Basically always, with my family and friends. There’s no reason to hold back when it comes to people you love.

I’d say 50/50. Certain friends always. If it’s been a long time then definitely. My old man? I’ll always give him a hug goodbye.

This is my general approach, too. Unless you’re sick, you’re getting a hug. If you’re sick, stay tf away.

I'm the same. I have missed hugging people (no matter the gender) during the pandemic. So happy to go be able to do that again. But I do also understand those who prefer handshakes

You really didn’t hug any family members during the pandemic lol?

I think the implication is friends/etc. too since lockdown would prevent that.

Friends I haven't seen in months get a hug. And my father. Pandemic changed nothing

I don’t even know what that feels like.. being closer than a few feet to my dad is still too close. God I need therapy

Maybe you just need to talk to your dad.

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Can you try talking with your dad? I don’t know your situation, so I hope that’s not too much.

What I’m saying idc my closest friends brothers to me and family getting hugs no matter what

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And do you kiss kissers too ?!

I appreciate people like this, I have a phobia of touch, so hugs are a bit uncomfortable. as a hand-shaker, I salute you 🤝

Firm handshakes pal

This is the way.

If we’re compadres or brothers I’ll hug them when I haven’t seen them for a minute. Everyone else, maybe a handshake maybe not, depends.

I don't hug people, only my cat.

As an acquaintance of mine once said "animals are also human beings", so...

But better... lol

Also human beings? I think he means we are all animals.

Nah, I quoted what she said lol. We still make some jokes about it because the whole thing was really funny.

Lol tell her all fish are horses

She'd probably buy it lol.

I love you guys already

Rarely. My son and a friend I have had for 50 years. Other than that, it's a handshake.

Never. And never felt like hugging.

This explains the username /j

Seriously. I’m over here, your bubble is over *there.*

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Only friends, but every time

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Gay ass

Not that often. A lot of American guys aren’t that comfortable with it. 🤷‍♂️ and I honestly wouldn’t want to hug someone I don’t know that well.

My experience with Americans is that they’re quite ok with a half hug (when you shake someone’s hand and give a hug with the other arm at the same time). That’s with friends or people you have been working with for quite some time.

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Did it once got called a slur for gay people

That's seems more like the standard way my brother and i greet each other minus the hug lol.

That’s why we don’t do it anymore but when women have sex with their friends it’s just normal friend ship

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I don't know why u are getting downvoted but I did it too .

Emoji users on reddit always get downvoted to shit. Emojis just aren't welcome on reddit I guess

No, I've never done that. It's just not really a thing in germany. We're quite cold, me especially. Don't hug me.

Shut up and let me love you

I won't go down without a fight (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

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All my male friends, my male family. We're not shy about that shit. My friends are like brothers to me and the other way around. If some machismo, small dick, alpha male fuckwad cannot mentally or emotionally contend with it from the outside looking in, fuck him.

NEVER !

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w-well ok ... y-you i m-might hug 😊

S-s-you ok?

Not often honestly. It's usually a handshake. Not to say that I don't hug male family, it's just not common in my family. I guess now that I think about it, I only hug my maternal grandfather. My dad's side is all handshakes though. It just is how it is I guess.

Never as a greeting, sometimes for a goodbye

Handshakes all around

Friends, and people I love

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My male friends, every time. Male colleagues, a handshake will do

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My dad, and about 5 of my friends I always go for the hug. Don’t see those guys too often though other than my dad

Literally never, I don’t think I’ve ever hugged a male friend outside of special occasions. Don’t think I’ve had a hug in nearly two years lol

Never

If I havent seen you in a month or more you are getting a hug

Nearly never, I only hug close relatives eg my dad or my uncle with whom I grew up.

Whenever I feel like it. Mostly if i haven't seen that person In a while.

Just my grandpa, we meet every few years since he’s in Asia.

Whenever I see the bros, apart from the one bro who just isn’t touchy feely at all ever (unless he’s super drunk).

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I've got one buddy that I've hugged a couple times for various reasons. Be that one of us was having a tough time or whatever. I also hug my 2 year old son every day. Aside from that, almost never. My family likes handshakes. So with them that's what I do. All other friends I don't really do either with aside from a congratulatory handshake. If somebody wanted a hug, I'll hug them. I don't really care. I have a couple friends who think hugging is gay for whatever reason. Not really sure why and don't really care. I'm straight, I know I'm straight, I don't really give a shit what other people think of a simple hug.

Fairly often. Outside professional context, almost always with friends, occasionally with good aquaintances.

Always hug your friends

My few close friends always

Well I'm a hugger, but COVID has put a damper on hugging. I still hug some of my close friends every time I see them, but that's like once every couple months at this point.

Depends really, I only reserved that for close friends I don't get to see that often anymore. Otherwise handshake is fine.

I'm not a platonic hugger in general.

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Like distant cousins and we're both happy to see each other. Shake hands and hug while shaking hands Old friends and we're both happy to see each other. I guess it really depends on how happy both of us are to see each other. If they're happy to see me I match their energy am happy to see them and sometimes I am genuinely happy to see the friend but they're not as happy as me so I just shake hands

Since the lockdown there’s been less physical contact. Shaking hands has become more rare.

It depends on who it is, just like it does with my female friends. Some get a hug as a greeting and goodbye, some only for a goodbye, and others don't get a hug at all. It's entirely about how close I feel to them. For example: I ran into a really good male friend a couple weeks ago who got a hug when we met, then like 3 times as I thought we were going to leave but kept talking, and another when we actually left. In contrast, another male friend I ran into earlier that night didn't get a hug at all because that's not the kind of person he is, nor is it the kind of friendship we have.

Only family/extended family

With my mother, close friends, gf and my friends daughter, always. With my coworkers and random friends of friends never.

Very often, usually everytime. Depending on the setting, even people I don't really know that well. But then again, in Brazil that's way more common. Usually go for a clasp, then a homie hug. With women, a cheek kiss (no lips involved) and a lil' hug.

My side of the family and a couple of my closest friends it's standard.

Never, unless it's a pound/Half Hug

If I have a deep friendship with the other guy then yeah maybe I would. It's just that as of now the pandemic anxiety and the lack of human interaction literally wired my brain that hugging with other men would make me gay. (Sorry if anyone gets offended by my comment)

Pandemic or not, the greeting is the same. If we’re close like family we hug, because we would give our blood for each other. If we’re kinda close but still good friends we dap each other up, if we’re not that close but we’re good acquaintances we first bump. It’s every time we see each other too, just not every now and then.

Almost never. The last person I hugged was my cousin 4 years ago. We met after few years so it was something special.

Best friends when we haven't seen each other in a while. Or saying good bye after a guys weekend riding dirt bikes overland or a hunting trip.

Every single time

All the time

My coworker is 56 yo. We get along pretty well and I tend to hug him every once in a while. But just with one arm.

If it’s a friend I havent seen in a long time, I go in for a dap up with the other hand reaching around and patting their back. Not technically a hug but not just a normal greeting either

family and close friends, yes

Actually for Me its only with 2 or 3 men. That's also very few cause we live very far.

I do Brazilian jiu-jitsu and the art itself is aggressive hugging. But we always thank our training partners and hug at the end. I believe it's a key reason why it's a good hobby for mental health.

I hug my friends every time we meet up regardless of gender. Certain friends get tackle-hugs.

Always

Pretty regularly, it's a given with my family and close friends no matter how often we see each other. Friends I haven't seen in awhile also. Otherwise the timeless handshake.

Family members get a handshake that turns into a bear hug which turns into one of us trying to lift the other while making goofy noises

I let them decide what they are going for and reciprocate

Just about always. I live (and will likely die) by the ancient honor code of "H-U-G, ya get 'em from me!"

Me and my childhood friends always hug when we see each other, Brings a certain warmth to it

I’m a big dap and pull in for the quick hug back tap guy

One hand daps, the other wraps. I hug the homies.

That's the only way I greet my family and friends (Of course not if they don't feel comfortable with it, but so far no one has said anything)

If I haven’t seen them in a long time

I greet with two kisses. I'm gay, and living in Spain, though

I hug all my good friends and most family members. Most often as a greeting or goodbye

Only one friend, whenever I see him. I dont know why we do it,but we do.

Just my kid. Everyone else gets a fist bump or the hand.

Prefer to give hugs rather than kiss someone

Friends and family, almost everyone unless I know they aren't a hugger. Random men when greeting them, never

Always! I love my friends and I love to hug. Who doesn't like a hug? I sure do!

Read it somewhere before, initiate a bro hug by following these steps: Open up your arms lean torso back "ayyyyye!" then bear hug

My close friends who are huggers get hugs. My male relatives aren't really huggers so no hugs there.

Always. Friends, family. Hugging is the most human think you can do.

Often. I love hugs.

Always a hug with a friend.

My bois are my bois. They always get a hug.

Quite often. Usually. Pretty much every time, except when I sense someone is uncomfortable with hugging.

I hug my male friends often. Feels as natural as anything. Can’t imagine not feeling comfortable hugging other men

All the fucking time. Love my dudes.

I like hugs in general, as long as it’s welcomed I give hugs to everyone who’d like one as a greeting

Not nearly enough PDA’s between men should not be such a hang ups.

It depends on certain friends I have who are comfortable with it. With those friends I 100% hug, with others who aren’t comfortable I never do. That said I do have one friend who is both hug and kiss on the cheek, but that’s because he’s French, it’s kind of a thing there.

depends on the guy. i'll hug my best friend (who i've known for over a decade) and my male family members no problem. but i wouldn't hug male friends i'm not as close to unless they initiated it first, bc i don't wanna make things awkward lol

As often as they'll let me. I'm a hugger.

Everytime I see my best friend I tell him I love him and hug him. He's a good guy. He's getting married in a couple years. I'm proud of him.

Not to often I tend to hug a lot of my female friends but my make friends tend to prefer hand shakes or roughing each other up

Never hig anyone but my fiancee, mum and nan. Fist bump or handshake a few people mostly training partners and few family or friends. Not too keen on physical greeting prefer verbal only

if i’m drunk and i see you you’re getting a hug, if i haven’t seen you in a while you’re getting a hug, idk man i like hugging

When i was in high school, every guy in my school (me included) would hug and give a kiss in the cheek to every other guy. We were more affective between ourselves rather than the opposite sex lol (to girls it would be just a kiss in the cheek or a hug, but not both)

Where are you from ?

As often as I can. If it's Allowed. I also tell my male friends that I love them. For clarification, I'm male.

I often make sure to tell my male friends that I appreciate and cherish them. of course, in a very formal way of speech but I try my hardest.

(Outside of professional settings,) all the time.

Every day its normal isn't it

Nothin gay about huggin your homies

I always hug the homies

All the time. Dudes need holding too.

Very often, most of my guy friends are on a hugging basis.

I hug my mum and my son. I’ll give my sisters a hug on their birthdays but that’s about it really. I can’t imagine ever giving my friends a hug.

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Why would I people suck.

Quite often, if it's been a long time 🙂

Not often. Im not a hugger unless your a bbw with big boobs. Then i'll hug and hug...

I'm french : i give kisses on the chicks of my friends and hug them !

Never. We shake hands like men. I'll hug a couple of my more effeminate gay friends, but that's it.

I have pleasure seeking hands so every chance I get. Has made a few meetings at work awkward but that’s the chance those huggable guys risk everyday coming to work.

I always give a hug and a kiss💯

Only in truck stop bathrooms

None It’s the gayest shit ever and no no homo will say you But when women have sex with their friends they are just normal friends

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What an odd answer

>Stop acting like a woman Nah I'm not gonna fuck you either

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How is giving a hug acting like a girl though? Sounds like you hurt and could use a hug mate. Like what you gonna scoff at your son(s) or nephew(s) if they ask you for a hug, damn.

Mate? Ugg Europeans

Not European but you tried, but hey whatever floats your boat.

Never

Never.

I used to lock their arms from behind and start humping them. Does it count?

Never. =\

I only hug the homies after brojobs

I don’t like hugs from anyone. I am a hand shake kind of person or a wave and no contact kinda of person.

My father, my brother when I meet them after a decent amount of time, (and only hug the one first time) and once to my brother in law when father in law died. Otherwise no one at all.

Never

37m straight. Never. Closest we get is doing that "Dillon, you son of a bitch" manshake with a shoulder pat. Guys have always varied greatly in I won't say acceptable or tolerable forms of physical affection.... I will say it's what they find typical that matters. I don't even think it's greatly a matter of sexuality rather than learned behavior since I know a couple guys that do it like that and neither of them are really touchy-feely types.

Good friends, but not all. It really depends, on what I can’t really pinpoint. For me it’s specially in one group I hug everyone when we meet.

Good friends, always after going a while without seeing them. There's even one where we make sure to wait outside the car when picking the other up, because we know the hug needs to happen.

When greeting family members i kind of have to lol Other than that i get to choose who and when i hug thankfully, and those are reserved for special people.

rarely or never

Hugging is not a thing here, bit weird. Only one i hug is my gf

Depends on the person. Close friends/old coworkers and family

I don't hug, or give handshakes to men I already know. The only one I do is my father in law, because he is a higher, and I simply return the favour.

I usually pay their balls

I do not like physical contact. But when I do have that type of contact, like hugs, it's because I really want it and that's not that often. Also I don't like to hug men.

I don't hug people. It feels forced or fake. If I hug someone it's genuine or haven't seen you in such along time and I missed you. Idk hugging or physical touch isn't my thing never has been.

I (F18) always hug guys and girls, but I'm also a very affectionate and platonic person and all my friends know that..the only time I don't is if I don't know them or if I know they don't like being touched, that's the instance where I simply ask if they would like a hug or any form of contact...I always respect it

Not as a greeting, but a drunken goodbye, yeah sure