ok the dangerous teenage hug epidemic - another important new york times trend piece

i recall this working pretty much as amtst described. my sister & her friends hugged, the guys never did unless it was some kind of flirtation initiated by the lady.

when does a cuddle become a snuggle, or vice versa?

thought they were synonymous.

handshakes are like hugs for your hands

hugs are like handshakes for your body

not sure where milkshakes fit into the equation

your penis

oh shit did you use that one already doh

no. i'm in awe!

let's leave your penis out of this

(that's what she said)

your penis

― the stanky leg

appropriate username?

oh in that case...

xp i thought that's what that song was about

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at what duration does a *hug* become a *cuddle*

the dangerous teenage hug epidemic vs the cuddle puddle

i would hug my female friends in hs, only hugged male hs friends after we graduated.

At the end of a semester my evil improv/drama teacher who had made many of my friends miserable for months hugged me and it was traumatizing.

fwiw i don't see much (if any) evidence of this at my kid's middle school, yesterday AM this girl he love/hates came up and punched him 'hello'

guys i found something worse

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/nyregion/31clothesline.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all

everybody hugs in my office, btw

kinda want a powerhug with r giant hands kelly (pictured above)

mounted on r kelly's hands: a kitchen wallclock, a small recently felled log and a finger mounted crystal decanter

Have I mentioned what a hug maniac my 15-yr-old brother is? He has his own style of hug, which he calls 'Cars0n hugs' after himself, which involve squeezing the fucking shit out of you for a good 10 seconds. He's so wicked affectionate, it is just crazy.

Last night he was telling me in his speech class, a student gave a speech about how some of his best friends got kidnapped, raped and murdered when they were in elementary school. "It was so SAD, I needed some hugs but hardly anyone would give me one." My hypothesis, that it was bcz people like breathing while being hugged, was wrong. It turns out he's doing an 'I'm creepy and weird' gambit lately where he breathes on people's necks ans stabs his arm to make blood squirt onto his notebooks. •_•

His peers don't find him especially huggable bcz of this.

I am not sure I understand what is happening there

I blame My Chemical Romance

<3 yr new nickname, crütz

I just saw these two people downtown

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3577087214_754c6920a7_o.jpg

In case you can't make out the signs, they say "FREE HUGS"

HUGS $1

The free hugs people were all over Boston last summer. Creepy.

I wonder if I could haggle for a kiss too.

http://www.redwinebuzz.com/winesooth/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/joe-george-bush-picture-1-2.jpg

Rarely is the question asked, is our children hugging?

OMG that article Mr. Que found! Shocking.

seriously, what is the premise of that article? is it really just

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/resources/2007/12/siren.gif CLOTHESLINES EXIST http://cache.gawker.com/assets/resources/2007/12/siren.gif ?

I can't tell what on earth it's trying to say otherwise and don't know why the fuck you'd pitch, research, write, place, sub and publish that story. "HOLD THE FRONT PAGE, we've discovered kettles, plumbing and potplants!"

In this week's Sunday supplement: 22,000 words on DID YOU KNOW: some of YOUR NEIGHBOURS don't live in caves?

Years ago, she had another clothesline outside the bathroom, one that stretched to the building next door. Ms. Schill shared the line with the woman in the opposite apartment, an unlikely connection on the thinnest of strings. The other woman died, and eventually the line was removed.

Ms. Schill misses that clothesline sometimes. And her neighbor, too.

OK I am going to comment on this from a cultural perspective, based on my own experience. I am from Mexico where, as in most Latin America, people touch each other all the time. It has nothing to do -at least on a conscious level- with sexuality. It is just a way social bonding I guess. I was honestly a bit shocking, after coming to Canada (where I've lived for the past six years) people hardly hug or touch each other at all. Even among close friends. I must say that during my first long harsh winter (while I wasn't seeing anyone) I could have done with a little more physical contact.

we welcome you to 77.

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what's your login email so we may have you join us on 77?

77 being...?

its a hug emoticon duc?

http://barnabasnagy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/skull_and_crossbones_c1947_ghw_bush_left_of_clock.jpg

xp

77 is the colloquial term for a ILX board that isn't visible to the general public but does a very good job of being exactly like ILE only with more emoness

OK I am going to comment on this from a cultural perspective, based on my own experience. I am from Mexico where, as in most Latin America, people touch each other all the time. It has nothing to do -at least on a conscious level- with sexuality. It is just a way social bonding I guess. I was honestly a bit shocking, after coming to Canada (where I've lived for the past six years) people hardly hug or touch each other at all. Even among close friends. I must say that during my first long harsh winter (while I wasn't seeing anyone) I could have done with a little more physical contact.

― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Monday, June 22, 2009 4:55 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i guess u don't live in quebec? everyone hugs and kisses each other on the cheek here

ha ha u live in gaytown

yea more like montregay

I do actually, but on the anglo side of Montreal.

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daavid, go to the "boards" section and check out 7Curtis's 7borad

OK, thanks!