That's the way to be.
<<is cold to huggers who I don't know.
I was upset when a stranger say a waitress called me Honey or Hun. Got a bit techie when called Dear by strangers.
Then when I went into Nursing I found myself doing the same toward the patients. Progression, I soon found myself hugging and perhaps holding the hand of a patient, for me this was very odd.
People I have found crave the human touch, the hand shake, the pat on the back, or a pat on the head. A stranger lending their arm to help someone go down stairs or cross a street.
Comes down to human contact, we know how important this is to baby's and children, but we over look the Adult need for this.
Hugging is a communication from one human to another that they are valued and excepted, part of the Wolfe pack one can say.
I never held hands in public with anyone but my kids until when I met my Hubby. He insisted on it and I felt foolish, two middle aged people holding hands in any public place. He upped it a notch at work, as he started work half an hour before me he would come over give me a kiss and tell me to be careful. After 20 years the other workers got use to this ritual he had made. If I had the day off my coworkers both men and woman would blow kisses at him, it was a hoot for any new worker to watch. WTF ?????