MrFriendly

I've always found it interesting the looks I get when I hug my friends. My male friends that is. And interesting is the amount of people that assume we're gay, or that there's something going on.

But I don't hug just any one. These are all close friends, with whom I've been through a lot with. We've all seen each other at our very best, and at our very worst. The only real way I can describe how close I am to some of these people is that we love each other. Not in any erotic way, but in the sense that these are people I've shared some extraordinary experiences with, and they are the very proof of my being, the very evidence that at one point in this earths history, I existed, I walked the earth, and I was who I am. These are people I've chosen to give a great amount of time, energy, and emotional pain to.

As an acknowledgment of our past, as sign of our friendship, we hug.

We live in the 21st century now, the barriers and hang ups of old really have no place any more. I feel males should start to embrace the chance to show their mates a more feminine side, without being so insecure about their own sexuality. We hug our family, we hug our SO, why then, should blokes not be able to hug each other?

Those hang ups have no place in my life, and damn it, if you're someone I hold dear, you're getting a damn hug.

So what about you other guys here, do you hug your male friends, do you ever show signs of physical affection, do you ever let them know how much they mean to you, as a mate, and as a friend?

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