metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
Yep, very much so, thus I'm also a hugger as well largely because of the influence of my Sicilian wife.Although...in my country...women are very clingy. Really...both with men and women.
They want to express their affection by hugging friends.
BTW, the flirting can sometimes be embarrassing. A fellow staff member invited my wife & I to go to a small town in Ontario where his fiancée lived. On the 2nd evening, his fiancée came and sat on my lap, much to the chagrin of both my wife and my friend. Then she whispered that I should come outside with her and then she kissed me on the neck. I didn't respond because I didn't know what to say, plus I didn't want to create a scene. After this, I kept my distance so as to "send a message".