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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://fatherhood.about.com/od/parentingadvice/a/love_languages.htm

Ok, my child clearly feels and hears love in a physical way:  she likes to be hugged, to sit close together, to hold hands, and such.

I am much less touchy-feely and I find myself getting really overwhelmed with both a) being touched so constantly and b) her need for this.  I know this sounds horrible, but can anyone else relate?  Are there any suggestions for how I can meet her need for getting and giving love this way, but also keep myself from feeling completely overwhelmed?  
Sometimes, by the end of a weekend, I am just so completely overwhelmed by the touch-touch-touchiness:  the holding hands, someone grabbing on to me, etc.  Again, I know this sounds so bad.  I empirically know that everyone gives and receives love in different ways, but in a real-life, day-to-day, in the trenches sort of way, I just get so drained by all of the physical contact.

Is there any other parent out there in the same type of situation?  Any other ideas than just sucking it up and giving your child the touchiness she needs?

Help?  Thank you so much.  :(  [/quote]

I am in this EXACT situation. DC and I are both autistic so I want to support him. I HATE people touching me. DH is normal and the kids go to him for hugs. They still come to me and I suffer through it so they don’t feel abandoned or whatever people that crave physical comfort feel when they don’t get it. This is a nightmare.

Xoxo (church hugs of course)[/quote]

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