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* I stumbled onto this site today, and I think it is great! I remeber a very special hug I recieved almost 4 years ago. I was 17 and visiting my aunt in Sweden. While I was there I met a guy who was in her church choir. Although we never spoke to one another, the day of my departure back to the U.S. he gave me a long hug and handed me his address. I thought at that moment that was the best hug I could ever recieve. I was wrong. We wrote to each other for the next year and with each letter fell more in love. At this point we still had never spoken to each other verbally. On my 18th birthday my mother surpized me with tickets to Sweden to visit my aunt, and to meet this guy that I had fallen for. When I stepped off the plane, he was there waiting for me. I ran up to him and we embraced for what seemed like eternity. THAT was the best hug I ever received!
address: linda_mattsson@hotmail.com

* I am new to the whole hugging experience. In my family, it was not really a common thing to hug. However, when I recently joined everyone else by getting a hug, I was very amazed. It was at our school Dance, and I had never danced before. There was a girl there who I had liked, and she looked lonely. No one had asked her to dance. So, I asked her to dance. Neither of us were any good. Anyway, when the song was over, she just said, "Thank you", and gave me a big hug. Ever since then, we have been boyfriend and girlfriend, and we hug at least 5 or 6 times a day, although we live 20 miles from each other, I make special trips just to hug her. :) I have been changed by the art of hugging. I used to see love and hugging as something that only little kids and their parents did, and lovers. Now, I see. A hug is like a slice of heaven. Whether it is welcome or not, it will make both of the people feel better. I agree with something I read here. Get addicted to hugs! You will never be the same. :)

* I think that one of the best things resulting from a big hug is the sense of security I get. I am female, and 5'6" and about 170 lbs. I have really broad shoulders, so when I hug avg. size women (my mom, best friend..) I always feel like I am so big and engulfing them in my arms and shoulders. It is nice to give really big hugs to people smaller than I am. But, there is something to be said about being hugged by a person bigger than you. My boyfriend is about 6'2" and 200 lbs and gives the best hugs. He loves to hug, and every time he gives me hugs, I feel safe and loved and happy. He is so amazing. He hugs me when I'm angry with him, and I can't help but break down and hug him back. What power a hug has! -- Amy

* What an inspirational site! I must admit, my feelings toward hugs are quite ambivalent. In fact, a lot of my friends know me as someone who never hugs. I tend to be scared of hugs, I don't quite know why. But you know what? I really do believe that hugs are good, and I'm trying more and more to hug people, because hugs really do make you feel happy. So to anyone else out there who is scared of hugs, go ahead and try it--it might be a little scary at first, but the benefits will outweigh any fear. If I can do it, so can you!

* I am a recovering drug addict and alcoholic. Hugs helped to save my life. Everytime I wanted to go back and drink or get high. I would to a meeting. People I didn't even know would give me a hug and tell me keep coming back. Which I will continue to do one day at time. Hugs are healing. Hug are a way to say I understand, it's okay. Hugs make it easier to say thanks, you are important when you are to afraid to say the words. Hugs make you feel alive, you're special and you matter. Perhaps hugs may one help us to say ourselves from all the negativity around us.

* It is true that hugging is something just not done often in Asia. Especially with those of the opposite sex. But I'm a hug addict! It doesn't matter what people think or say when they see you hug someone, girl or guy. All that matters is the message that you've sent with the hug and that you feel good!

* There is this grandfatherly man I know while I am studying in college and he is just the "old maintenance person" to the students, but to me, he is my dearest cuddling buddy. when I first met him, I would say "hello" to him and he would smile and say "hello" back. later into the year, we would hug one another and sometimes he'd rub me on the back. one day we were talking in his small office (blinds and door closed), just him and I, and when the door was shut,he opened his arms and I went into his warm and accepting embrace. he asked me how my week was, and I told him it was good and I gave him the details while he rubbed my back and blew into my ear. (nothing sexual -both of us are God-fearing people) I asked him how should I thank him for his nurturing, and he said, "just a thank you is fine," and I whispered my thanks. we held on for a long time, and I gave him a peck on the cheek, and he kissed me back on my cheek. both of us agreed to do this ritual of ours once a week and whenever one of us is feeling down, we would go and cuddle one another.

* I love a good hug. I just hugged a girl from work goodbye as she got promoted in the company I work for and won't be around anymore. She has a great smile and I'll miss working with her. I got her this silly clacky-clack! toy because I like her and when I hugged her she gave me a really firm embrace right back! It was such a nice surprise because I was expecting a rather formal, very shouldery hug. Fantastic. I love this site.
address: cc863@freenet.buffalo.edu

* I LOVE HUGGING PEOPLE I'M FOND OF!!!!! I WISH OUR AMERICAN CULTURE WAS MORE LIKE THE EUROPEAN CULTURE. I WOULD LOVE TO HUG AND TOUCH MY FRIENDS EVERYDAY BUT I KNOW THEY WOULD THINK OF IT AS A SEXUAL OVERTONE. I THINK TOUCHING IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR WELL BEING. TOO MANY AMERICANS ARE AFRAID OF IT. IF I TRIED TO HUG A FEW PEOPLE I KNOW THEY WOULD JUMP BACK AND TELL ME TO GET OFF OF THEM. GOD I HATE THAT! I JUST WISH IT WOULD BE NORMAL TO KISS AND HUG EVERYONE EVERY TIME YOU SEE THEM.

* Just discovered this site because I love to hug my friends. I'm just a freshman at a Christian university, and this university is rampant with huggers. Yesterday before the last day of the semester, I gave this religion professor a card wishing him a merry Christmas. We talked about theological matters, and when it was time for me to split, we stood up and gave one another a bear hug. I said to Professor, "Let's pray." My arms were around his big waist (he's over 6 feet tall) and his arms were over my shoulders. He said the prayer while we hugged. The pressure was very firm and warm, and I heard Professor's voice booming (my ear was next to him). After he said "Amen", he said, "God bless you," and I replied, "Soli Deo Gloria." He responded "Amen," and we both held each other tighter. That was the best hug I ever have. What I have learned from Lutheran doctrine was: When God is mentioned, there He is. By praying in a hug, God was hugging us also. Thanks for reading.

* This is amazing. I can empathize with so many stories I've been reading here. For reasons that aren't worth going into here, I often find myself saying I'd just die to be held close by someone. There is a lady I know who is a very dear (platonic) friend who knows of my emptiness. Although she doesn't realize it, the times she lets me give her a hug and she holds me tight in return are moments I wish I could bottle up and save for all the times she's not there for me. There's no better way she could tell me that she accepts me for who I am in spite of my rough edges, and I swear the physical and mental stress that builds up in me over the days and weeks just melts away when she holds me. There is no pill nor no doctor who could do in 10 years what her holding me for 10 seconds can accomplish. I thank the good Lord for this dear caring lady and the way she can turn my life around simply by holding me close. There is no more powerful message she could communicate to me any other way. I feel so loved when I hug this lady. It is food for the soul.
address: blaster@lucent.com

* Closest friends were "huggy" people as well. somehow, in spite of my background and love for hugs, i manage to convey a message of "don't touch me" to almost everyone. in high school it wasn't noticeable, because my best friend/boyfriend hugged me often enough that i didn't notice that other people stayed away from hugs. at graduation, saying goodbye to my closest platonic friend, we hugged for the first time, and we both a lmost wept. it was among the best, warmest hugs i've ever shared, and i regret there being only one. i asked him during a phone call almost a year and a half later why, and he said he thought i wouldn't want to have been hugged. it was a startling jolt to realize while we talked, that it had been three months since anyone at my school had hugged me. he promised to hug me the next time we saw each other. i am looking forward to it almost painfully. in college, i seem to have projected my old "hands off" image. i go home about once a month, and revel in my warm family. i've also learned that hugs aren't always physical. i have a friend about eleven hours away from me. we are both single, busy, and almost always at the edge of our abilities to tolerate stress. he describes my voice as "soothing" and "trimmed with lace". i am losing count of the times he's called after a rough day and i've talked him into being relaxed enough to sleep. i'm even faster losing count of the times i've called him in a caged lioness state of mind, and within an hour been comforted into total relaxation. if my voice is soothing, his is a hug. it's not an extraordinary voice, but it wraps around my troubled mind and eases the burden of whatever is weighing on my heart. we email *hugs*, and occasionally will say, "i wish i could hug you and make it better." our physical distance is frustrating, but he gives the best long-distance hugs of anyone i'll ever know.
address: princess_grace@hotmail.com

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