First Time Cuddle Party

It's really light-hearted, love it!

cuddlingus!

excuse me but, do u mind if i suck your toes?

...ahh, California...the very frontierland of WTF ;)

I'm glad these gatherings exist. I think a lot of single people have problems because of lack of touch. My mom's a massage therapist, and she deals with people every day who are nervous about being touched.

I'd be weirded out if the host of the cuddle party met me with a little tank top and no bra, though.

There needs to be more physical contact in society, too many people are hypersensitive about being touched by strangers. I think the australian radio program on sexism I was listening to talked about a guy who is always happy go lucky "I pat you on the back" kind of guy was fired for sexual harassment for giving a girl a friendly pat like he would anyone else.

We really don't have enough trust in ourselves or those around us. It's a wonder we expect anyone to save anyone during a disaster for fear they're taking advantage of the injured.....

It was a great film though. I hope to see more like it. ^_^

3hours of non-sexual touching. its either football or a massage :D

bunch of hippies ....hahahahahaa

This was a great pod. It's nice to know people who enjoy cuddling still exist! It's encouraging in that a world of text messages, e-mails, Internet forums, social network websites, interactive video games, online dating programs, meaningless hookups and reality TV... there are still some people out there keeping the sacred art of human touch alive. It's a form of communication that is becoming frighteningly obsolete... enough where you have to form or join a club in order to find that sort of interaction.

Three hours of "non-sexual touching" will eventually lead to some sort of sexual touching, in my opinion. Sounds like three hours of foreplay to me!

There is no such thing as "non sexual touching". Come here, let me prove it...

for most people touch is intertwined with sex, so this was refreshing, but at the same time, i would be extremely nervous too.

At first I thought: Wow, this /smoking/ hottie
is thinking about going to this cuddle party.

But No. She's a producer for the people taping
the segment being used as a guinea pig.

Creepiest moment: the dude with the
"scented herbs" in his rag. In reality, it probably
is scented with ... chloroform! (Watch out Tania!
Oh, too late.)

I want to cuddle with Tania!

This is three hours of hard-core fore play! After these gatherings someone is bound to stay after and "do it like they do it on the discovery channel"...Great for failing marriages however!

not really my scene but i wouldn't mind trying it. they seemed to have fun

Do you get kicked out at first sign of wood?

Ha ha I agree with petzl. Who ever heard of a scented rag. There's no such thing. Now I'm going to have to find out if they truly exist.

Awwwww!!!!! i wanna cuddleparty lol

I want one!!!! I think that is an awesome idea for peace on earth.

This video is supposed to debut on Current TV at 8pm Pacific Time, 11pm Eastern on December 2. After you watch it, check out cuddleparty.com to find out if there are cuddle parties happening in your city. Personally, I love them! Thanks for commenting and vote this up.

Good pod, Julie. Next time, let's find out if Tania or someone else get into a relationship with someone they met at a cuddle party.

Very good Julie_Soller. I'd point out that "cuddle party" first timer Tania is mistaken about just what it is "empowering" her, that her explanation is a "rationalization" not fact. I'd guarantee that she has long been touch deprived whether she'd admit it, realizes, is aware of it or not.

In fact, it was being "touched" in an environment and a circumstance her self-imposed notions of appropriate behavior (those lessons interpreted by her learned largely by example and unstated rules of conduct from family and society) were suspended sufficiently to allow her to enjoy the experience. Not fully, not enough to openly admit (perhaps to herself even) validating, nurturing, affectionate human contact (even with strangers) beyond (her definition of) normal American conventions is "empowering," life enhancing and validating.

Those deprived adequate touch, unable to ask for what they have been deprived, don't know and probably aren't very comfortable with, like so many adolescents (and adults alike) resort to the most extreme or intimate form of human contact, sexual relations prematurely in an effort to fulfill their need(s), or a situation such as [Sephroe] spoke of occurs.

Along those lines, our society criminalizes boys over 18 years of age for example, who find it easier to feel close to and intimacy, to experience that life enhancing, nurturing "empowerment" from a girl under 18 years old (than his own age group) who seek the same nurturing, affection and "empowerment." Rather than realizing such a circumstance for what it is, the needs of such unfortunate boys (and girls) are criminalized, then they are labeled "sexual predators."

Those prosecutors and legislators who enforce and write such laws are no different than Tania in their lack of self-understanding and awareness as a result of their own developmental deficiencies (and / or personal ambition by playing to the ignorance and lack of self-awareness of the population at large) - resulting from a deprivation of affection, nurturing, life enhancing human contact.

A person deprived a basic need when confronted with it (in this case physical contact), all too often rejects the contact as an affront due to the negative emotions associated with it - as a result of the deprivation. The drive for sex or "preservation of the species" helps to break those barriers allowing the human race to survive.

I say all this because it is compassion and understanding we must strive for foremost with our fellow human beings in pursuit of a healthier society.

I'm not picking on Tania, really. She just presented a great opportunity for me to illustrate my point. A hug for Tania if she verbalizes a "Yes."

Wow that sounds like such a fun idea! For all those that need a little lovin' or who haven't gotten the attention they needed it would be a great place to meet people. When I end a relationship or feel I am having a crisis it always helps to get the attention from friends or just to have the unexpected attention from those around me. A cuddle party appears to be a great place to meet people and for all the reasons everyone needs compassion it can be obtained here.