MaamJay
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I have been called Miss Huggy or Queen of Hugs in the past ... I love hugs! All kinds! It's something that comes very naturally to Me, I love that human contact. They are incredibly healing, and, I think, quite essential for good human relationships. I'll illustrate from experience: Some years ago, I had a platonic male friend whom I very much enjoyed talking with. He was the sort of person you could solve the world's problems with in a night! He had been raised in a strict English household where bodily contact of any kind was frowned upon, where you called your father Sir, where after about the age of 2 you didn't get a goodnight kiss ... and where he learned that black, white and grey were the only appropriate colours for male clothing! He was the first person to recoil from My hugs and that hurt Me, but out of respect, I pulled back for a while. Over time, we began to talk in a more open and personal level, and one time he confided that although he attracted girls (he was good looking and had a rich plummy voice!) ... he couldn't keep them beyond a date or 2. So I asked him "do you touch them at all?" He recoiled in shock and horror and said "NO! Of course not!" so then I had to explain a bit about good touch and the connection of human contact! It took a while ... and a fair bit of observation of others on his part ... then finally he asked Me to teach him how to hug. What a precious trust! And a delightful task. Even a side to side hug was too threatening at first, so I started with hand touching, then hand holding. Progressed to holding his arm while walking (yes, we were walking up and down his hallway LOL!) and finally made it to a side to side hug! Red letter day! Over time, and with the added help from my huggy girlfriend (the 3 of us were a singing trio for a while), we finally made it to full on bear hugs. Just in time too, for it was then he met the girl of his dreams ... and guess what! They're still together He has thanked Me many times for helping him break down those barriers. However, despite my friend buying him red jocks and socks for a few Christmas presents, we never did get him out of the black, white and grey clothes LOL! I heard his partner eventually made it to navy blue ... Huggsss all round! Maam Jay aka violet[A]
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Life is a song ... and I love singing it! (By me!)
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