Posted by Dinah on August 1, 2009, at 17:35:02
In reply to Re hugs IRL and the (((((( )))))) kind.........., posted by Kath on August 1, 2009, at 10:51:28
Hmmm... Tough one.
"I'm a huggy person, but if you're not just let me know?" or "...if you're not, I totally understand?"
It's hard because it's all contextual, you know? I really don't like to be touched, IRL. And in general I think that my body language conveys that. But the deepest memory I have of my father's funeral is when I blindly turned away from seeing him in his casket, and my very large cousin enveloped me in a very large bear hug and I burst into tears. It was just the right thing in the moment.
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