Please Touch Me
I admit it, I don't like to be touched. At least by strangers! But a whole new industry has developed to do just that. Cuddle. And spoon. It's turning out that we don't touch much anymore. But people need it and this whole new profession has sprung up -- they're called, naturally enough, " cuddlers " -- who claim to bring peace and contentment to others, for a price. No, it's not what you're thinking. Clothes are on and there is no sex involved, just two people, a man and a woman, or a woman and a woman (don't think they've done the man and man thing yet), and the cuddler puts his arms around the customer and for 60 minutes (and 60 bucks), they lie that way, on a bed, spooning or just cuddling, for an hour. Or you can do it standing up, with hugs. There are even " cuddling therapists ," as I saw on CBS Sunday Morning yesterday. It is a little odd to watch, but there they were, a man with his arms wrapped around a woman, ...