QuoteQuotePS. I'm not a big stranger hugger either.
Hugging strangers is also on my list of things to not do.
Define "stranger."
rl
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QuoteQuoteDefine "stranger."
rl
A person who I have never met or talk with before.
Don't worry rl
If you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb
I haven't a clue. 
Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.
QuoteWell, I think I must clarify the statement. I would definitely consider Cocheese hug worthy and probably not a stranger, you either. But I am generally a reserved, quiet person. It takes time to get to know me. I am not a huggy girl, I should work on that.
The point I was trying to make, before I got sidetracked by someone who will remain nameless
, is that the people here are not, for the most part, strangers to each other.
When I worked at DeLand, I hugged people all the time, and some of the were people I'd just met. I don't do that out in the real world. I'm not too inclined to let people I don't know touch me...unless they're skydivers/basejumpers...and I guess the reason is that any skydiver I run into is very likely acquainted with another skydiver I know.
Now I'll grant you that there are some jumpers I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole, but that's a different issue. Everyone starts in the same place with me--I'll trust you until you show yourself to be unworthy of trust, and then, if you actually give a shit (because most times when people betray you, they say they give a shit but they're lying), you'll have to earn it back.
I don't offer that much slack to people out in the rest of the world.
Weird, I know. But I never claimed to be anything but.
rl
P.S. You should never force yourself to be physically close when it makes you uncomfortable. It won't make you more comfortable. Caring about someone means respecting their boundaries, and there's no point in caring about people who don't care about you.
If you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb
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I agree... I feel like when I meet someone from DZ.com, I'm generally meeting someone who is already a friend, I just haven't met them yet. I hug my friends all the time.
The random person you just met hug? Still a little odd to me. I have met super-huggy people, though, who just do that. Usually they're not the type who make me uncomfortable, I just kind of say "huh" about them.
The random person you just met hug? Still a little odd to me. I have met super-huggy people, though, who just do that. Usually they're not the type who make me uncomfortable, I just kind of say "huh" about them.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
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What am I going to do with you?
The mind boggles.
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What am I going to do with you?
The mind boggles.
Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.
Define "stranger."
rl
A person who I have never met or talk with before.
Don't worry rl