PhuturePriest Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Pretttyyy sure hugs were part of Bugnini's masonic innovations.. : P I don't like hugging. Most of my family is evangelical and think it's necessary for everyone to hug everyone.. all the time. That includes the men. It's awkward. There are only two people I enjoyed hugging, and they were both non-related girls. One of them had a huge amesome bear hug, and the other was tiny haha. Why do you hate hugging and find it awkward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AugustineA Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) Why do you hate hugging and find it awkward? It was the hugging guys that's awkward, obviously not girls. My brother, best friend and I were as close as they come. We hung out, worked out, chilled out, everything together. Why on earth would I want to hug them? I'd die for one of them, No Question. But why would we want to hold each other when we could smoke cigars while doing chinups? :crazy: edit: That being said.. It's all good if other people are like that. I know other, other cultures and stuff. Edited April 21, 2014 by AugustineA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie12 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 People usually comment on how awkward my hugs are. IDK, I like hugging but am always afraid that if I try to hug someone that I will me imposing a hug they might not want on them and then I feel weird about it. People don't usually like hugging me. But, I love hugs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marigold Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I like physical affection, but I remember being really put off by hugging culture when I was in a US monastery. It just seemed so insincere to hug someone the first time you met them. The nuns and pilgrims alike would do this freely. I think I was even scandalised the first time I saw one of the nuns being hugged - like I said, physical affection is a-ok in my book, but there was something jarring about hugging a nun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I'm a hugger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandelynmarie Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I'll hug anyone, even strangers if the situation warrants it. :buddies: I do my best to gauge facial expressions & body language...deer-in-the headlights look means a handshake or fist bump. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysisterisalittlesister Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 My family's Irish, so we don't really do hugs :P I guess it's just a cultural thing, as everyone said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie12 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 My family's Irish, so we don't really do hugs :P I guess it's just a cultural thing, as everyone said. Wow... Maybe this explains my family! We are Irish too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 My family's Irish, so we don't really do hugs :P I guess it's just a cultural thing, as everyone said. I'm a quarter Irish, but ancestry be damned, hugs are too awesome not to do. :P Choosing not to do hugs is like choosing not to each chocolate to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJon16 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I am not a hugger, I am an embracer. There is a difference. Who I embrace depends on the circumstance and who the person is. Old friends get embraced both at the beginning and end of a long awaited reunion, new friends only get embraced at the end of a meeting if said meeting was really profound. Male family members get an embrace depending on who they are, whereas female family members almost always get a hug. I come from an Italian family where "hugs and kisses" are a traditional way of greeting and showing respect. Only few male family members get the traditional "double kiss" on the cheeks, and almost all female family members do. In my family, the men have been known to kiss their friends on the cheek, but it only ever happens if they are drunk. Among both family and friends hugs become more common at emotional gatherings, such as weddings, funerals, big holidays, and long awaited reunions. In my seminary, fraternal embraces take place between close friends before departure for breaks and on greeting one another after breaks, or sometimes on major days of celebration i.e. Easter, convocation, and birthdays. For embracing faculty members, it depends on who they are and what the occasion is. Embracing one's spiritual director after particularly deep and emotional meetings is not uncommon. It is also not uncommon to embrace close priest friends on the same grounds as embracing a male friend or brother seminarian. For me, an embrace with a male can be one of two things, depending on the person. It could be the full on "man-hug" or the "American man-hug." https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JUdWApwbudQ The How of the American Man Hug 1. Begin with a traditional firm handshake 2. Keeping your hand clasped with your buddy, wrap the left arm around the shoulder of your friend. 3. Slap your friend’s back two times. The back slap is key. Somehow hitting your fellow man makes the hug more manly. 4. Release embrace. From http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/03/07/the-mechanics-of-the-man-hug/ "Art of Manliness.com: 'The Mechanics of the Man Hug'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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