To think v few people haven't hugged their friends / families?

[roarfeckingroarr]

Apparently hugs are back from 17 May.

Aibu to think there are very very few people who have not hugged their friends / relatives for however long since the government said we last could?

I know I have. It's absurd that any government can tell us that we aren't allowed to hug our loved ones.

No hugs here apart from DH since March 2020.

I haven't even seen my family, twin brother, elder sister and parents let alone hugged them. I last hugged my parents in September 2019, we were due to meet up again in March 2020 for a holiday that never happened.
I live in a different country so have been unable to visit even if i had wanted.
I'm looking forward to getting long over due hugs in a few weeks time!

We haven't been able to because we don't have family nearby. I'm so sick of people who have family in driving distance whanging on about how they're certain we've all broken rules.

I don't particularly care if you chose to hug your mum in January, or whatever. But please stop going on about it!

The only people I have hugged outside my immediate family are my ds and his gf and my best friend, and that's probably 5 times in total amongst all three of them.

I haven't I've enjoyed no hugging we give elbow bumps.

I've hugged DH during the whole pandemic, and also DD when she had to come back to live with us from Uni during lockdown (but only after she had done full quarentine in an annexe for 14 days.)

Not hugged or even touched any one else
Because of the lethal global pandemic going on!

I can't be doing with the this hugging obsession people have.

MIL was on the phone being all excited that she "can't wait to give us all a hug". Well our DD really doesn't want to feel she has to hug her GP because she's not vaccinated and doesn't want to risk passing on or catching anything.

I would be quite happy not to hug anyone other than my immediate family. It has been one good thing to come out of the pandemic not to have my MIL giving me ridiculous over the top hugs. I'm wondering if I can tell her I'd really rather not without totally offending her.

I have hugged partner and DC's. That's it . I don't miss not being able to hug anyone else and would be happy to never hug anyone else ever ! I can't bear feeling forced to hug friends or extended family who initiate hugs and kisses .

No hugging or touching at all here, since I can't remember when.

@Mumofsend

I'm not a hugger full stop

Same here.

The ban on hugging has been a joy!

Hugged my household only including the cat, Happy to never hug another living soul. I liked it back in the day before all this kissy huggy shite.

I only hug my child, dog and husband anyway so it's suited me. I hope random people don't start trying to hug me again 😂

I'm not a hugger normally so I have not hugged anyone outside my household

I’ve hugged family and friends, colleagues and clients I work with.

I haven't hugged my family and friends, other than my own household. I love them, so why would I put them at risk?

I hugged my adult ds and dil on Saturday for the first time since all this started..... they’d just got married.
Also hugged my other DS who came home for said wedding as I haven’t seen him for 6 months and don’t know when I’ll see him again.

My mum gave me a hug at Christmas. And I also hugged Dds best friend when she was having trouble at home and came to stay with us for a few days to let things calm down. She was sobbing her heart out and she so needed the comfort right then.

It was in the back of my mind that we shouldn’t have contact. But I did what I thought was appropriate in each situation.

No hugs other than the family I live with.... March 2020 was a long time ago so I’m looking forward to hugging my nearest and dearest when I see them next... which will be a few weeks as they live a distance away.

I haven't

Lots of hugging for me. Only with my sons and very close friends though.

@Mumofsend

I'm not a hugger full stop

^This. I rarely hug anyone except my DH and DSs (if they don't get away fast enough) we've never been a 'huggy' family 🤷‍♀️

No hugging here. Except for one occasion when I met a friend who I hadn't seen for over a year who has recovered from cancer. That was pretty emotional and I couldn't deny him the hug he so obviously wanted. That instance aside, it's pretty easy to comply when you're not allowed to visit anyone anyway and social distancing is in force.
Looking forward to its return though

I haven't but I'm not a fan of hugging.
Also that weird air kiss thing where you're really close to a persons face. I hope that never comes back post pandemic it was awful.

I haven't but I'm not a fan of hugging.
Also that weird air kiss thing where you're really close to a persons face. I hope that never comes back post pandemic it was awful.

Just a few hugs - DB and SIL hugged us both times when we saw them in the last 12 months. They rather took us by surprise, tbh, as we’d been distancing and I guess they hadn’t so much.

Had a half-hug with faces turned away and masks on with my best friend on my birthday. Had a proper hug from my neighbour when in floods of tears about a family tragedy.

Hugged my Dad when I went to stay with him for 5 days to look after him, cook and clean, get him back on track.

I really miss hugs.