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Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :

Cuddle Parties

Don't worry. It's a totally clothed event. In fact, to ensure comfort, they have a series of steps in the beginning:

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People then get in a circle on their hands and knees, rub shoulders and moo like cows.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

It's like a real-life hug thread!

Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :

Sounds like fun. Heard about something similar happening in São Paulo (Brazil's biggest city. Near Rio de Janeiro) 1 year ago or so.

[ August 10, 2004, 08:44 AM: Message edited by: Eduardo_Sauron ]

Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :

[ROFL]

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

GAH!!!

I love this!!!!

When is it coming to Detroit?
My good friend Heather is a massage therapist and this is so great I'm going to forward this to her!

*does the happy llama dance of love*

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

*glad no one has suggested this as a Kama Con event*

AJ

Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :

[ROFL]

Oh come on, Banna. It could be your crowning moment as an organizer. Just imagine thirty hatrackers mooing at your behest.

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

What if someone forgot their pajamas?
[Wink]

Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :

[Smile]

On the social-commentary side, I think this is a step forward for people to connect with each other as human beings.

Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :

You'd have bet your Leonard Cohen collection on "the happy llama dance of love"?

you, my dear lady, are a prophet...

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

I don't know AJ, Tom sounds pretty interested.

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

This also reminds me of a friend of mine who went to BYU-Idaho and told me about "kissing tag" that he and his friends had invented. I pretty much told him it was not as innocent as he claimed.

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

Actually given the ground rules of the cuddling thing I think it *could* be done innocently.

Whether it actually *is* done innocently is another question.

AJ

Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :

I wouldn't be surprised if the ones that the founder does are totally legit and follow the rules exactly. He has a great deal of motivation to keep it clean. I'm sure the 7-minute dating parties make a ton of money through licensing their name and set-up. It sounds like the founder of Cuddle Parties is hoping for the concept to catch on and sponsor licensed versions in other places.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

This is like the back rub chains that were popular in college.

[ August 10, 2004, 04:58 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]