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Angie4b1g

Angie4b1g

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Are you a hugger?

I never used to be, but David's death has reminded me how short life can be, so now I'm hugging everyone. I think by now I'm the most popular girl at soccer. :giggle I've hugged all my teammates, and told them I love them, and I've hugged everyone I know on the OTHER teams (but without the love part LOL).

We just aren't giving our love freely enough. What a difference it could make. :heartslub
 
I accept hugs but rarely give them except to my kids, who are all "omg that's enough, Mommy!", and on special occasions. Like, if it's your birthday or wedding or something, then I'll hug you. I used to be really uncomfortable about hugs but it's something I've worked on. I'm still not "a hugger" though.
 
I was walking around like "you never know, this might be the last time you ever see me".

I really know how to uplift people. :rofl
 
I think that's great Angie! I'm not a huge hugger. I rarely initiate a hug, but I do like to receive them. I definitely am a hugger with my boys. If I'm playing on my computer and they go walking by I love to tell them to come give their Mom a hug... I always say "I haven't had a Cody or Wyatt hug in awhile and I need one" They sometimes roll their eyes, but they always come give me one. :)
 
I am. I love hugs. But, I wasn't always a hugger. My family isn't very huggy. When I started dating Eric, I got sucked into his touchy feely family ways and now I hug all the time.

Got some disappointing news a few minutes ago and I need one right now, Angie. I'm just a hop skip and a jump away. Totally worth the drive.
 
I'm not a hugger at all. There are a few select people that I love to hug..my family and a few good friends. But even that can get overwhelming to me. Both my daughter and husband are huge huggers. I think DD would spend 15 minutes every hour hugging me if I'd let her (and yes I know that's extremely amazing for an almost 14 yo..but goodness I need my space). The hardest part is that sometimes DH gets upset because I'm not hot on people in my personal space..and he doesn't have those some issues so it's hard for him to understand.
 
I didn't think I was a hugger, until I read these non-hugger posts! lol! I guess I am a hugger. I hug my kids, and husband all the time, and I love snuggling with the boys too. They still allow that at their kinda young ages... but that might be short lived for the older one. :) I'll pester him. We hug family, and some friends when we see them. Some even get kisses (on the cheek, of course) lol!

Tali... sending a virtual hug!
 
My Dad was a fabulous hugger- always giving bear hugs. I am not often around people in real life and I most decidedly miss them!
 
Do it. What I wouldn't give to be able to hug my friend/teammate who is gone! I don't care if they think I'm a weirdo!
 
I am a HUGE hugger...my mother says I was hugging (along with talking) EVERYONE. I love hugs and love to give them. My kids even hugged/kissed me in public even at school. My 2nd husband was not brought up in a very touchy feely home, not a huge hugger till he met me. NOW he can't get enough - at least from me. He does hug my mom - they are very close. But yes I digress. I inherited my huggi-ness from my dad...he LOVES hugs and people. My mom hugs more now that she has had cancer....
 
I'm not a big hugger, but instead of goodbye, I always say I love you to my family when ending a phone conversation or when myself or one of them goes out the door. As Angie said you never know.
 
We are a family of huggers! Hugs hello, hugs goodbye. Sometimes kisses, too. Equal opportunity lovefest!
 
My parents and that part of my family aren't super "touchy-feely" but my in-laws are. I'm a real hugger/snuggler/lover with my kids... they are just so cute that I can't help myself plus, they are 7 and 4 now... I hope if they are used to it, they won't hate it when they are teens ;) I err on the side of keeping to myself if I don't know if someone's a hugger but I'm comfortable giving them if they come up to me for one or if I know they are huggy peoples :)
 
Total hugger. I hug and get hugs from my kids dozens of times a day. I hug at hello and at goodbye. It's mostly people I know that I hug, not just random people. If you are new to me, I have to get the hug vibe before I initiate hugging it out. :giggle
 
I'm a major hugger with my 2 men and my Mum & Dad - with other family I always hug hello and goodbye, I also do that with people I have known a while, and I'm a major hugger with Cynthia too!! We love our hugs xx

My grandad was never a big hugger - you got a one armed hug with a pat on the back to say that's enough LOL but when I was 11 he took me to Australia for 3 weeks to visit his brother and he soon turned into a hugger with me - I think he knew I needed it, being away from my mum, we used to lay together watching Tv hugging - we had always been really close but that made us super close, I'll always cherish those memories of my grandad becoming a hugger, it shocked my Mum when she saw us hugging it out often when we came back!
 
I am an out n out Hugger :) have always been so ... Don't know who do I get it from coz my parents are not big time into hugging ... But glad that I am :))
 
I am a huge hugger... in fact I sometimes feel awkward when I don't give a hug. lol! Must be the French Canadian in me. Sometimes a hug is all you need to make a person feel better of just let them know you're there.... *hugs to everyone* xox
 
I am Latin.... we are kissers, huggers, we are body contact people...... can you imagine when I arrived here in the UK? every guy thought I wanted to go to bed with them.....

Hugging does SO much good to the soul.....not with any person, but like Angie said, when you realize how people can go ...you want to let them know you love them...
My dad always said love is shown with actions and not huggs or kisses, he wasn't a hugger in my childhood or youth...but now he has grandkids?
HE LOves the huggs-

Like Vicky says: we hug, and I cannot explain how great it is to have the hugg from someone you know cares so much about you...
of course she has done a lot more than hugg me and proven to be a GREAT friend....
hugging is very very nice when with the right people- :)
 
I think I'm more of a word hugger? I do hug and love hugs but I'm not super touchy feely. But I'm still quite ooey gooey. I shower affection with my words more than physical touch, generally speaking.

But ohhh there is power in a good hug. ❤️.
 
My dad is the best hugger-- so I strive to hug my kids like my dad did with my brother and I. As they are getting older it is harder sometime-- but they don't seem to mind as long as I don't hug them in public!
 
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