A New York couple is offering 45-minute cuddle sessions for ‘touch deprived’ strangers, and I can’t foresee one single way this could go awry.
Noelia Bonilla and Charlie Amadiz started The Ideal Cuddle , a confidential cuddling service to help improve people’s well-being and create a safe environment to lessen the loneliness and frustration that build up during the day.
Bonilla explains further,
“As an adult, having the arms of a man or someone else comfort you without the pressure to take it to the next level of intimacy is not something that exists in our day and age. We’re both really focused and concentrated on spreading this kind of platonic love. People need that comfort in New York. Since we’re so busy on the day to day, I’m sure people are touch-deprived.”
The couple markets their service through flyers which they disperse through New York City and the surrounding areas.
Here are some of the requirements and recommendations:
- A meet-and-greet at a public location is required pre-cuddle to break the ice
- The cuddling is never allowed to cross the line and become sexual (Ok, I’m out). Each session is videotaped to prevent such occurrences.
- Potential customers fill out a questionnaire detailing his or her “ideal cuddle”
- No nudity or partial nudity
- Clean clothes and fresh breath preferred
The couple has had 10 sessions since launching in February, the majority are women in their late 30’s and men in their late 20’s.
The pair also offers a “double cuddle” where they sandwich their client and the second hand awkwardness just thinking about it is making me sweat.
Ok, half of me wants to place these lunatics in a nuthouse and the other half makes me thankful for their existence. I can’t tell you how many arguments have spurred from my lack of interest in cuddling. I’m an affectionate guy but cuddling is just a selfish thing to ask of your partner. It’s like “hey, I’m going to find a position I feel most comfortable in, and you’re going to have to form your body around mine, regardless of your preference, and hope that the heat generated between us doesn’t make you sweat through the sheets. K THANKS!” Not to mention, the time it’s most requested is after sex and it’s like “Jesus, I already wiped my semen off your back and now you’re giving me another chore?”
Thank God those days are over, now it’s The Ideal Cuddle‘s cross to bear.
Pick you up in an hour, honey!
[H/T DNA Info]