The Hugs Thread

[Lote-Tree]

This thread is for those need a hug today! :D

Human Embrace is such wonderful thing. It makes you feel the Existence of others. It says you are not alone.


So who want to be first to Hug a Lote-Tree? :D


I will start off with LadyW...she seems desperately in need of a Hug ;-)

[Niamh]

A feckit why not!
Big hug for everyone here on litnet! Lets call today the international litnet big hug day!!!!
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u126/jackbushnell/big_hug.jpg

[Virgil]

No one has ever accused me of being a tree hugger. :p :lol:

[Lote-Tree]

No one has ever accused me of being a tree hugger. :p :lol:

Are you sure? :D

http://www.treehuggersofamerica.org/images/tree_hugger.jpg

[mercy_mankind]

No one has ever accused me of being a tree hugger. :p :lol:

:) :) :) :) :)
Thank you Lote- tree for your thread , but I'm wondering , where are your new Ideas in your threads?

[browneyedbailey]

I'll hug all those in need. Just pm me.

[LadyW]

So who want to be first to Hug a Lote-Tree? :D
I will start off with LadyW...she seems desperately in need of a Hug ;-)
Hahaha :lol:
Why have we not communicated in (what seems like) such a long time? Eh?
As it happens, I am going about my daily business just fine "hug-less" but since you are so utterly desperate --> *Hugs* :p

[Lote-Tree]

:) :) :) :) :)
Thank you Lote- tree for your thread , but I'm wondering , where are your new Ideas in your threads?

The Human Embrace is obviously nothing new but I think we in desperate need of it in the times we are living in now.... :D

But Do you Hug A Lot Mercy?

[Anza]

I want a hug...
buy don't get too close-- i'm sick

[Lote-Tree]

Hahaha :lol:
Why have we not communicated in (what seems like) such a long time? Eh?


Erm...I have no idea LadyW....it must be somthing I have said ;-) Something so profound that it left you so speech-less me thinks:D



As it happens, I am going about my daily business just fine "hug-less"


That is so desperate cry for help.



but since you are so utterly desperate --> *Hugs* :p

Ahhhhhhh.....hugless hugging others....that is so nice ;-)

But I am "Hug-A-Lot" so don't ye worry my wee lassie :D

[LadyW]

Erm...I have no idea LadyW....it must be somthing I have said ;-) Something so profound that it left you so speech-less me thinks:D

Or perhaps you bored me? You failed to entertain me and so I slipped right from your fingers... :D
I kid dear Lote, I doubt you could bore anyone.




That is so desperate cry for help.

Oh really now?
*Beams grin whilst revealing a huge beast of a whacking book*




Ahhhhhhh.....hugless hugging others....that is so nice ;-)
But I am "Hug-A-Lot" so don't ye worry my wee lassie :D
Ah you see...
It's just my benevolent nature creeping out once more ;)
I donot require hugs but am happy to bestow them on those who do, such as your good self. Hehehe :D
Awwh "Hug-A-Lot" - that is sweet.

[browneyedbailey]

I want a hug...
buy don't get too close-- i'm sick

I'm hugging you!

[Lote-Tree]

Or perhaps you bored me?

If you apply yourself fully into the things you do...you would never be bored by anyone ;-) :D

Grandma's Lesson 124 ;-)

[LadyW]

If you apply yourself fully into the things you do...you would never be bored by anyone ;-) :D
Grandma's Lesson 124 ;-)

Yes..well..ahem.
WHACK
Oh? What was that...
:p

[Anza]

thanks Bailey. but I thought Lote was supposed to hug me

[Koa]

Aaaw I'm in big need of hugs as of late as nothing is going as it should... :blush: :(

A few days ago I was feeling very very down and ended up hugging this dear friend/crush I have, which is unbelievable considering how repressed I am... He didn't appreciate too much I think... :blush:

[Lote-Tree]

thanks Bailey. but I thought Lote was supposed to hug me

My apologies Anza I was distracted by LadyW ;-(


Here's a Big Hug For You :D

[Anza]

*Hugs Koa*

[LadyW]

My apologies Anza I was distracted by LadyW ;-(
Here's a Big Hug For You :D
Why...
I am somewhat envious :blush:
I didn't get a "Big Hug"... hmph!
I donot regret my whack now Lote :(
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.............................I do......................I doo!..

[Anza]

*hugs LadyW*

[Koa]

Cheers Anza :)

[Anza]

Cheers!

[Anza]

The last time I tried to hug my crush, he denied me, but ended up hugging me later... I felt so warm and fuzzy inside

[browneyedbailey]

well i'm hugging you now. notice I'm hugging people and either they were ungratful or unresponsive...

[Bakiryu]

Somebody hug me, :bawling: my heart is broken. (or at least badly ruptured)

[Lote-Tree]

Why...
I am somewhat envious :blush:
I didn't get a "Big Hug"... hmph!
I donot regret my whack now Lote :(
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.............................I do......................I doo!..

Now now now there LadyW....Here is Bigger Hug For You :D - A Lote-Tree T-Shirt :D

http://www.printmojo.com/PHD/Images/9836/tree_sample_01.jpg



Somebody hug me, :bawling: my heart is broken. (or at least badly ruptured)

http://www.printmojo.com/PHD/Images/9836/tree_sample_01.jpg

and you too :D

[Pensive]

Hug? No way!

Does anybody need a kick? :p

[Lote-Tree]

Hug? No way!

It's alright it does not hurt :D



Does anybody need a kick? :p

I think most of us are not that kind of masochist ;-)

[Pensive]

It's alright it does not hurt :D



I think most of us are not that kind of masochist ;-)

Ah never underestimate their power, can be quite helpful in a few cases. And some people do ask for them, so don't over-estimate the human kind as well. :p

[Lote-Tree]

Ah never underestimate their power, can be quite helpful in a few cases. And some people do ask for them, so don't over-estimate the human kind as well. :p

I think Pensive you are in a desperate need of a Biiiiiiiiiiiiiig Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuug :D

Here is one:

http://www.ursine.com.au/Images/2BearsHug.gif

ps. I don't look like a bear ;-)

[Pensive]

I think Pensive you are in a desperate need of a Biiiiiiiiiiiiiig Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuug :D

Can I please call you The Guy Who Loves To Make Assumptions instead of Lote-Tree? :p

At the moment all I need is the energy to go through this chapter from Biology. :D

[Lote-Tree]

Can I please call you The Guy Who Loves To Make Assumptions instead of Lote-Tree? :p


The Assumption Tree? does a have a ring to it ;-)



At the moment all I need is the energy to go through this chapter from Biology. :D

If it's Reproductive Biology then I am an Expert on this :D

If it's other then I have reasonable grasp ;-)

Edit: I forget to say - ask away your questions - I shall answer them all :D

[mercy_mankind]

But Do you Hug A Lot Mercy?

While talking with me you have to respect yourself :)

I want to Hug the Innocent children In Gaza , they are starving
I want to tell them try not to cry , you won't live in that miserable case a long , we still have a great hope In Allah .

[Lote-Tree]

While talking with me you have to respect yourself :)


I don't understand...Respect myself? But I am Lote-Trere I am quite Shameless :D



I want to Hug the Innocent children In Gaza , they are starving
I want to tell them try not to cry , you won't live in that miserable case a long , we still have a great hope In Allah . [/COLOR]

Ah yes terrible things Mercy...

But we can't talk about politics here on this forum....the powers that be will not allow it :D

[Anza]

*hugs Pensive, whether Pensive wants a hug or not!*

[Koa]

I do need a kick because are hugs are not doing me any good :(

[mir]

Then I shall give you an extra big hug, if normal ones do not work :(

[Koa]

lol thanks but my life needs a kick :S :(

[mir]

. . . kick while giving a hug? A kick and then a hug? A biochemical combination of kick and hug? Gotta work it in there somewhere.

Why are you sad?? It shall be hugs and not kicks until you cheer up.

[Anza]

*Kicks Koa because she asked for it...*

[Anza]

*Hugs mir because you came back to Litnet*

[kiz_paws]

I don't know who started this talk of kicks, but anyway, it is said that "A Kick In The Butt Is A Step Forward" :lol:

Having said that, no one here needs such treatment.

I am sending a huge polar bear monstrosity hug to my friend B-Mental. :thumbs_up

[Lote-Tree]

Anyone need a Hug today?

I am in a Hug-Tastic Mood :D

[mercy_mankind]

I don't understand...Respect myself? But I am Lote-Trere I am quite Shameless :D


I think that you get it ,
and you are not in need to introduce your self . :)


But we can't talk about politics here on this forum....the powers that be will not allow it

Yes, really it is terrible things , but I think that you misunderstand what I'm taking about , I think that what is going on Gaza belongs to humanity , not politics Lote-tree.

something also about Hug Thread .
I distinguish this world into 6 hugs : :)
1- My family hug.
2- My neighbours hug.
3- My suburb hug.
4- My country hug.
5- My Islamic nation hug.
6- All the world.
the meaning of hug here is not the form .
but it is the feelings.

[pussnboots]

I could use a hug!!!

[Lote-Tree]

I could use a hug!!!


http://www.boomspeed.com/1631951/hugs05.jpg

[pussnboots]

thanks Lote, you made my day
Aren't polar bears cute ?

[Nossa]

I could def. use a hug today...it was a crappy one!

[ntropyincarnate]

i could too. i'm reaching the end of my rope.

[dramasnot6]

*hugs for all*

[kiz_paws]

Hugs rock.

Please give me one...

[Lote-Tree]

I could def. use a hug today...it was a crappy one!


i could too. i'm reaching the end of my rope.


Hugs rock.

Please give me one...

For you all more bear hugs :D

http://4tenderheart.com/polbearc.gif

[B-Mental]

Well, i'll cowbell this...you know just in case no one else has....hugs, B

[mir]

I am having a good day and don't need a hug - therefore I donate my happyhugs to all of you who are feeling down!

http://www.2momluvme.com/kardz/hugs.gif

[Scheherazade]

Not to spoil the party but I cannot pass without chipping in (please accept my apologies in advance; I do not intend to offend anyone).

To me, hugs are very, very special. They have to come from people I really care and who really care about me... Like a partner, parent, child, sibling or a life-long friend. Or I would offer hugs to people who really matter to me.

Random hugs, even though they might work on some people, will not do it for me. I have to know that it is coming from the heart.

[B-Mental]

Well, then, I give you a direct hug Scher...or would you prefer a Kit-Kat.

[Pensive]

Not to spoil the party but I cannot pass without chipping in (please accept my apologies in advance; I do not intend to offend anyone).

To me, hugs are very, very special. They have to come from people I really care and who really care about me... Like a partner, parent, child, sibling or a life-long friend. Or I would offer hugs to people who really matter to me.

Random hugs, even though they might work on some people, will not do it for me. I have to know that it is coming from the heart.

But random kicks apparently work. So you in for kicks? :p

[Scheherazade]

or would you prefer a Kit-Kat.Now you are talking! :p
But random kicks apparently work. So you in for kicks? :p(Would you like to reconsider your question? Even withdraw it maybe?)

[Lote-Tree]

To me, hugs are very, very special. They have to come from people I really care and who really care about me...


No Good Smaritan then?



Like a partner, parent, child, sibling or a life-long friend. Or I would offer hugs to people who really matter to me.


Should we not aspire to self-lessness?



Random hugs, even though they might work on some people, will not do it for me.


Try it and may do wonders :D



I have to know that it is coming from the heart.

Compassion can be cultivated.

[Pensive]

(Would you like to reconsider your question? Even withdraw it maybe?)

Nope, I got the impression that you might want to join this anti-hugs group where you can kick everybody not your relation/very close friend trying to give you a hug. Yeeees, stupid people trying to be nice. Yeeeees, insincere people faking up sincerity. Ooohoo they deserve a pay-back, in the form of kicks. They try hugging me, means something is wrong. Yes, yes, I smell something wrong. :p



Compassion can be cultivated.

Watch out, Little-Lote, you are talking about a mod! :p

[Scheherazade]

Compassion can be cultivated.Surely, compassion is not the number one item on your list of "Things to be cultivated".

As for me, I think I am compassionate enough... when and where it is necessary.
Nope, I got the impression that you might want to join this anti-hugs group where you can kick everybody not your relation/very close friend trying to give you a hug. Yeeees, stupid people trying to be nice. Yeeeees, insincere people faking up sincerity. Ooohoo they deserve a pay-back, in the form of kicks. They try hugging me, means something is wrong. Yes, yes, I smell something wrong. :pI don't think you and I are looking at this from the same angle.

[Lote-Tree]

Surely, compassion is not the number one item on your list of "Things to be cultivated".I don't think you and I are looking at this from the same angle.

Compassion should be the number one on everyone's list of "Things to be Cultivated". It is that will save us. It is that will redeem us from ourselves :D

Even today, we have not surpassed this most crucial "Axial Age" insight of the past.

[kiz_paws]

Random hugs, even though they might work on some people, will not do it for me. I have to know that it is coming from the heart.I know what you mean, in Real Life, I am not a 'touchy-feely' type person, so I agree with your sentiment about getting/receiving hugs from those who really matter.

HOWEVER, I think that the very gesture of a hug coming from a cyber friend out there in the form of a cyber hug is really really sweet. Though not many of us have met/will meet, it is really nice to get a 'hug' from one of you guys.

So, keep 'em coming! And hugs to all from my little desk here in the Prairies. :)

[NikolaiI]

I need a hug because no one's commented on my most recent blog entry!

I put a link to it in my signature, and the only result was that someone came, saw, and rated it the blog down. :bawling:

[Scheherazade]

HOWEVER, I think that the very gesture of a hug coming from a cyber friend out there in the form of a cyber hug is really really sweet. Though not many of us have met/will meet, it is really nice to get a 'hug' from one of you guys. I understand that; however, I mostly try not to do anything on the net that I wouldn't do in real life so I am trying to stick with the same principles and ethics for my real-life and online personas.

I would like to emphasise once again that I don't mean to offend anyone with my comments; it is just that I share a different view on this whole "hugging" subject.

[kiz_paws]

I would like to emphasise once again that I don't mean to offend anyone with my comments; it is just that I share a different view on this whole "hugging" subject.
That's cool -- of course we respect your thoughts, Scher. A kit kat for you (just cuz I love chocolate and have some to spare) ... ;)

[Lote-Tree]

I would like to emphasise once again that I don't mean to offend anyone with my comments; it is just that I share a different view on this whole "hugging" subject.

Why would anyone be offended?

[kilted exile]

I am also in the anti-hug group. Growing up where I did feelings were considered things not be shown outwardly (with the possible exception of anger).As a result I dont do shows of affection etc even on-line. You will just about never see a post from me empathizing with someone's bad luck (on occassion a PM will be sent about it instead). All of this hugging stuff really just isnt me. It would be fake if I were to start doing it.

**This is also the reason I very rarely welcome new folk in the introductions section (though I do read the intro posts) I dont know after their first post whether it is particularly good that they are here - it takes time for me to make that decision**

[Lote-Tree]

I am also in the anti-hug group. Growing up where I did feelings were considered things not be shown outwardly (with the possible exception of anger).As a result I dont do shows of affection etc even on-line. You will just about never see a post from me empathizing with someone's bad luck (on occassion a PM will be sent about it instead). All of this hugging stuff really just isnt me. It would be fake if I were to start doing it.

That is just silly. I thought you trying to understand poetry of Burns? He wrote about Universal Brotherhood of Man...and you can't even hug!?

[kilted exile]

That is just silly. I thought you trying to understand poetry of Burns? He wrote about Universal Brotherhood of Man...and you can't even hug!?

No, I cant hug. It is part of growing up in a city like glasgow. Women are allowed to be sentimental but the man must be strong, a rock - no matter what his emotions are doing under the surface.

It may seem silly to you but it is reality.

[Lote-Tree]

No, I cant hug. It is part of growing up in a city like glasgow. Women are allowed to be sentimental but the man must be strong, a rock - no matter what his emotions are doing under the surface.


But but Burns! What about Burns!?

Even Burns can't bring out the emotions?

[kilted exile]

Lote, I may not be making myself clear enough. The emotions are there I just dont show them. Also there is a difference between getting stirred by something and giving someone a hug.

I just dont hug. I can make a cup of tea and sit there whilst the person gets their feelings out, or (as I have had to do on more than one occassion) sit in a bar whilst someone drinks the pain away for a night. That I can do, and because I am not a sociopath I can care about what they are going through, but I can not & will not hug.

[Scheherazade]

I find it interesting that simply because someone is prefering not to show their feelings/emotions randomly or being particular about the people they share it with, it is assumed that they are incapable of showing compassion. There are different forms of compassion; one does not need to go around delivering hugs and kisses to be caring.

Personally speaking, I do not mind giving or receiving hugs from certain people and am a very affectionate person who doesn't mind getting out of her way to help others.

*edit*

What Kilted said! :p

[Niamh]

Big Hug For B-Mental!

[Annamariah]

I love hugs, but unfortunately I'm suffering from a great huglessness (? In Finnish we have this great word "halipula", but I don't know whether English has something like that or not...) since all my friends live far away and I haven't made any new friends yet that I know well enough to dare to hug them :(

[mir]

:(!

Then I give you a big hug. I have made a wonderful friend in Finland this year (over MSN) who I talk to constantly now - if all Finnish are like you and her, I'm sure you'll find some new friends soon!

I think hugs from anybody are good. However, I'm having a big problem here that sometimes I get really down from homesickness, friendlessness, inability to talk, cultural differences resulting in fights with my host family, etc.; and I really really want a hug - but nobody really hugs in Italy. There are either the impersonal cheek-kisses, or people writing "TVB" on your stuff (basically meaning "I love you" in a friend sense), but there's not much real feeling behind those. Hugs, to me, always seem to come from the heart. Nobody has hugged me in half a year. I wish, instead of drawing "TVB" in my diary when they're bored in class, my friends or family would give me a hug instead!!

[Annamariah]

Nobody has hugged me in half a year. I wish, instead of drawing "TVB" in my diary when they're bored in class, my friends or family would give me a hug instead!!

That sounds awful! I'm feeling so lonely and sad when I don't get a hug for a few weeks, and you've been without one so long! :bawling: *hugs*

[Bakiryu]

Oh well, I haven't hugged anyone in 7 years. And I don't plan to really. it's just really hard for me to show emotion. I wasn't raised like that.
I can empathize with others well, but....eh, it's easier to wring blood from a stone that for me to actually tell what I am thinking or feeling.

I agree with kilted in some points. (look at quote below). But even though i am technically female, i'm still not allowed to break down, or cry, I have to be the strong one in my family. I'm actually more emotional here on the litnet than on the real world!

(
No, I cant hug. It is part of growing up in a city like glasgow. Women are allowed to be sentimental but the man must be strong, a rock - no matter what his emotions are doing under the surface.

It may seem silly to you but it is reality.)

[kiz_paws]

And I shall send mir a hug because he needs one. **hugs**

[ntropyincarnate]

*hug for mir*

[dramasnot6]

*bear hug for mir*

I have been having a down day...and have been home alone 12 hours a day for about a week. It really is no fun when there is no one around to give you a hug...especially when you need it.

[kiz_paws]

Well now, we can't have that, drama! Sending one ultra huge polar bear hug to you, my friend! **H U G S **

[Lote-Tree]

Oh well, I haven't hugged anyone in 7 years.


That is so terrible ;-( Human Embrace is one of the Amazing Thing in the World...to be deprive yourself of it...is such a tragedy :-(



And I don't plan to really.


A world full of living stones? I don't like that prospect at all ;-(

[mir]

Thanks you guys ^.^ I feel cheered up.

*hugs Bakiryu and Drama* I've been doing the same, Drama - no fun!! And right now my mom is really really mad at me because I managed to lock myself out of the apartment for three hours yesterday - proprio deficente . . .

*hugs self as well* self-medicating!

P.S. I is a "she", kiz :D this is the one problem with forums, you never know which pronoun to use. *hugs kiz as well because kiz is hugging everybody else*

[kiz_paws]

Oh No! How embarassing, mir ... :blush:

**offers a hug in exchange for my blunder**

[dramasnot6]

Thanks kiz and mir! :)

I did that once too mir! Our apartment complex is right next to a park, so one would think it would pretty easy to go on a walk care-free...but not so much so without forgetting your keys! :blush:

[Bakiryu]

That is so terrible ;-( Human Embrace is one of the Amazing Thing in the World...to be deprive yourself of it...is such a tragedy :-(


that's life. Besides the world is amazing enough by itself, without counting humans :alien:



A world full of living stones? I don't like that prospect at all ;-(

As long as there are people in the world, one's feelings and actions will not matter. :p

[ntropyincarnate]

As long as there are people in the world, one's feelings and actions will not matter. :p

whoa you're depressing me...:bawling:

[jon1jt]

I'm beginning to think Lote is a player. Think about it..."The Hugs Thread" ;)

[Lote-Tree]

that's life.

No it's not. Life's is wonderfully rich. Life is opposites of stones.



As long as there are people in the world, one's feelings and actions will not matter. :p

The Axial Age Philosophers would say our Actions is indeed very important. The beliefs we hold has not importance at all. It is how we behave that is important.


I'm beginning to think Lote is a player. Think about it..."The Hugs Thread" ;)

Only in the Amusing Sense ;-)

[NikolaiI]

I agree Lote. Hugs are necessary otherwise we lose love.

[Annamariah]

I've actually got several hugs this weekend, and it feels just GREAT after a month of huglessness!