, but I try.

I wasn't but I'm getting to relax more now and I like friends to hug me now