Is it okay to hug...??

Bellerstring

Is giving somebody a hug to be avoided nowadays?
In what sphere is it permissable and when is it a complete no- no?

Akrasia

Bellerstring wrote: »

Is giving somebody a hug to be avoided nowadays?
In what sphere is it permissable and when is it a complete no- no?

You can hug your own kids if they need lifesaving surgery. All other hugs are gratuitous

368100

I hug my close friends.....other people no

Depends on the person

LadyMacBeth_

Bellerstring wrote: »

Is giving somebody a hug to be avoided nowadays?
In what sphere is it permissable and when is it a complete no- no?

Hugging is always acceptable, especially complete strangers love it if you randomly grab them for hugs in the street. Al Porter told me so.

splinter65

Bellerstring wrote: »

Is giving somebody a hug to be avoided nowadays?
In what sphere is it permissable and when is it a complete no- no?

I wouldn’t do it any more. I’ve stopped. Sometimes my customers give me hugs and I USED to give hugs, not any more.
I also used to do little things ( grasp a hand etc) to physically comfort distressed customers, not any more.
I’m a 52 year old female.

bazz26

Hector Bellend

I'm not a fan of people touching me.

LadyMacBeth_

Hector Bellend wrote: »

I'm not a fan of people touching me.

Not even your bellend?

keith_sixteen

Hugs are great. A proper hug. Little moments of intimacy. In that sense, they should be completely natural and not forced by either party.

Whenever I hug a lady who is not my wife, I feel like I am cheating on her a little. It rarely happens mind you.

I do feel awkward when the other person is more into it.

I hug my male friends all the time. Especially when drunk.

jamesbere

Hugs are great

My definition of uncomfortable: somebody crying in your workforce when you're the only person there. A good hug is an instinctive response, but not appropriate in a working environment so it's just this tense "Oh fúck, what do I do here to show compassion but remain aloof/professional?'.

Please try and hold it together.

bodice ripper

My clients are mad for hugs. I get at least one hug a day.

Sam Quentin

Mafia Hugs are so cool..
:cool: Sam Sam shhhhhhh shhhhhhh your a good guy shhhhhh shhhhhh stop crying :eek:

Canis Lupus

Pat Mustard

Remember Barney the Dinosaur hugging the kids. Creepy as hell.

Get thee hence, huggers.

gozunda

Drunk random huggers are creepy ...

Nothing like a barstool around the old noggin to put them straight ...

Roger Hassenforder

General rule of thumb re. hugging, if you have an erection, don't.

retro:electro

I don't think I was hugged enough as a child because I genuinely do not like hugs.

cantdecide

I was in the window of a coffee shop today and saw a woman run up the street and spun another woman around and gave her a massive hug. It was like they were old friends or something. 'Twas a lovely sight indeed, so it was. Hugs are one of the best things in life.

BillyBobBS

keith_sixteen wrote: »

Hugs are great. A proper hug. Little moments of intimacy. In that sense, they should be completely natural and not forced by either party.

Whenever I hug a lady who is not my wife, I feel like I am cheating on her a little. It rarely happens mind you.

I do feel awkward when the other person is more into it.

I hug my male friends all the time. Especially when drunk.

I always thought i was only cheating when i stuck my cock in another woman. I don't feel as bad now.

It rarely happens mind you.

Donald Trump

BillyBobBS wrote: »

I always thought i was only cheating when i stuck my cock in another woman.

It's not cheating as long as she is the one that sticks it in. That's my motto anyways!

BillyBobBS wrote: »

It rarely happens mind you.

What? Sticking your cock in a woman?

Your Face

I only hug people to make them feel awkward.

Jim Bob Scratcher

Hugs are so last year, it's all about a good tug nowadays

Irish Guitarist

I saw a young lad holding up a sign saying 'free hugs' a few years ago. He asked me if I wanted a hug. I didn't because

1) I was in my mid thirties at the time and didn't want to hug a male teenager like a weirdo

2) I was afraid the little fucker would pick my pockets

RobbingBandit

You touch me and I cut you.

Victor

Share hugs, don't take hugs.

Jim Bob Scratcher

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I saw a young lad holding up a sign saying 'free hugs' a few years ago. He asked me if I wanted a hug. I didn't because

1) I was in my mid thirties at the time and didn't want to hug a male teenager like a weirdo

2) I was afraid the little ****er would pick my pockets

3) Or being classed as a paedo and a video uploaded to youtube and branded a nonce :pac:

frag420

It’s the trees I feel sorry for, someone should give them a voice, damn those hippies!!!

Lorelli!

jamesbere wrote: »

Hugs are great

and they are meant to be good for your health too

gozunda

BillyBobBS wrote: »

I always thought i was only cheating when i stuck my cock in another woman. I don't feel as bad now.

It rarely happens mind you.

I think you have to read between the lines there ....

Vinculus

Both my parents were hug addicts. All their friends were addicted to hugs too.
It nearly destroyed my life.
No child should have to go through that.

gozunda

Its these chuggers I cant stand

lazybones32

Hugs are for women and children; men should wrestle to achieve dominance and superiority.

frag420

lazybones32 wrote: »

Hugs are for women and children; men should wrestle to achieve dominance and superiority.

If men have to wrestle than women should partake in some Foxy Boxing...fait if fair!

Badly Drunk Boy

Is touching a colleague's leg okay?

suicide_circus

I prefer a firm handshake myself

lazybones32

frag420 wrote: »

If men have to wrestle than women should partake in some Foxy Boxing...fait if fair!

Disagree. The victor will get his choice of women to tend him; massage his body and service him sexually as he desires.
Catfights are sh*t. Lots of screaming, crying and pulling hair.

lazybones32

suicide_circus wrote: »

I prefer a firm handshake myself

I'm sure you do....*cough* wanker.

Boom_Bap

Hugs Not Drugs

sbsquarepants

splinter65 wrote: »

I wouldn’t do it any more. I’ve stopped. Sometimes my customers give me hugs and I USED to give hugs, not any more.
I also used to do little things ( grasp a hand etc) to physically comfort distressed customers, not any more.
I’m a 52 year old female.

Where do you work? It sounds overly emotional for my liking!

Hugs are great, I get a group hug off my kids when I come home from work every day - it's generally the highlight of my day to be honest. Sometimes their mother grunts hello at me too, which is also nice:)

As for hugging strangers - yea, fúck it, count me in for some of that too!

fmpisces

Bellerstring wrote: »

Is giving somebody a hug to be avoided nowadays?
In what sphere is it permissable and when is it a complete no- no?

I work with kids so hugs are a part of my daily life, and I am also a mother but the hugs I get from my own are few and far between these days (unless they want something )
I think it'd be a very sad world to live in if the day came where it was forbidden to hug others. Naturally speaking you have to draw the line somewhere and not go up to strangers randomly hugging them (I know, right!!) but in all other situations you just use your common sense regarding the person and the circumstances and take it from there.
Personally speaking I like the kind of hugs that lead to something else

Conall Cernach

Hugging is just weird especially among adults. It seems to be a fairly new phenomenon in Ireland. I blame "Friends" for popularising it.

Mousewar

Dr Crayfish

I'm not a hugging person, I have friends from England and every time I see them they insist on hugging me, hella awkward for me.
Irish people didn't even shake hands till the 90s or so, apparently. My parents and I were talking about this recently.
All this hugging and I love you crap has been imported here from watching Friends or something.
Bring back physical and emotional suppression is what I always say.

Pac1Man

I treat myself to a hug each Friday after work. The sleeves on my jumper are a different colour to the body so it looks like someone else is giving me it too, which is nice.

Lorelli!

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I'm not a hugging person, I have friends from England and every time I see them they insist on hugging me, hella awkward for me.
Irish people didn't even shake hands till the 90s or so, apparently. My parents and I were talking about this recently.
All this hugging and I love you crap has been imported here from watching Friends or something.
Bring back physical and emotional suppression is what I always say.

That's reminds me of when I was a teenager about 13 and this lad asked to meet me and his friend wanted to meet my friend.

So we kissed and then after that, we were all walking down the road when he said to me "are ya gonna hold me hand?" and I was thinking "****! Hold hands?" I was grand with the kissing but it took some strength to bring myself to hold his hand

Sam Quentin

I blame emigration..
The kids all foook off to Australia, then you send the oul-fella up to the airport the following year to collect them.
And he's foookin hugged out of it, and he brings the wee ****s back to the house and everyone in the foookin house is hugged out of it...
It's foookin ridiculous ðŸ˜

Sephiroth_dude

I like a nice hug especially when you're feeling sad.......

mfceiling

The whole hug carry on is a bit baffling to me.

Neighbours invite us for a drink on Saturday night. See them at 7.30 when I'm nipping to the shop to buy a bottle of wine (at least a tenner, I'm no cheapskate). "Are you still ok for 8 o'clock? "...cue 5 minutes small talk about babysitters etc.

Arrive back, say bye to the kids and walk across to their house. Hug central on the doorstep. Why? I was only chatting to you 30 minutes ago. It's not like I haven't washed up like Terry Waites after years in captivity.

Atoms for Peace

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Hugs Not Drugs

Feck hugs, do dope.

sbsquarepants

mfceiling wrote: »

The whole hug carry on is a bit baffling to me.

Neighbours invite us for a drink on Saturday night. See them at 7.30 when I'm nipping to the shop to buy a bottle of wine (at least a tenner, I'm no cheapskate). "Are you still ok for 8 o'clock? "...cue 5 minutes small talk about babysitters etc.

Arrive back, say bye to the kids and walk across to their house. Hug central on the doorstep. Why? I was only chatting to you 30 minutes ago. It's not like I haven't washed up like Terry Waites after years in captivity.

You've 2 possibilities here.

Swingers, or alcoholics.

Sorry 3 possibilities - Alcoholic swingers.

Basically you've a 66% chance of getting your end away - those are good odds:D