So would you pay $60 to be Professionally Cuddled/Snuggled? (child, 2013, American)
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Professional Cuddlers/Snugglers continue to get a lot of attention. Just saw a segment about it on CBS Sunday Morning.
Would you pay $60 to be cuddled by a professional for a period?
Do these services have value?
Should the services be banned? Professional cuddler: 'I literally could cuddle 24 hours a day'
Posted: Nov 14, 2013 12:23 PM EST Updated: Dec 12, 2013 12:29 PM EST By Ian Forrest - email
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - Would you pay $60 an hour for some cuddle time?
Portland-based professional cuddler Samantha Hess says her cuddle business can help anyone who is a "touch-driven person."
She says the cuddle sessions are strictly platonic. Clients sign a waiver before the session, promising to be clean, courteous and keep their clothes on. There's a meet-and-greet before the cuddle.
"I require each client meet with me in person in a public place so we can sit down and chat," Hess said. "They can ask me whatever business or personal questions they want and I can learn why they're seeking my services and ensure that they're looking for what I offer and nothing more."
Hess hopes to open a retail store in the future, but, for now, she says the cuddle sessions are in her clients' homes, or in parks or movie theaters.
"The areas that I touch and that can be touched on me are very simple. The guideline is basically anything that it would be OK to touch on a child is what's OK in this kind of environment," she said.
Portland police say Hess' business snuggles awfully close to Oregon's legal definition of sexual contact, but they don't plan to take any action against her.
Jacqueline established The Snuggery because she believes in the healing power of touch. The Snuggery is a place to take a break from the hustle and bustle of life and focus on the simple restorative pleasure of touch. Though science has unquestionably supported the psychological and physical benefits of non-sexual touch, Americans distinctly lack it. It's time for change. At The Snuggery, Jacqueline provides individuals with private snuggling sessions. She aims to make the world a gentler place, one snuggle at a time.
Professional Cuddlers/Snugglers continue to get a lot of attention. Just saw a segment about it on CBS Sunday Morning.
Would you pay $60 to be cuddled by a professional for a period?
Do these services have value?
Should the services be banned? Professional cuddler: 'I literally could cuddle 24 hours a day'
Posted: Nov 14, 2013 12:23 PM EST Updated: Dec 12, 2013 12:29 PM EST By Ian Forrest - email
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - Would you pay $60 an hour for some cuddle time?
Portland-based professional cuddler Samantha Hess says her cuddle business can help anyone who is a "touch-driven person."
She says the cuddle sessions are strictly platonic. Clients sign a waiver before the session, promising to be clean, courteous and keep their clothes on. There's a meet-and-greet before the cuddle.
"I require each client meet with me in person in a public place so we can sit down and chat," Hess said. "They can ask me whatever business or personal questions they want and I can learn why they're seeking my services and ensure that they're looking for what I offer and nothing more."
Hess hopes to open a retail store in the future, but, for now, she says the cuddle sessions are in her clients' homes, or in parks or movie theaters.
"The areas that I touch and that can be touched on me are very simple. The guideline is basically anything that it would be OK to touch on a child is what's OK in this kind of environment," she said.
Portland police say Hess' business snuggles awfully close to Oregon's legal definition of sexual contact, but they don't plan to take any action against her.
Jacqueline established The Snuggery because she believes in the healing power of touch. The Snuggery is a place to take a break from the hustle and bustle of life and focus on the simple restorative pleasure of touch. Though science has unquestionably supported the psychological and physical benefits of non-sexual touch, Americans distinctly lack it. It's time for change. At The Snuggery, Jacqueline provides individuals with private snuggling sessions. She aims to make the world a gentler place, one snuggle at a time.
I wouldn't, and would feel bad charging that much to snuggle with someone. Maybe something like $20 an hour, but $60 is way too much for me to pay for a cuddle/snuggle.
@ngroh $60 is kinda steep for the average person... economy hasn't recovered enough for those prices... I assume their clientele would be primarily lower middle and up, tho...
Wow...OMG that just sounds so sad and forlorn to me. Just thinking about it makes me want to give my friends each a big hug, and the context of that just simply cannot be bought with money.
HAHAHA, another career possibility? I wish I was bigger and more hairy. $60 bucks is steep for just cuddling, I could spend the same amount and get a bigger bang for my buck, so to speak. I like the concept though!
I wouldn't pay a stranger, it's far too creepy. But I could understand someone paying for it. It'll be 13 years this year since I last had a cuddle.
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