this bloody 'hand holding' shit that is going on here

[manofsponge]

USED to be for really bad stuff - bereavement and stuff.
NOW its for anything and tbh I think it is a bit twee.

netmums anyone?

keep off my hands!

GRABS ALL THE HANDS.

STROKES ALL THE HAIR.

Can I also add "unmumsnetty hugs" to this? Every second post says it these days, so it's hardly "unmumsnetty". You might as well spell hugs with a Z.

ALL the hair?

Perv.

I hate that too Frickin HUGS off weirdos on the internet.

and KISSES ON POSTS

keep your DNA to yourself

I need some hand holding. I've just discovered that my camp bed has got a puncture.

PUNCHES

I just give a hug.

I don't object to hugs given or received but I do object to the term UnMumsnetty. Its too twee.

Hullo all,

One of the things that we think is great about Mumsnet is that people can start a thread purely looking for support. We are a site for peer to peer support - and we'd hate to think that someone couldn't post looking for a shoulder to cry on. So bring on the hand holding we say!

you are just GAGGING for a hug, arentcha Kate?

I weighed myself this morning and it even looked bad in kg. Now, that required a very manly pat indeed.

( its not the support, it is that specific TERM that makes me itch)

ALL the hair?

Perv.

now why isn't that one used more?

May I offer you a handshake OP and a murmur but avoidance of eye contact?

as long as its not a WET handshake.. ergh, like hairdressers give you

There was a weirdo the other day posting incestuous innuendo about her DH sharing a hotel room with his 'tall and slim' daughter. One particularly dim poster defended the OP, saying "perhaps she just needs her hand held?"

She needed her bloody bumps felt, that's what she needed. Predictably, it got deleted in the end.

and

what like a limp wristed fingers only handshake?

Oh that was a troll then bof - it certainly did read rather oddly.

I offer no more than a curt nod.

I like a firm grip of the upper arm and a "fgs pull yourself together and here, have some ....)

LOVE the curt nod

I offer a Hat tip. Maybe not quite as pervy as this

Well aren't you just the litlle ray of sunshine today OP.

mwhahaha hahaha ha

Indeed. Not even the smoochiest MN handholding can compete with a RL glass of