Are You Affectionate? If So Have You Always Been?

I consider myself as being affectionate and always have been. It's one of the things that I miss as a single person living alone. That simple caress, hug, patting, hand holding. It's not the same with a dog or a cat.

 

It depends on the degree of stimulus.

Hal

 

Yes, becoming an aunt at an early age brought out a lot of the nuturing instincts in me.

 

I'm affectionate with my husband and family. With other people I'm more reserved and don't care to be "touchy/feely."

 

Me too----That sounds reasonable.

 

Yes.....I'll go along with that!

In the meadow we can build a snowman.

Hal

 

@Von Jones

At what age? I was an uncle at 5!
Frank

 

Only with my son. I too am not one of those touchy feely folks. I can give moral support when necessary, but not to the point of physical contact.

 

I'll hug anybody that wants one but I don't go looking for them.

 

A lady drummer. I like that!

 

Wife and I are affectionate toward each other, but not as much as when we met 20 years ago. Heck, sometimes we will even dance around our living room to music we like. A very short dance, but still a dance.

 

Not that young though. 12 years old.

 

@Von Jones

Well, at 12 the level of understanding is far greater: I was at 5 barraged by well-intentioned adults calling me "Uncle-Frankie", stuff like that which not only embarrassed this small kid, but also began the life-long cycle of self-recrimination.
Frank

 

I am affectionate. My whole family are huggers. When I meet a new person, I take their hand. Not quite a hug, but it's human contact.

 

I don't think of hugging, pecks on the cheek, taking one's hand as affection. I am talking about the kind of affection that can only take place between a man and a woman that care for one another.