"Paper Butt" - someone is honing in on your territory!

[Nice n Easy Rider]

Kathy R,

 

As soon as I saw the title of this article I thought of you (only God knows why). If you were in Texas I bet you'd be doing something like that. You don't have a relative there, do you?

 

"The Hug Lady" hugs every single soldier at Ft. Hood

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504784_162-57494884-10391705/the-hug-lady-hugs-every-single-deploying-and-homecoming-soldier-at-fort-hood/?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.11

 

[Kathy R]

{{{{GEORGE}}}}

 

What a wonderful person she is! That is such a simple and yet meaningful gesture for those returning soldiers.

 

There is something special about a hug, for both the giver and receiver. The more you give the more you get. You can give them away forever and never run out. There are likely as many reasons for a hug as there are people. Studies point to our need for hugs. I don't doubt that.

 

I also recognize that for some people a hug or a touch from a stranger is too much. I spent 3 hours putting wrist bands on people Saturday morning (charity event) and encountered a dozen people who flinched when I touched them. I took to looking them in the eye, saying hello with a big smile, before putting the band around their wrist. For some, that broke the ice and they tolerated the touch better. We all have personal space that we guard, but some more than others.

 

My Mom hugged me a dozen times a day. My Dad doesn't want to be hugged for more than a moment. I find the whole business of hugging to be fascinating.

 

I believe that one thing is true; if you have been through anything remotely stressful a hug is almost universally welcome. That lady is an inspiration. She gets it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tallman]

hugging is a gateway drhug

 

proven fact it leads to other unwelcome behaviours

that involve touchy feely kinda stuff

 

[Kathy R]

Hugs are said to heal a woman's heart but Guys need more hugs too. And you can always hug yourself.

 

I hug my dog a few times a day. He's taken to putting his paw out, as if he's going to shake your hand. He's not. He wants to latch his paw on you and pull you in. It's his version of a hug.

[Jerry Johnston]

[markgoodrich]

Hugs, along with other sorts of touching behaviors, increase blood levels of oxytocin. The little "bump" one gets from the hug has a very short half life, thus some folks' desire to hug and hug and hug. I'm not being derogatory. Petting a dog raises oxytocin levels in both the dog and the human. Pretty interesting, really.

 

Here, this should interest you: