cheesy subject

[GateandGarden]

The cheesy subject is hugging...and why some people just can't get into it. I thought of this when we were talking about people who don't like taking pictures. Some of the same people I know who hate taking pictures are also extremely shy about hugging. I've never been able to understand this. People always tell me, "Well, Hillary, some people weren't raised in a really affectionate household, so they don't do that so freely like you do," and that makes sense to me to a degree. I can see why that would make someone shy for awhile, but once they see that their friends are into it, why can't they become accustomed to it as well? I don't mean to be insensitive about it; it's just hard for me to see how people can't get past that after they've been around hugging people (like me) for a few years or so. I have a friend who, to this day, acts shocked when I hug her, like she never saw it coming and can't believe that I would be hugging her. I keep waiting for the day when she gets used to it. Can anyone offer some new insight for me as to why some people have such a hard time with affectionate people? Is there anyone out there like the friend I mentioned who can explain her to me? :laugh:

Hillary

[wondergirl9847]

I'm not a very huggy/touchy/lovey type of person, so I don't really like to hug much. I do hug some of my family members and if I haven't seen them in awhile, friends.

My mom is the exact opposite, she's VERY huggy/touchy because her mom never showed her love as a child. :( She practically begs for it everytime I see her, but I just hate hugging and stuff. She KNOWS I love her and would give my life for her, I just don't wanna hug. LOL

It may be a personal space issue, or there could be something deeper there, such as people who've been molested as a child...they may not want to hug or touch people. :shrug:

[DeeGeMe]

I'm from the South--we're serial huggers down here (do you suppose that's what got Bill Clinton in trouble?). Anyway, at least my Mom's family are all huggers. We hug each other hello & goodbye. Grown men hug one another when they see each other in my family with no shame or even consciousness about it. It's just the way we are. Although my longtime SO's family was also from the South--they weren't affectionate with one another in any way, shape, or form. So maybe it's not a Southern thing at all, but just a "my family" thing.

[WelshWitchPMD]

I am not a huggy kissy type myself. :shrug: I really don't like it that much. However now this is going to sound weird but I have given hugs (if you could call it that) in receiving lines at wakes. If it is someone that I know that has lost someone close I usally put my arms around them as I say "I'm Sorry".

I didn't mean to be so morbid. :distress:

[estranged4life]

giving hugs, But everyone is just too damn short...So I end up using 'em as arm-rests :lol:

Neither Deb nor myself are touchy/feely folk...

Brian j.

[ontheEdgeof17]

I'm a hugger and a kisser. When I greet someone, it's always a hug and a peck on the cheek (or a quick lip kiss). I don't do this to everyone, just my inner circle of friends and people I meet at the bar. :xoxo:

[madformac]

I'm not really touchy feely myself... Guess it goes back to a childhood without much attention from my parents. They both worked all the time and although my mother was quite "huggy", my father really didn't show any positive emotions towards me so I guess it's rubbed off on me. Doesn't help being an only child too I guess (I'm trying for the sympathy vote here! :laugh: ).

Having said that as I get older I'm starting to get a little soft and I'm giving in to the occasional hugs 'n' stuff at the right times. ;) :laugh:

[amber]

sometimes i just don't feel like it when my friend does. But sometimes i'm very huggy. however, i don't really like when men i just met - or sometimes women - get all huggy. Like a third person you get introduced to through a friend? And maybe your friend is huggy, but you're not, so this new person thinks they get a hug from you even though you just met? But that is also based on a vibe thing. However, in the past few years i've gotten much more huggy (used to be shocked and dismayed by hugs :) ) but it's funny, now when i visit my best girlfriend from a long time, and give her a hug, it's kind of weird for her. She's not really huggy, either, although she is nice. And my best girlfriend in town hugs everyone. Everytime i see her she's trying to get some from me. :laugh:
I guess i'm a "moody" hugger. :p

[estranged4life]

I'm not really touchy feely myself... Guess it goes back to a childhood without much attention from my parents. They both worked all the time and although my mother was quite "huggy", my father really didn't show any positive emotions towards me so I guess it's rubbed off on me. Doesn't help being an only child too I guess (I'm trying for the sympathy vote here! :laugh: ).


cause my Mom loved to play with us boys, Especially pinning us to the floor and tickling us until we pissed ourselves...Til this day I HATE being tickled :nod:

My late Father worked so I dont have many memories about him since I was only 7 yrs.old when he passed away...I do remember he gave us hugs/kisses.

Brian "Parents-Can't live with 'em...Can't shoot 'em" j.

[madformac]

cause my Mom loved to play with us boys, Especially pinning us to the floor and tickling us until we pissed ourselves...Til this day I HATE being tickled :nod:



Sounds cool Brian, I do have vague memories of my late father giving me a "firemans lift" and carrying me upside down when I was 6 or 7. Thats about it.

Hey, in some states I bet there's gotta be some asshole that would take their parents to court for child abuse if they got tickled as kids... Wouldn't surprise me one bit.. I bet those people could do with a REALLY big hug! :laugh: :laugh:

[estranged4life]

Hey, in some states I bet there's gotta be some asshole that would take their parents to court for child abuse if they got tickled as kids... Wouldn't surprise me one bit.. I bet those people could do with a REALLY big hug! :laugh: :laugh:

big hug or a high colonic!!!! :laugh:

Brian j.

[dissention]

I'm a huggy person, but not a kissy one. If you hate hugs and affection, don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out. ;)

[amber]

I'm a huggy person, but not a kissy one. If you hate hugs and affection, don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out. ;)
:laugh: What if you just met the person, or you don't like them much yet? Is yours some kind of "house of indiscriminate hugs"? :laugh:

[dissention]

:laugh: What if you just met the person, or you don't like them much yet? Is yours some kind of "house of indiscriminate hugs"? :laugh:

I'd never hug a person I had just met or didn't know. For all I know, they were hug-deprived as a child and will flip out. :laugh: Only people I know. If I didn't like someone, I wouldn't hang around them (or let them hang around) long enough.

[amber]

I'd never hug a person I had just met or didn't know. For all I know, they were hug-deprived as a child and will flip out. :laugh: Only people I know. If I didn't like someone, I wouldn't hang around them (or let them hang around) long enough.
yeah, really. I'm always randomly meeting these friends of this one friend of mine, cause she is apparently friends with the whole town of Oakland and Berkeley. Anyway, there's been a few awkward moments. :laugh: I'm like "nice to meet you" and stick out my hand as they dive for their hug :rolleyes: :laugh: then they act like i'm really weird and totally insulted them :laugh: then i have to go..."well, i just met you". Anyway, I've had to perfect a bit of a distant stand and air during the whole "wall of hugs" moment that inevitably ensues...sheesh! :rolleyes: But i'd rather give a sincere hug, or no hug at all, dammit!! :laugh:
Amber "witholding affection till you prove yourself" G.

[DeadliestPoison]

I hug everyone. Seriously. I probably freak my friends out with how much I hug them.

[Serrart]

I'm quite reserved so I usually don't hug or kiss people I don't know well. Even if in Italy both hugs and kisses are very very common, our greetings can be very physical.

Romy

[amber]

I'm quite reserved so I usually don't hug or kiss people I don't know well. Even if in Italy both hugs and kisses are very very common, our greetings can be very physical.

Romy
:laugh: Hey, Romy, this is for you. Hope you can see it.
http://tinypic.com/p0olg

[Serrart]

:laugh: Hey, Romy, this is for you. Hope you can see it.
http://tinypic.com/p0olg

:laugh:

Thanks Amber, that was great (and absolutely true :nod: ).

Romy

[golddustwoman77]

I'm from the South--we're serial huggers down here (do you suppose that's what got Bill Clinton in trouble?). Anyway, at least my Mom's family are all huggers. We hug each other hello & goodbye. Grown men hug one another when they see each other in my family with no shame or even consciousness about it. It's just the way we are. Although my longtime SO's family was also from the South--they weren't affectionate with one another in any way, shape, or form. So maybe it's not a Southern thing at all, but just a "my family" thing.


I live in the South too. I think you may be right. Everyone I know, friends and family, hug each other hello and goodbye. We don't hug people we barely know, but friends and family definitely hug. It may be a southern hospitality thing. :shrug:

[CelticGypsy]

I am a huggy person. Never use to be as a child or teenager but when I started my own family, I wanted to make sure my kids knew they were loved so I would give them a daily hug and my husband is a huggy person too. My grown kids tease me about the hugging but I think they secretly love it. haha

As for pictures being taken. I enjoy taking family pictures but hate being in them. If I lost 20 lbs they can take a picture of me. haha One day my grandson did mention that grandma needs her picture taken sometimes so he can remember me when I am gone so even though I hate getting my picture taken, I do it for my grandson and my kids even though I am still shy about it.

[GypsySorcerer]

I am very affectionate, but only with people close to me. I don't hug casual friends, etc.

[GateandGarden]

I live in the South too. I think you may be right. Everyone I know, friends and family, hug each other hello and goodbye. We don't hug people we barely know, but friends and family definitely hug. It may be a southern hospitality thing. :shrug:Same here! I swear it is a Southern thing, though I know there are exceptions. I'm really loath to hug people I don't know; I usually have to know someone pretty well and for decent amount of time before I do it, but after that I am very huggy. Some people are more affectionate than I am around here. I remember one time I met a girl on the first day of a class we had together and we talked about what other classes we were taking for about three minutes, and then she hugged me. I was pretty shocked about that, since I had known her for three minutes!

I liked the cartoon you posted, Amber. I wish the U.S. was much more open about being affectionate. I have a professor who's from Congo, and she said she used to hold hands with her friends all the time when they were walking down the street together, and when she came to the U.S. and did that with her female friends, she was very surprised when people started saying she was a lesbian!

Anyway, I really enjoy reading all of y'all's responses to this.

Hillary

[madformac]

I think it's, to a degree anyway, a socialogical thing. The French seem to hug and kiss each other all the time, yet us "Brits" are very reserved.. Sure if I know somebody well, at least a female I'll give a little hug maybe, if it's a guy a handshake will be enough for me. :laugh:

Anybody I don't know well gets a smile and the regulation hello, maybe a handshake if I'm feeling generous :laugh: :laugh:

The states seems to have different reactions all over, The good old New York greeting of "what do you want?" springs to mind.. :]

[amber]

. I remember one time I met a girl on the first day of a class we had together and we talked about what other classes we were taking for about three minutes, and then she hugged me. I was pretty shocked about that, since I had known her for three minutes!

I liked the cartoon you posted, Amber. I wish the U.S. was much more open about being affectionate. I have a professor who's from Congo, and she said she used to hold hands with her friends all the time when they were walking down the street together, and when she came to the U.S. and did that with her female friends, she was very surprised when people started saying she was a lesbian!

Anyway, I really enjoy reading all of y'all's responses to this.

Hillary
That huggy girl is like my friend. :laugh:
I guess i wish the us was more open, but then i'd have to hug and kiss everyone... :shocked: but i guess that would seem normal to me, if everyone always did it.
by the way, that book is one of the top 5 funniest books i've ever read. ever. If anyone wants it, it's called "Dogberts Clues for the Clueless" it is ostensibly all about manners, but is fricking hilarious.

[madformac]

The people that disturb me are not the ones that hug you indiscriminately on your first meeting but the ones that invade your personal "bubble" when you speak to them for the first time. They come too close, you move back and they follow you.... You move back again and they come too close again, it's like some odd game where they follow you about as you walk backwards.. :shocked:

And is it me or are they always the ones with bad breath that do this? :shrug:

[amber]

The people that disturb me are not the ones that hug you indiscriminately on your first meeting but the ones that invade your personal "bubble" when you speak to them for the first time. They come too close, you move back and they follow you.... You move back again and they come too close again, it's like some odd game where they follow you about as you walk backwards.. :shocked:

And is it me or are they always the ones with bad breath that do this? :shrug:
:laugh: :lol:
that's why it's CALLED the bad breath zone, dude! :laugh:

[madformac]

:laugh: :lol:
that's why it's CALLED the bad breath zone, dude! :laugh:

Yeah...

And there's no item on the market to deal with it....

Now there's a product just waiting to be invented, a bad breath detector. Kinda like a smoke alarm. It should vibrate or something to warn of incoming attacks...

Then again if just one of us was honest enough to just tell them about it, there wouldn't be bad breath zones... :laugh: :lol: :laugh:

[amber]

Yeah...

And there's no item on the market to deal with it....

Now there's a product just waiting to be invented, a bad breath detector. Kinda like a smoke alarm. It should vibrate or something to warn of incoming attacks...

Then again if just one of us was honest enough to just tell them about it, there wouldn't be bad breath zones... :laugh: :lol: :laugh:
:lol: Ah, Madformac, my book has an answer for you, too!
http://tinypic.com/p14ic

[wondergirl9847]

Seteca (and you) will appreciate this...

Close talker.

:laugh:

Yeah, I used to work with a lady from India, and when she'd talk to you, she'd be RIGHTHERE. LOL I agree, it's a socialogical thing.

Southerners are usually laid back and friendly, hence, the affection...I guess.

[madformac]

:lol: Ah, Macman, my book has an answer for you, too!
http://tinypic.com/p14ic

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats the funniest thing I've seen for ages!!! :laugh: :laugh:

Thanks :xoxo:

I had somebody at work in mind when I was reading that.. :laugh: :laugh:

[madformac]

Seteca (and you) will appreciate this...

Close talker.

:laugh:

Yeah, I used to work with a lady from India, and when she'd talk to you, she'd be RIGHTHERE. LOL I agree, it's a socialogical thing.

Southerners are usually laid back and friendly, hence, the affection...I guess.

LOL

As I recall, we exchanged a hug last year when you left the UK to go home did we not?

So our "not huggy" people approach just left the building.. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Just thought... Me saying "As I recall" arrggghhh I sound like LB!!!! (as I go into a high pitched voice... ) :laugh:

[amber]

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats the funniest thing I've seen for ages!!! :laugh: :laugh:

Thanks :xoxo:

I had somebody at work in mind when I was reading that.. :laugh: :laugh:
No prob, cutie! Hmmm, maybe now when anyone complains about something, I should have "the book" out. :laugh: Seriously, if you get the chance to pick it up, the whole damn thing is hilarious.

[DeadliestPoison]

Oh, wow, I should probably clarify. Everyone here's all, "Oh, I only hug family" or, "Oh, I only hug my friends."

I don't go around hugging EVERYONE. It's really only my little "circle of friends." Heh, that sounds lame. I hug other people sometimes, too, but usually it's just to tick 'em off. Woot.

[madformac]

No prob, cutie! Hmmm, maybe now when anyone complains about something, I should have "the book" out. :laugh: Seriously, if you get the chance to pick it up, the whole damn thing is hilarious.

Yeah, I'm gonna have to look out for that book. One to get for sure...

Thanks again... :nod:

[DeeGeMe]

I work from home and rarely get to go to our corporate office which is about 90 minutes away. Several more employees work form home like I do and in fact, live out of state, so they're there even less than I am. So when we have a quarterly staff meeting, it's like one long hug fest around there. Probably 95% of our staff are native Southerners though. I'm wondering what the "Yankees" amongst us must think when we all start greeting one another with hugs??? At one job I had, the television station owner was an old southern "gentleman" and his big thing to do was to come in and give all the girls a little hug and a kiss on the cheek. There wasn't anything sexual about it, at least I don't think there was--at least it wasn't for me!!!!

[wondergirl9847]

LOL

As I recall, we exchanged a hug last year when you left the UK to go home did we not?

So our "not huggy" people approach just left the building.. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Yeah, we have zero credibility. LOL There are certain people I know who love to hug every time I see them. I never initiate, they always do.

We did hug last year (Can you believe it's been a YEAR?!?!), cuz you're my friend and we wouldn't see each other again.....for awhile. :)

[madformac]

We did hug last year (Can you believe it's been a YEAR?!?!), cuz you're my friend and we wouldn't see each other again.....for awhile. :)

Yeah a year... wow.

I'm sure we'll meet again at some point ( as I hear "Say We'll Meet Again" in my head :laugh: ) although I have no plans to visit Texas anytime soon. (thanks George :rolleyes: )

We'll all have to meet up in Maui at a some massive Ledgie party.. :woohoo: :cool: :laugh:

[amber]

Yeah a year... wow.

I'm sure we'll meet again at some point ( as I hear "Say We'll Meet Again" in my head :laugh: ) although I have no plans to visit Texas anytime soon. (thanks George :rolleyes: )

We'll all have to meet up in Maui at a some massive Ledgie party.. :woohoo: :cool: :laugh:
I'm there, dude. Maui? f*** yeah! :]

[wondergirl9847]

We'll all have to meet up in Maui at a some massive Ledgie party.. :woohoo: :cool: :laugh:

*Goes to expedia.com to book a flight/hotel to/in Maui.*

[madformac]

I'm there, dude. Maui? f*** yeah! :]

Haha, yeah sounds good... Plenty of Musicians here to provide the tunes.. :cool:

I could see various groups huddling together in conversation, a few hugs, a few handshakes, hopefully no bad breath zones! :lol:

Theres now more than 2,500 Ledgies so I think we would need a big room!

ahh, f**k it, just have it on the beach.... :] :nod: :]

[amber]

Haha, yeah sounds good... Plenty of Musicians here to provide the tunes.. :cool:

I could see various groups huddling together in conversation, a few hugs, a few handshakes, hopefully no bad breath zones! :lol:

Theres now more than 2,500 Ledgies so I think we would need a big room!

ahh, f**k it, just have it on the beach.... :] :nod: :]
:laugh: yeah...at least it should move to the beach at some point. Well, i smoke, so there could be a bad breath zone...i'll have to be very careful! And i would hope the groups would mix with regularity. Especially since i wouldn't have a group :laugh: I would hate to be...."GIRL STANDING BY HERSELF"....duh duh!

[madformac]

:laugh: yeah...at least it should move to the beach at some point. Well, i smoke, so there could be a bad breath zone...i'll have to be very careful! And i would hope the groups would mix with regularity. Especially since i wouldn't have a group :laugh: I would hate to be...."GIRL STANDING BY HERSELF"....duh duh!

I don't think smoking classes as a bad breath thing, not in my book anyway. It's dental hygene and stuff that knocks me backwards.. :laugh:

Well, I would hope the groups would mix and not just form into the seperate Buckingham and Nicks clusters firing rants at each other!!

hmm, now I'm thinking it might get messy.... Add to that all the threads that have turned sexual lately and I'm starting to get rather disturbed visions here!!!! :shocked: :laugh: :laugh:

[amber]

I don't think smoking classes as a bad breath thing, not in my book anyway. It's dental hygene and stuff that knocks me backwards.. :laugh:

Well, I would hope the groups would mix and not just form into the seperate Buckingham and Nicks clusters firing rants at each other!!

hmm, now I'm thinking it might get messy.... Add to that all the threads that have turned sexual lately and I'm starting to get rather disturbed visions here!!!! :shocked: :laugh: :laugh:
:laugh: :lol: :laugh: I think that will make it better! I'm sure all the ledgies would be very nice...probably the ledgies from other countries who speak different languages might band together...but...I mean, it's nice to talk to people you already know, but the funnest part would be meeting all the new people... :)

[markolas]

I like hugging, but I'm usually too shy to initiate it. Most of my friends are huggy-types (I think gay men usually are). And I'm not close enough to anyone in my family to hug them. :p

[madformac]

I think that will make it better!

I'm not replying to that!!!! Too many images of the regulars here going through my head!!! :shocked: :laugh: Moving along..... :laugh: :lol:

I'm sure all the ledgies would be very nice...probably the ledgies from other countries who speak different languages might band together...but...I mean, it's nice to talk to people you already know, but the funnest part would be meeting all the new people... :)

All the ledgies I met last year before the Earls Court gigs were pretty cool so I think we would be OK.. We'd need to charter some transatlantic jet to get us UK and Euro Ledgies over. Might be a logistical problem to get Lux and the other antipodeans over, they will have to go the opposite way around the globe. Hopefully we'll all meet in Maui for some serious partying.. :woohoo:

I don't think Marty and Lis would stretch to the funding however!! :lol:

Maybe the band could chip in.... They must have a few hundred thousand to spare now the tour cash is in... :thumbsup:

[amber]

I'm not replying to that!!!! Too many images of the regulars here going through my head!!! :shocked: :laugh: Moving along..... :laugh: :lol:



All the ledgies I met last year before the Earls Court gigs were pretty cool so I think we would be OK.. We'd need to charter some transatlantic jet to get us UK and Euro Ledgies over. Might be a logistical problem to get Lux and the other antipodeans over, they will have to go the opposite way around the globe. Hopefully we'll all meet in Maui for some serious partying.. :woohoo:

I don't think Marty and Lis would stretch to the funding however!! :lol:

Maybe the band could chip in.... They must have a few hundred thousand to spare now the tour cash is in... :thumbsup:
oh, of course. This is my plan for when i win lotto, don't cha know. Then i would fly everyone, and it would be free. Then i would give everyone spending money. Maybe we could hit a casino.... :laugh:

[madformac]

Maybe we could hit a casino.... :laugh:

Oceans 2500


:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[amber]

Oceans 2500


:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
seriously, in the fantasy parties in my head, it's usually at a Casino... :woohoo:

[madformac]

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
seriously, in the fantasy parties in my head, it's usually at a Casino... :woohoo:

OK, well I'll try that one tonight in my head... it's 2am here and the Denver vs Oakland game is making me fall asleep in my seat!

I'll be dreaming of casinos now.... Just hope De Niro doesn't come near me with a cattle prod. :shocked: :laugh:

[amber]

OK, well I'll try that one tonight in my head... it's 2am here and the Denver vs Oakland game is making me fall asleep in my seat!

I'll be dreaming of casinos now.... Just hope De Niro doesn't come near me with a cattle prod. :shocked: :laugh:
:lol: :laugh:
Actually, i've never gambled. I was in a casino before, when my parents were married...It just seems like a fun place...Have a good sleep! i hope Oakland kicks ass! :p

[madformac]

:lol: :laugh:
Actually, i've never gambled. I was in a casino before, when my parents were married...It just seems like a fun place...Have a good sleep! i hope Oakland kicks ass! :p

fun place... 24 hour food thats for sure... Never knew what a BLT tasted like at 4am until I was in a casino at such an unhealthy hour last year... Btw, I've never gambled in a casino either, I just like to watch the various expressions of the gamblers.. Wnners and losers, and the fat assed ladies on the one armed bandits constantly pumping coins in one after the other amazes me every time.

Ahh, Oakland now... Changed teams within the space of two hours huh? :laugh: :laugh:

I should be hitting the sack but I'm staying on here until I've hit 600 (don't laugh at my inadequate amount) posts... I think I've got about 5 more replies to give!!! :laugh:

[amber]

fun place... 24 hour food thats for sure... Never knew what a BLT tasted like at 4am until I was in a casino at such an unhealthy hour last year... Btw, I've never gambled in a casino either, I just like to watch the various expressions of the gamblers.. Wnners and losers, and the fat assed ladies on the one armed bandits constantly pumping coins in one after the other amazes me every time.

Ahh, Oakland now... Changed teams within the space of two hours huh? :laugh: :laugh:

I should be hitting the sack but I'm staying on here until I've hit 600 (don't laugh at my inadequate amount) posts... I think I've got about 5 more replies to give!!! :laugh:
:laugh: :laugh:
well, you have a goal...
and, yeah, but i still pick oakland over denver. :D

[GateandGarden]

I hug other people sometimes, too, but usually it's just to tick 'em off. Woot.So I'm not the only one who does that sometimes? Just to see people's eyes get all big. That has the potential to be lots of fun. :laugh:

Hillary

[madformac]

:laugh: :laugh:
well, you have a goal...
and, yeah, but i still pick oakland over denver. :D

I do have a goal and by giving me a chance to reply I'm only two posts away from it (and my bed) and totally excited that I'm now only 9770 posts behind Dissention... :blob2:

[wondergirl9847]

LMAO!! I can see it now...we're all wearing FM related masks, the Stevie's chit chatting about the glitter and glam of the casino, while the Mick's are arguing over the splittage of the money...and of course, the Lindsey's are discussing the cycles of the games.

[pianogirl04]

I love hugs. I was really clingy when I was little and then my mom started getting onto me for it so I stopped... and I guess I still have that need to be hugged a lot. I'm really picky about who I hug, though. Close friends, absolutely... acquaintances and people I don't know too well, it depends on the person and if they seem like they would be okay with it. I'm kinda shy so hugs can be icebreakers sometimes. Family hugs weird me out, though. :shocked:

[amber]

I do have a goal and by giving me a chance to reply I'm only two posts away from it (and my bed) and totally excited that I'm now only 9770 posts behind Dissention... :blob2:
:laugh: :lol:
Stupidest.Contest.Ever. :lol:
Just think up meaningless comments to everyone else's posts...that's what i do! :lol:

[amber]

LMAO!! I can see it now...we're all wearing FM related masks, the Stevie's chit chatting about the glitter and glam of the casino, while the Mick's are arguing over the splittage of the money...and of course, the Lindsey's are discussing the cycles of the games.
:lol: :laugh: :lol: :laugh:

[madformac]

LMAO!! I can see it now...we're all wearing FM related masks, the Stevie's chit chatting about the glitter and glam of the casino, while the Mick's are arguing over the splittage of the money...and of course, the Lindsey's are discussing the cycles of the games



Haha, yeah that would be something to see!


Stupidest.Contest.Ever. :lol:
Just think up meaningless comments to everyone else's posts...that's what i do! :lol:

Yes the stupidest contest ever and I've now reached 600 in it!!! Woohoo..

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Thankyou ladies :xoxo: and goodnight!!

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[GateandGarden]

Just think up meaningless comments to everyone else's posts...that's what i do! :lol:You know I do that sometimes, too! ;) :laugh: :blob1:

Hillary

[sara1998]

I'm wondering what the "Yankees" amongst us must think when we all start greeting one another with hugs???

I'm a Yank raised by a southerner! :shocked: And most of my family are southerners! So, huggin' is cool in my book. I hug my daughter 20 times a day. Maybe more! Even when she don't want a hug, she's gettin' a hug. I get and give hugs to my mom. I haven't had a hug from my dad in ages. It's just the way he is, and I completely understand it. He wasen't raised in a very affectionate household.

[tuigirl]

I'm not really touchy feely myself...
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Yeah right..pull the other one ;) :xoxo:

As for observing the French (and probably other Continentals-Serrat, you can jump in here) I have come to the conclusion, it's something they learn from birth..to give everyone hugs and kisses (yes, even foreigners)..which I think is not a bad thing, esp guys to guys, ie fathers to sons, brothers to brothers, friends to friends..it seems to make the men more approchable to each other.Having said that, I have had to endure many first encounters on a "huggy" level , which eventually you give in to, but not nesessarily agree with! Basically, it's a cultural thing.
Me...I'm def a huggy/kissy type , but not just with any old body, I'm VERY choosy....

[madformac]

Yeah right..pull the other one ;) :xoxo:



Yeah :laugh: as I said to Christy earlier in the thread, I'm in no position to to defend myself anymore... :laugh: :D