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Old 01-09-2015, 09:12 PM
 
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Kimberly Kilbride is a professional cuddler.

For $80 an hour, or up to $400 for an overnight gig, the 33-year-old mother of three dons flannel pajama bottoms, puts away her family pictures and two pit bull mix dogs and invites clients into her bedroom in Highland, N.Y., to snuggle. Once the spooning begins, she insists that it stay strictly platonic.

The cuddle-for-hire business is taking off—even though the clothes stay on.
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Old 01-09-2015, 09:16 PM
 
Location: Southwestern, USA, now.
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Aw...I remember hearing about this somewhere.
I'm assuming there is a safety background check.
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Old 01-09-2015, 10:28 PM
 
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There's a market for everything, even people who need hugs.
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Old 01-10-2015, 08:21 AM
 
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Is there a certification for that or something...
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Old 01-10-2015, 08:25 AM
 
Location: Wartrace,TN
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...."the 33-year-old mother of three dons flannel pajama bottoms..." I guess she does it topless? Seriously though, how pathetic would it be to have to pay a woman 80 dollars an hour for that? 400 a night?
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Old 01-10-2015, 09:54 AM
 
Location: Southwestern, USA, now.
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...."the 33-year-old mother of three dons flannel pajama bottoms..." I guess she does it topless? Seriously though, how pathetic would it be to have to pay a woman 80 dollars an hour for that? 400 a night?
Gee, I know virgin men that no one is interested in...at 50...the need for physical contact...
and not just a massage... is a deep need...I think it is insensitive
you think it is pathetic....esp, if
someone here just thought, Oh boy, I want to go to this woman.
Not everyone is lucky in this life to have loved ones, one who traces war!
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Old 01-10-2015, 09:59 AM
 
Location: USA
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With the demise of the traditional job a lot of people have to get creative to make a buck.
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Old 01-10-2015, 10:15 AM
 
Location: Suburb of Chicago
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I saw this on some news show and read an article on it, too. Women pay her, as well. One person in the article said he could pay his shrink hundreds of dollars for an hour to get rid of his anxiety, or he could do this.

She's not topless, by the way. I think she had a t-shirt on.

With so many people's faces buried in their phones, I can see people paying for this. In fact, here's an idea. Start a business where you have dinner with someone and actually look at them and converse. I can't tell you how many times I'm out with someone and notice couples at surrounding tables are on their phones and not even talking.
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Old 01-10-2015, 10:27 AM
 
Location: All Over
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Not a bad little hustle but I see this as a huge liability for a company as I can pretty much gurantee one of your employees is going to wind up getting raped or getting into an uncomfortable situation they are not happy about. Also this kind of greys the area between prostitution and cuddling.

I get the concept people want/need affection or touch but in this day and age too many creeps out there.
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Old 01-10-2015, 10:53 AM
 
Location: Wartrace,TN
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Gee, I know virgin men that no one is interested in...at 50...the need for physical contact...
and not just a massage... is a deep need...I think it is insensitive
you think it is pathetic....esp, if
someone here just thought, Oh boy, I want to go to this woman.
Not everyone is lucky in this life to have loved ones, one who traces war!
You could get a hooker for that king of money. Why spend it on a hug? (Ok, a cheap hooker but still....)
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