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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Try hugs and hugging. Not too long after a conversation begins, hug the person. The hug doesn't have to be "about" anything. It's a great way to connect with people. If it feels right you just say... I want us to be friends, how would you like that?  #empath [/quote]

Um. No. That’s super creepy.[/quote]

Hugging is not mugging. Friendships are fun. When you say "I want us to be friends, how would you like that?" you are inviting them to join in the fun. [/quote]

I agree with PP.  I’d be really uncomfortable if someone I’d just started to talk with was hugging me and talking about being friends.  I’d be happy to get to know her and be her friend, but it’s a gradual process that can’t be shortcutted. Hugs are for family and a few friends who I’m emotionally connected.  Most of my friends I’ll probably never hug.  The physical contact of a hug with someone you’re emotionally connected to is great, without the connection, it would feel like a mugging.[/quote]

If OP is not comfortable with hugging on a just-because basis, she could try a hug rug. It’s a small portable rug, even a beach towel can work, that you put on the floor anytime you’re around potential new friends. If they step on it, you give them a hug and say, in an inside voice, I’d Like For Us To Be Friends, How Would You Like That?[/quote]

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