A pretty messed up experiment done back in the day. Offspring who receive no love and comfort cannot function in relationships normally.

I have a cat. I'd like the touch of a woman, but I'm still looking.

Yes we all need to be touched. I get a massage regularly along with a pedicure every 6 weeks.

I'm weird about touch. The more trust and closeness I have with someone, the more I want to touch or be touched by them. The less trust/closeness I have, the moreI dislike touch.

I am close to very few people. I avoid touching almost everyone. I'm not germophobic or anything like that, but some people just feel icky to me.

Animals, on the other hand, always get a green light.

I'm single & (unintentionally) celibate. But, I have cats (no pussy jokes allowed!), so pets help. Not the same thing, & I surely miss human, female contact. I have female friends, so I get hugs, but just not the same. I have some family in the area, ditto. So, I am no hermit, but as the punchline goes, "... the crack of dawn isn't safe!" Ah, well, hope springs eternal, I guess.

Part of why I share my home with cats.

Probably a part of why I also am active in theatre, as most folks there are very touchy-feely-huggers !
As are my close friends.

Pets, friends and friends with benefits. Sometimes a family member or two here and there.

It made me think of, and I started singing, "I touch myself!" lol

Usually only from my kids, and my pets of course. My issues, I am not comfortable with people touching me except my kids.

My friends and family are all huggy people.

My aunt gives me hugs when I see her. So does my boss.

I live in a senior apt complex. I have some family that live in the complex and since it is a rather small complex I know many of my neighbors. I'm a hugger, so everyone gets hugs! So I get most of my hugs by giving.

I read an article that says this about hugs....
Actually we could live without hugs, but it would be like dying slowly, a little every day. About this, family therapist Virginia Satir said: “We need four hugs a day to survive, eight hugs to keep us as we are and 12 hugs to grow”.

Here's the link: [psychology-spot.com]

A 20-second hug releases oxytocin in our brain. "Everybody must get stoned" Bob Dylan

DOGS!!! And my kid

I get a few hugs from humans and many from my dogs.

I gets lots of hugs and kisses from small humans.

I like solitude. Even before the internet. But need my partnered dancing every now and then. The old mating dance of old.

My dog and cat. Occasional dates. My velvety purple throw.

Hmm. If that were true, I must be a high functioning zombie.