Professional cuddlers: alternative to relationships?

[AprilFlowers17]

This is THE most stupidest a-- chit that I've ever read LOLOLOL

How am I gonna cuddle with some stranger I don't even know - who could be a freakin perv, a serial killer, a rapist or an abuser???

But besides that, even if he was decent and 'normal', um, just. No.

When I cuddle with a guy, it's because I care about him, I like him and we got a connection going (and it's reciprocal). It's about being comfortable with and feeling a type of emotional and physical intimacy with the person you're cuddling with - and that's only achieved with a person that you've KNOWN for a time. Can't do that with a stranger off the street. Well, some people can...but those people are damaged beyond repair.

People be so cray.

[The Big Lebowski Dude]

Originally Posted by Costaexpress

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/profes...231700156.html

For those of you who are single and want physical touches that aren't sexual, would you buy these emerging services? Do you think it's useful?

This is ridiculous. What a scam and a crock of dog-%$#%. I would never pay a woman for a hug/cuddle. But, I'm not surprised that people are actually paying to be touched/hugged by a member of the opposite sex, because very few things surprise me. Wow. However, I do find it quite pathetic & genuinely very sad.

This is almost like paying a prostitute to have sex with you, WITHOUT the sex, obviously. In any case, the two things are similar in that there is no genuine feeling involved here.

[usayit]

Originally Posted by The Big Lebowski Dude

This is almost like paying a prostitute to have sex with you, WITHOUT the sex, obviously. In any case, the two things are similar in that there is no genuine feeling involved here.

"Almost"????.. it is exactly that. There are many clients that have special requests that don't involve sex... they pay the full hourly rate too. Many BDSM escorts even make it known up front that no sex is offered.... kinda see this type of service as the opposite... rather than being dominated, the person wants to be coddled.

I saw an article about this a year or so ago, the first thought to my mind "How is this news worthy?"

I have a different perspective than most though... If a person can make a living doing this, the more power to them. I also don't see their clients as pathetic nor sad... maybe very lonely. Some say its a health epidemic being ignored... (https://hbr.org/cover-story/2017/09/...iness-epidemic) The power of human interaction and touch (even if just for that short temporary time) is very powerful. What that interaction involves is different for everyone.

I have tons of stories of what clients request.... some of it seems pretty bizarre but whatever... it fills some sort of need and they walk away happy. There have been times that a lady friend and I would pass out in bed after a long night of partying.. nothing sexual (well most of the time.. ) ... but waking up the next morning seems that much warmer and comforting.

[Gusano]

No, I think I would just go get a massage ( legal, legitimate massage, not the happy ending type!)