platonic hugs

pattern1991
pattern1991 Online Community Member Posts: 38 Contributor
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hi everyone i   thought i would  attempt to spread some joy here by asking folks to share the best  platonic hug you have ever received. So many are scared to touch us or maybe think we don't want this kind of affection so i want to use this space to show the opposite is possible.   

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  • Quinty
    Quinty Online Community Member Posts: 47 Contributor
    Im very wary of being hugged. I find it to much. But having good people around me is lovely. I love animals, to hug my cats is like one big hug for me!
  • Lisatho11987777
    Lisatho11987777 Scope Member Posts: 5,874 Championing
    I am not the hugging type of person so I have enjoyed  not being hugged during corona virus to many people try and hug me and I dont like being rude to people lol 
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Best hugs have always come from my son but now he is a teen I dont get them very often 
  • vikingqueen
    vikingqueen Scope Member Posts: 1,699 Championing
          Grandchildren's hugs are just the best in the world. Guaranteed to make you smile every time  <3:)
  • Ami2301
    Ami2301 Online Community Member Posts: 7,877 Championing
    I have two types of hugs, 1) if i hug you with both arms then i love you or we arw really close, or 2) if you hug me, and i only put one arm around you and pat your back then i really don't like you hugging me and subconsciously begging for you to never be that close to me again  :lol:

    That being said, the best hugs are from Daisy, Ewan, my Mum, my Nan, my nieces and nephews, my 2 dogs and my rehab family! :)
  • Lisatho11987777
    Lisatho11987777 Scope Member Posts: 5,874 Championing
    I just read my comment lol I like hugging family thsts as far as my hugging goes the other thingvis when prople are talking to you and they keep touching you thats another thing I don't like lol
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,451 Championing
    Lovely question @pattern1991. I'm also not a big hugger, but it means that when I hug my friends it feels a little more special. I don't think I have one particular memory of my best platonic hug, but I imagine the hugs I'll give my loved ones once we're able to get close again will be up there :) 

    How about you? 
  • pattern1991
    pattern1991 Online Community Member Posts: 38 Contributor
    i rember a friend hugging me tigt on a sofa and when i tride to move she playfully pust me down so it coud contiue for longer i dint mind was wonderful   
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,451 Championing
    She sounds like a lovely friend @pattern1991 :) 
  • pattern1991
    pattern1991 Online Community Member Posts: 38 Contributor
    it was great never happened since though  
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,451 Championing
    I know it's not the same at all, but have you ever tried a weighted blanket @pattern1991? Lots of people find them comforting. I've been tempted to get one myself.
  • pattern1991
    pattern1991 Online Community Member Posts: 38 Contributor
    aw i love that im spreading the love 
     
  • pattern1991
    pattern1991 Online Community Member Posts: 38 Contributor
    Tori no mutch prefer human  connection 
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,451 Championing
    You certainly are @pattern1991!

    That's fair enough. I think we've all been missing that, particularly over the past year. 
  • chloeblue04
    chloeblue04 Online Community Member Posts: 234 Empowering
    I feel unsure to talk about it.
  • Cress
    Cress Online Community Member Posts: 1,005 Trailblazing
    I'm definitely not a hugger...loved hugs from my kids who did it multiple times a day when small and although my eldest still gives me a big hug on arrival and leaving once my youngest got to his teens he didn't hug anywhere near as much and on the rare occasion I do see him now, he'll hug, but there's an awkwardness to the hug now which is sad.

    As for anyone else...sooner hug their dog then them... :)
  • chloeblue04
    chloeblue04 Online Community Member Posts: 234 Empowering
    Hello Tori_Scope

    I don't want to talk about platonic hugs at the moment. It's difficult to explain as it is humiliating and complicated. 
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,451 Championing
    That's okay @chloeknight16071992 :) There's no pressure to share anything you don't want to. 
  • chloeblue04
    chloeblue04 Online Community Member Posts: 234 Empowering
    I liked being hugged and that's what makes me lovable Tori_Scope. 

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