For the most part, i feel the same way. I find that i dont care for hugs to even touched by people who is just a casual acquaintance, and sometimes people i even consider friends. I think it party comes from having people constantly cross boundaries and touch my breast since i have such a large chest, with out my consent. If i dont know someone very well, i will ask if i can hug them, and i would like to have the same respect when it comes to others who try to do so.

You make a very good point about the breast issue! I'd be interested to know how many people with large breasts, or those who are self-conscious about their body in some way, are less likely to accept hugs. I started developing by 6-7 & had to wear a bra by 9 yrs old. I had a breast reduction a few years ago, but they are still big, (though much more comfortable).

Personally, I grew up where hugs were less & less as we I got older, but it was mainly our resistance to it, our personal boundaries and that was influenced by my parochial school, where no one hugged friends. I was shocked when the first day at my new, all-girls'-school, that many of them were hugging openly since they had all come up together from lower school on to the high school. Well, by the end of four years there, I, who never hugged girls before, was much more amenable to it in a non-sexual context!

I must project some aura of reserve that keeps people from attempting to hug me & that is actually easier on me. I want the hug to be mutually agreed upon & most DO ask if they can hug me, the few times it comes up. I would rather have a touch to the arm or shoulder than an embrace by someone I am not involved with or very close to. Strangely, I'm more of a 'toucher', than I am comfortable accepting them.

My son has William's Syndrome. When he is so happy that he chooses to give me a hug, I'm overjoyed.

I am a hugger, I hug everyone.

I wish I wasn't so reserved & was more like you!

I worry sometimes that I'm like many others without a partner(s) & that have become touch starved! Thank God for my cats! I kid you not, I get a lot of my dose of it from them, but it's not a complete replacement for human touch interaction.

I always thought, & was told, that I am unusual in my reaction to hugging. But, based on the results here, I am probably more like everyone than unlike them, huh!

Ha i didnt think of al the cuddle time i spend with my cat(s) and pup! Honestly, since my cat wont put of a fight when it comes to being hugged, carried, and cuddled (i constantly and cradling him in my arms as if he's a baby) i'm left never really needing any physical contact from people. I will always go out of my way to cuddle and hug furry friends/pets!