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Help!!! Please help me feel better about this awkward hug!!!!!!

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No1Some1 · 01/03/2026 15:25

I was just introduced to a friends husband, and he went in for a hug, but with that sort of kiss/not kiss on each cheek. (If that makes any sense). This is absolutely not how I hug, so the whole thing threw me off and I ended up somehow in the kerfuffle, placing my hand on the back of his head mid hug. I am absolutely mortified!!!! I don’t know how it even happened, but it was just super weird and uncomfortable and I wanted the ground to swallow me up. Help me feel better about this. I’m currently planning to never set foot out my front door again!!!!!

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nomas · 01/03/2026 15:34

Time is a great healer and provider of mind bleach.

Pineneedlesincarpet · 01/03/2026 15:33

We've all been there. Many worse scenarios spring to mind that I have perpetrated. The best thing is to Never Think of Them Again. No one else will be anyway.

No1Some1 · 01/03/2026 15:33

My had just ended up placed on the back of his head. I’m right aren’t i?… I need to shut myself off from the outside world for the foreseeable future!!!

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nomas · 01/03/2026 15:32

OMG do not even worry that is mild compared to the horrors I’ve seen!

I’ve seen the most awkward lip lock between two very conservative, same sex heterosexual family members that made everyone want the floor to open up and swallow them up.

No1Some1 · 01/03/2026 15:31

his wife was right there, and my husband! As you can tell, I’m not hugger, unless it’s a good female friend or family member. 🙈🙈

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CrowMate · 01/03/2026 15:31

Like you would a baby’s head?

…so you really drew him in?

janietreemore · 01/03/2026 15:30

It's fine, he should realise he confused you. It probably happens to him all the time!

No1Some1 · 01/03/2026 15:30

Nope, no kissing involved!!! 😂

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YourHeartyFatball · 01/03/2026 15:28

At least you didn’t kiss him. You didn’t, did you?