Professional Cuddlers

There is a business for everything these days, some of them strange. Here in Portland we have a "Cuddler" business. That's as in cuddling with your sweetie.  Samantha Hess, is Portland’s 29-year-old cuddling professional, and I think this is all well and good for people who want the female version of cuddling. Samantha charges $60 an hour to cozy up to men and women of all stripes and ages.  I guess some people are lonely and need a cuddle or maybe they have a cuddle fetish.  Then cuddling is nice for calming one down.
I understand, it is easy for some to poke fun and mock cuddling. Though I would never use such a service myself,  in the age of people working more and more remote to office settings, spending large amounts of time in front of their addictive media ( cell phones, gaming, social media, TV, etc.) and not being able to take time for personal relationships for one reason or another, it is not hard to understand that people are needing that human contact and some are willing to pay for it.  Uh, Samantha's service is a no sex one. This is not one of those escort business.

The need for intimacy is as, if not more, important for some people than sexual arousal. Intimacy, feeling loved and the need for human connection don't have to be tied in with sex. We get intimacy from our family and friends as well as our partners.  People who need a lot of extra intimacy must be the ones to pay for a cuddler.  According to Samantha  she's had dozens of clients so far. They are mostly male, mostly 30 and over and often divorced or in-between relationships. She also attracts clients who suffer from depression. She meets all of her new clients at a neutral location to make sure they understand her services involve only platonic sessions.
Hmmmm This all seems a little odd to me but it got me to thinking, and I suspect there are not many men cuddler business. Who wants to coddle with a smelly hairy pig?

Women  are sweet and tender, they exude compassion and warmth and smell nice. But men! I envision the first male cuddler and he would probably come over to your house, drink all your beer, lie down beside you and fall asleep watching football, snoring loudly while emanating other various bodily noises. Later he'll even get up, go to the bathroom, and leave the toilet seat up when done....or pee all over the floor since we men always miss the target when peeing. And, for just a little bit extra, a male cuddler  will go to the kitchen, open the refrigerator and stand there with the door open, hollering, “Honey, where’s the pizza???”

Hey! Being a cuddler might not be such a bad way to make a living.