Hot Like Ebola!!!: Hugs?

So, I was reading Yankee Transplant's recent post about her brother, and it made me think about my own family and the way we express afeection. Despite the many malfunctions that are obvious and embarrassing, I feel like my family is pretty good about showing love. Well, at least my immediate family: my grandfather definitely responds to "I love you!" with "Alright, byebye".

But my mom and dad and sister and brother are all great at affection. My dad has always told me how much he loves me as well as holding my hand, hugging, and kissing me often. My mom is like a teddy bear- she used to crawl in bed with us kids and hold us for awhile, which is one of my favorite memories of her. My sister is as ebullient and affectionate as a little kid. And my twin brother? Well, he has never thought it strange or uncool to walk down the street holding my hand, or to pick me up and carry me around, or to hug me in the most wonderful way a brother can. People occasionally think we are dating because we are so affectionate!

All this love has led me to be what Lacey calls a "promiscuous hugger". I give and recieve love by physical touch. I hug people, rub shoulders, hold hands, etc. Although I don't usually hug complete strangers, I have before and I will again. I love touching my husband as much as possible, which sometimes makes him slightly annoyed when we're trying to fall asleep and I keep grabbing his arm to hug it. What can I say? I love to love people! When people tell me they don't like hugging (i.e., Lacey), I respect that and find other ways of expressing affection (in Lacey's case, a liberal dose of Swedish Fish seems to help). But to me, nothing beats a good hug.

Some particularly good and frequent huggers in my life are Kayla, Miranda, Matt, my mom, and Jasmine. I receive excellent but less frequent hugs from Gravy, Becky, Ryan Pappan, and Bill Sperry. If I missed anyone, let me know and I'll revise!

Anyone want a hug?

:: submitted by Jenevieve, 9:29 PM
id="comments">8 Comments:

no hugs from me. I am not a huge hugger although it seems people always wanna hug me.
When I was working with SURGE though I made it a HUGE point to hug the kids all the time.

Unknown, at 12:12 AM

I'm a hugger, too.

you know it is pretty funny you wrote, i touch my husband as much ass possible.

sorry. i can't help it. :)

Anonymous, at 12:30 AM

You spotted that probably at the exact same time I did and stole my joke.

Matt, at 12:32 AM

Bah! I was so excited to spot the Freudian slip, but someone beat me to it!

I would hug you way more often if we were in the same place! In fact, here is your cyber hug:

0--(insert face here)--0
(yeah, it was really hard to make a face where you didn't have to tilt your head or get even more Freudian than your posting.)

Hugs and fishes (to quote a roommate of mine),
Becky

Anonymous, at 3:26 AM

I am very affectionate with my children and husband, and my parents. My brother and I aren't close (his problem, not mine), and I don't naturally hug my friends, but I do hug their kids. I'm big on the handshake and the words of affection, though.

Running2Ks, at 4:31 AM

I am a hugger and a handshaker and all things affectionate. Thanks for the link.

Yankee, Transferred, at 12:00 AM

ha ha! I win.

Anonymous, at 2:30 AM

It's sunday now, so I get to say...

HAPPY YEAR-AVERSERY!!!!!!!!

I've been so blessed by you two over the years, I can't express my happiness for you both.

Love
Andrew

Andrew Seely, at 9:05 AM

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