Were you hugged as a child?

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Were you hugged as a child?

Yes, a lot	18%	[ 127 ]
Yes, a lot	18%	[ 129 ]
Yes, a little	12%	[ 83 ]
Yes, a little	12%	[ 83 ]
No, hardly ever	13%	[ 92 ]
No, hardly ever	13%	[ 94 ]
Never :(	7%	[ 46 ]
Never :(	7%	[ 47 ]

Total votes : 701

WillWasHere
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07 Sep 2009, 4:40 pm

just poll

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17 Sep 2009, 7:36 am

I was hugged a lot.

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17 Sep 2009, 3:38 pm

I picked hardly, even though I was offered many hugs as a child I often didn't hug back.

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21 Sep 2009, 9:53 pm

In fact I don't really remember ever being hugged as a child but I'm sure it happened. The hugging thing is a pretty recent thing, I actually get hugged a lot at work. I'm the only male working with 8 ladies and they are all out going touchy feely people. We've all been through a lot of emotional life-changing events in our personal lives together so it's just natural for them and I've gotten to where I'm actually comfortable with it.

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25 Sep 2009, 4:59 pm

Absolutely, and I'm a very touchy feely person. But only with people I know well and feel comfortable with.

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12 Oct 2009, 9:09 pm

Nobody hugged me until I was 37. I've been married to her for 11 1/2 years now. Hugs are the best! In fact, I'm going to get one right now.

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24 Oct 2009, 6:02 pm

I love very tight hugs, but my mother doesn't like to be affectionate at all. I get lots of hugs from people I meet when I go outside, and I don't always want to talk to them, but I always like the hugs.

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24 Oct 2009, 10:11 pm

My father never hugged me (though he made me massage him once, which was really creepy), but my mom and I hug a lot. It wasn't as much when I was a kid though, because I wasn't into hugging as much then. I still don't like being touched by anybody other then my mom, though I'll hug a few other people who really like being hugged even though I don't.

EDIT: I asked my mom and she said that I started wanting physical contact around grade 5-6

Last edited by ebec11 on 30 Oct 2009, 5:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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24 Oct 2009, 10:26 pm

never

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24 Dec 2009, 7:02 pm

WillWasHere wrote:

just poll

Our family hugged at least a little, although now I couldn't estimate how much hugging went on.
I suspect I wasn't picked up that much as a baby (if that has any tangential relevance).

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