{"id":342,"date":"2008-07-22T20:49:32","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T03:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewysz.com\/wyszdom\/?p=342"},"modified":"2008-07-22T20:49:32","modified_gmt":"2008-07-23T03:49:32","slug":"hugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/2008\/07\/hugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugs"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is my 200th entry on this blog. Exciting.<\/p>\n

Tonight, I was told that people assumed I would not like to be hugged, so let me quickly address that here on my blog, the official source of all things Wysz. I like hugs.<\/strong> They feel good. My grandfather wrote a poem about hugs, but unfortunately I don’t have a copy of it with me to share. I do not mind being hugged.<\/p>\n

I think that there are two things that may have caused people to assume that I do not like hugs:<\/p>\n

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  1. I tend not to initiate hugs, since I don’t want to risk hugging someone who does not want to be hugged.<\/li>\n
  2. I’ve probably mentioned that I think some people hug too soon\/often.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The first thing I can’t do much about. It’s just the way I am, overly cautious. But as for the second one, allow me to explain myself. Some people are overly huggy. It’s not that they hug certain people too much; it’s that they hug too many people too soon. I’ll illustrate with a few examples as guidelines for how I feel, but keep in mind that these are not explicit rules. An overly huggy person may hug in any of these situations. I’ll let you know for which ones I would feel comfortable with a hug:<\/p>\n

    Meeting someone for the first time.<\/em>
    \nI would prefer not to.
    \n<\/em><\/p>\n

    Greeting a friend who I haven’t seen in a while
    \n<\/em>Bring it on.
    \n<\/em><\/p>\n

    Greeting a non-friend<\/span> acquaintance (coworker, teacher, store clerk, friend of friend, friend of parent, etc.)<\/em>
    \nI’d really rather not. But this rule no longer applies if I consider the person to be a friend.<\/p>\n

    Saying goodbye to a friend who I won’t see for a while<\/em>
    \nLet’s hug it out.<\/p>\n

    Anytime with a really good friend or family member<\/em>
    \nSounds good to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This is my 200th entry on this blog. Exciting. Tonight, I was told that people assumed I would not like to be hugged, so let me quickly address that here on my blog, the official source of all things Wysz. I like hugs. They feel good. My grandfather wrote a poem about hugs, but unfortunately … Continue reading Hugs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}