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I took over the job when Erocse (Roxy) left. I run the  Hug Bank.  (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,149821.0.html) As long as I breathe and use this site there will be many hugs given. If you have a problem with that, put it in an envelope and send it to someone who cares!  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Hugs, Devlyn

Hugs Devyln. Your not the only one who tends to end their posts with Hugs. I tend to too. Hugs
Mariah

Quote from: Devlyn Marie on April 27, 2015, 08:43:03 PM
I took over the job when Erocse (Roxy) left. I run the  Hug Bank.  (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,149821.0.html) As long as I breathe and use this site there will be many hugs given. If you have a problem with that, put it in an envelope and send it to someone who cares!  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Hugs, Devlyn

Sorry, I'm just a bit touchy on when people touch me without my consent, even virtually.

I know this post was targeted towards my comment. I now know you are not trying to be condescending by ending your posts with "Hugs," and I'm sorry for bringing it up.

Eris, I can totally understand that. I mainly add hugs to mine to show support and that I care. Sometimes it's the little things that can make someones day, but out of respect I won't add it to this post.
Mariah

is it weird that I will hug a dog about 100 times quicker than I will hug a person? 

Quote from: erisrenee on April 27, 2015, 08:53:34 PM
Sorry, I'm just a bit touchy on when people touch me without my consent, even virtually.

I know this post was targeted towards my comment. I now know you are not trying to be condescending by ending your posts with "Hugs," and I'm sorry for bringing it up.

No, you're wrong. It was conceived by what I saw on that other place you're using. The open disdain for people who use hugs as a closer or hon in their posts. It's just bitterness, and I don't care for it. The break in the action on the other thread just gave me a chance to post it.

Handshake, Devlyn  >:-)

Nope it's not. My dog doesn't give you an option on that anyway. She takes them whether I want to or not give them.
Mariah

Quote from: marsh monster on April 27, 2015, 09:03:28 PM
is it weird that I will hug a dog about 100 times quicker than I will hug a person?

Quote from: marsh monster on April 27, 2015, 09:03:28 PM
is it weird that I will hug a dog about 100 times quicker than I will hug a person? 

If you ever see my Poopie please don't hug him, he may look sweet but he'll probably try to return the hug with his teeth, if you're really unlucky he'll push you over and hump you.

I don't know what this supposed drama about hugs is all about, but...

*hugs Devlyn* <3

*hugs Mariah* <3

*hugs Jayne* <3

*isn't sure if Marsh Monster likes hugs*

*no hugs for Eris since she apparently doesn't like them*

I'm a very huggy person.

Quote from: Mariah2014 on April 27, 2015, 08:57:11 PM
Eris, I can totally understand that. I mainly add hugs to mine to show support and that I care. Sometimes it's the little things that can make someones day, but out of respect I won't add it to this post.
Mariah

I appreciate it. Sometimes, hugs are definitely called for. If I'm looking for support, I'm fine with hugs and general affection. But in normal conversation, if someone just comes up to me and hugs me out of nowhere, I'd get weirded out.

Handshakes are always cool though :)

I love hugs, but not when the dog is shedding. I get covered in her fur.
Mariah

Quote from: Sunderland on April 27, 2015, 09:11:14 PM
I don't know what this supposed drama about hugs is all about, but...

*hugs Devlyn* <3

*hugs Mariah* <3

*hugs Jayne* <3

*isn't sure if Marsh Monster likes hugs*

*no hugs for Eris since she apparently doesn't like them*

I'm a very huggy person.

Quote from: erisrenee on April 27, 2015, 09:12:07 PM

Handshakes are always cool though :)

In that case I'd like to shake your hand whilst saying welcome to Susans

Eris, My pleasure. Handshake
Mariah

Quote from: erisrenee on April 27, 2015, 09:12:07 PM
I appreciate it. Sometimes, hugs are definitely called for. If I'm looking for support, I'm fine with hugs and general affection. But in normal conversation, if someone just comes up to me and hugs me out of nowhere, I'd get weirded out.

Handshakes are always cool though :)

Quote from: Jayne on April 27, 2015, 09:10:10 PM
If you ever see my Poopie please don't hug him, he may look sweet but he'll probably try to return the hug with his teeth, if you're really unlucky he'll push you over and hump you.

Don't worry, I don't hug dogs I don't know nor will I do it without knowing the owner. Too many dogs are very territorial and I'm not keen on overstepping their bounds.

This is supposed to be a ->-bleeped-<-, people.  Remember?

Ve vill hug now until ve turn blau und fallen down. Ja?

I'll hug a dog, but I draw the line at kissing. Oh, if those mouths could talk.... :laugh:

Hugs, Devlyn

Quote from: Jill F on April 27, 2015, 09:59:33 PM
This is supposed to be a ->-bleeped-<-, people.  Remember?

Ve vill hug now until ve turn blau und fallen down. Ja?

Ja!

Quote from: Devlyn Marie on April 27, 2015, 10:01:50 PM
Ja!

OMG!! Have you run out of hugs Devlyn? This is possibly the first time I've seen a post from you that didn't have a hug at the end

Just in case the hug bank has run dry here's some to restock with

Hugs
Hugs
Hugs
Hugs
Hugs
Hugs
Hugs

I hope that keeps you going for a while

I didn't know the German word for hug! You can't give hugs away, every time you give one you get one. It's like deja vu! Plus I have a vault full of hugs being guarded in  the minecraft world! I'm never running out!

Hugs, Devlyn

Ooh, listen everyone can you hear it?  It's the sound of collective retching coming from a faraway website! :laugh:
Goodnight all!

Hugs, Devlyn

Quote from: Jill F on April 27, 2015, 09:59:33 PM
Ve vill hug now until ve turn blau und fallen down. Ja?

Ja wohl!  :icon_yes: ..........Ich möchte Sie umarmen! ;D

Good morning, everyone (who is in a similar time zone)!

I'm not entirely sure how this thread is supposed to work. Can I use it to send out hugs?

*daily hugs to Devlyn*

*daily hugs to Jayne*

Hugs, Sunderland
Mariah

Many of us want and need a more affectionate personal world.  I just love PDAs (Personal Displays of Affection) but completely accept that others may have firm boundaries and perspectives that limit what is OK for them.  I am a trained volunteer at our women's resource center/shelter, The Harbor.  Many people who have experienced rape and intimate partner violence may be reluctant or adverse to what feels like an invasion of personal space.  It is your call to own your space.

Feminist perspectives need not be formulaic and I cross lines for some by calling myself a girl.  Right, a 64 yo GIRL!?  I apply the term to myself and some friends who are OK about it for a reason.  The term woman is culturally loaded and reflects part of the binary world to me.  Girl, suggests where I am at in terms of less maturity, learning and growing while living as a female.  I did live as some kind of a guy for 60 years and that male socialization and years of white male privilege are part of my history that didn't simply vanish when i came out transgender.  I raised a daughter and was there when that baby was born, matured as a girl and became a woman.  No simple trip.

Regrettably i will never experience being a young girl, going thru a female puberty with the attendant periods and pregnancy risks.  i do however hugely respect what that long process entails and recognize what is, in a sense, my short cut.  The terms for gender and gender roles are inadequate IMO and one reason trans people are so nicely inventive about it. Zir and Zie understand!

Condescension like beauty may reflect what is in the eyes of the beholders.  I like an attitude with latitude and rarely feel the need to get politically correct.  Terms of endearment for me are expressions of warm regard for friends and family.

Quote from: Tessa James on April 28, 2015, 12:22:37 PM
Many of us want and need a more affectionate personal world.  I just love PDAs (Personal Displays of Affection).....

Hi Tessa,

As Pacific Northwest girls, you and I, should our paths someday cross upon this life journey, don't hold back, come on in for the hug!  I am a full body hugger and I am not shy about it!  Now you know.

Hugs!
Miharu

Full body hugger is all the qualifications necessary for a job at the Hug Bank!  ;D

Hugs, Devlyn

Quote from: Devlyn Marie on April 28, 2015, 01:14:21 PM
Full body hugger is all the qualifications necessary for a job at the Hug Bank!  ;D

Hugs, Devlyn

:icon_hug: (rinse, repeat.)

Quote from: Miharu Barbie on April 28, 2015, 12:59:05 PM
Hi Tessa,

As Pacific Northwest girls, you and I, should our paths someday cross upon this life journey, don't hold back, come on in for the hug!  I am a full body hugger and I am not shy about it!  Now you know.

Hugs!
Miharu

LOL, heck yes Miharu.  Full body hugs are best and I am already keeping an eye out for you around the pool tables of Ptown.  Wrack em up sweetheart, you so score!

Gah. The world is such a cold, scary place with unexpected hazards at every turn. Loss is the rule, everything you have you will eventually lose, including your life.

To counter all that, mankind invented the hug. I think we got the better part of that deal.

Quote from: suzifrommd on April 28, 2015, 07:07:16 PM
Gah. The world is such a cold, scary place with unexpected hazards at every turn. Loss is the rule, everything you have you will eventually lose, including your life.

To counter all that, mankind invented the hug. I think we got the better part of that deal.

This is why you live your life like there's no tomorrow. Because one day there won't be. You have to make the best of every day.

Hugs, Devlyn

So totally true Devyln. Hugs
Mariah

Quote from: Devlyn Marie on April 28, 2015, 07:22:04 PM
This is why you live your life like there's no tomorrow. Because one day there won't be. You have to make the best of every day.

Hugs, Devlyn

Quote from: Devlyn Marie on April 27, 2015, 09:03:48 PM
Handshake, Devlyn  >:-)

more like Devilyn, am I right?
sorry, I saw that you used the evil smiley and i couldn't resist making that pun ;D

((hugs))

I'll gladly take a hug  ;D  I've been ill for the past several days having a bad time with CFS/ME and at the moment I feel like something that's crawled out from under a rock.

Big hugs. Sorry you haven't been feeling well.
Mariah

Quote from: Lady Smith on April 30, 2015, 04:32:43 PM
I'll gladly take a hug  ;D  I've been ill for the past several days having a bad time with CFS/ME and at the moment I feel like something that's crawled out from under a rock.

Quote from: Mariah2014 on April 30, 2015, 04:37:56 PM
Big hugs. Sorry you haven't been feeling well.
Mariah

Thanks Mariah, a good hug really makes a difference.

Quote from: Lady Smith on April 30, 2015, 04:51:09 PM
Thanks Mariah, a good hug really makes a difference.

Big hug from me & a big virtual hug from Poopie