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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I've had to back off of the hugging thing in years afterwards because I know many people are uncomfortable with it. Hugging people you just met has a magical feel in it for me - the very simple show of "I accept you, I trust you" or rather "I accept everyone" - it felt very freeing. A real meeting, you know? A handshake feels like a formal curtsey in comparison.

I think there is a difference between a meeting hug and a random stranger hug. If I were chatting with someone and we exchanged names and they hugged me then my reaction would probably vary between, "Ok..." and "Wow what a unique and open person!" But if some guy on the street asked me if I wanted a hug in passing then I would probably suspect that he was trying to cop a feel.