I miss my hugs

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Roughsoul1991

Roughsoul1991

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Billyd said:
Every one arrives early for our church services. We stop by the coffee pot, get a cup of our favorite brew, then it's hug time. From the toddlers, through every youth and teenager, every young adult through the last senior adult to arrive, there's enough hugs to brighten any poor souls day and week to come.

I sure do miss my hugs. Lord please destroy this virus so we can again meet and share our love for each other with a great big hug.
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I often go in and out of melancholy stages to where I have a hard time connecting emotionally but instead fall into a blah like state. For me my brain always get over stimulated in social gatherings. It physically drains me. Even my wife will often think something is wrong because I distance myself. So my social gathering is often straight to the point.

Basically I dont really miss the hugs or small talk. But I do miss the deep group communications within my community group.
 
Lanolin

Lanolin

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intorverts like myself welcome social distancing and think its actually normal but Im sure extroverts are screaming inside and think its punishment lol.
 
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oldethennew

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we both really do miss our normal, intimate, personal, interaction, for we are 'both' really big on
expressing our Love for our neighbor through human-contact - we're really a 'hands-on-couple',
and 'usually accepted as such by our family/friends'...
seeing them 'back-off' from us in their 'fear' grieves us to the bone, because satan has found
yet another way to 'divide and separate' family/human-kind'...
 
Lanolin

Lanolin

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Regard it not as fear its respect and safety, even courtesy. For people to have space to breathe.

You can touch someone in many ways without the hands on aspect. For children, yes its going to be difficult but there are times when touch is abusive and even invasive and they also need to feel safe.

In the Bible its said its good for a man not to touch a woman (unless his own wife) but even then there were times when couples were meant to refrain.
 
Lanolin

Lanolin

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hmm I was hugged the other day and I suffered no ill effects.

I think its more kissing that spreads the virus...
 
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Billyd said:
Every one arrives early for our church services. We stop by the coffee pot, get a cup of our favorite brew, then it's hug time. From the toddlers, through every youth and teenager, every young adult through the last senior adult to arrive, there's enough hugs to brighten any poor souls day and week to come.

I sure do miss my hugs. Lord please destroy this virus so we can again meet and share our love for each other with a great big hug.
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Now that we all have been reminded of how respiratory illnesses travel, be it the "regular" flu that we get every year or these particularly nasty pandemic outbreaks, don't you think we as a society should reevaluate how we greet each other, as in do fewer handshakes and fewer hugs? Perhaps the Asian bow is more disease free friendly.
 
Billyd

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BibleStudent60 said:
Now that we all have been reminded of how respiratory illnesses travel, be it the "regular" flu that we get every year or these particularly nasty pandemic outbreaks, don't you think we as a society should reevaluate how we greet each other, as in do fewer handshakes and fewer hugs? Perhaps the Asian bow is more disease free friendly.
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No. I don't believe that we should let Satan win.
 
Billyd

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When I think about the fear we of the Covid19 now see, I am reminded of Howard Hughes. He was so afraid of germs, that he isolated himself from the rest of the world. His last days were long and miserable. No, I just can't see living in a world like that.

I still miss my hugs, and I am looking forward to putting this period of despair behind us. I can already see that day. It's going to be beautiful.
 
Lanolin

Lanolin

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I dont do handshakes as a rule...never really liked the practice.

Hugs are a bit different. I would hug those who I know or want a hug, not those who dont.
you can do an air kiss.
otherwise, a friendly wave is fine. or an eyebrow raise.
 
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