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When is a child too old for cuddles?

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  • MRSTITTLEMOUSE
    MRSTITTLEMOUSE Posts: 8,547 Forumite
    I've got a 36 year old and she still likes a cuddle.My 17 year old granddaughter would think it very strange if when we see her,the first and last thing we did was'nt to give her a kiss and a cuddle.
    I myself, came from parents who never kissed and cuddled their children.I promised myself that I'd never be like that and never have.
    In my opinion the answer to your question is your'e never too old for a cuddle.We all need one somedays,no matter how old we become.
  • nickj_2
    nickj_2 Posts: 7,052 Forumite
    are you ever too old for a cuddle , i must admit i can be a bit scary when an ancient approaches you with false teeth nashing away
  • SarahPaxton
    SarahPaxton Posts: 41 Forumite
    you're never too old for cuddles! cuddles should be made compulsory!
  • Pah! Children are never too old for hugs, poor child needs more hugs with a new baby on the scene
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  • Children are never too old for cuddles! You just need to follow their lead - if they want cuddles give them, if not respect their right to decide. If a child needs physical contact in the form of a cuddle, you are not meeting their psychological needs by refusing.
    It's better to beg forgiveness than ask permission.
  • eth01
    eth01 Posts: 61 Forumite
    exactly. never too old... :)
    :idea:
  • HappySad
    HappySad Posts: 2,033 Forumite
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    I agree with everyone who says that a child is NEVER to old for cuddles. Cuddles is showing your love and no one is too old to be loved.
    “…the ‘insatiability doctrine – we spend money we don’t have, on things we don’t need, to make impressions that don’t last, on people we don’t care about.” Professor Tim Jackson

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  • fluffysox
    fluffysox Posts: 1,060 Forumite
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    Never ever too old for cuddles- we all need them!!
    I'll never forget my Mum one day years ago seeing a teenage boy who lived next door but had been in trouble with his Dad and not been home for days. She marched across the field to him and opened her arms and he hugged her in front of all his supposedly "ard" mates.
    Kids need love she said- wise words;)
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    Beautiful boys born May 2011 and October 2013 :)
  • *jobags*
    *jobags* Posts: 167 Forumite
    We have huggles, lots of huggles - a cross between a hug and a cuddle and I hope we will have them 4 ever

    Wish I still had a parent to cuddle - at least just once more :cry:

    Wish I'd known that my last cuddle with my mum was going to be my last - I wouldn't have let her go

    Jo
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  • maytaurus
    maytaurus Posts: 2,115 Forumite
    You're never too old for a cuddle
    Our family age range is 13 yrs ---- 83 yrs
    and we still ALL have cuddles !!
    and the pets don't get left out either !!

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    The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane[FONT=&quot] —[FONT=&quot] Marcus Aurelius[/FONT][/FONT]
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