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Originally Posted by Lex  I know the feeling. I have always hugged my male friends, even when I thought I was straight. I now always hug and kiss (pecks on the lips) my gay male friends and straight/gay female friends. I have a few straight friends whom I also kiss (on the cheek) when I hug them. |
Interestingly enough, you, DC_DEEP and Matthew were (as far as I can recall) the first men whom I'd ever greeted with a hug.
I have, of course, hugged men before - family, friends, being supportive - but I'd never used it as a
greeting; I've always been a 'brief-but-firm handshake' sort of guy, with men and women.
Unfortunately due to my age, a lot of my peers are/were the stereotypical teen and bodily contact is not readily pursued. It was wonderfully refreshing to be among company who not only realise that any one action won't give you a label, but that the labels themselves are irrelevant anyway.
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Originally Posted by Lex Isn't it amazing to see how natural male-male intimacy can be and feel? I have often found certain contexts to be contraining and restrictive and I am constantly working on not allowing that to bother me as long as I am in a place where I am safe. |
It is, and I'm glad I experienced it. Now that I've been broken in, I may become a serial back-patter.
