Beautiful!!! I love it, because I also love hugs that are given sincerely and with total love. I'm a fan of hugging and showing love.
I have learnt to quash this affectionate part of myself. Somehow, I picked up that it wasn't socially acceptable to be too demonstrative in public.
This, this! It is what happened to me too, I have learned not to be as loving as I naturally am, because people are scared.
But then I understood that it's them, not me. And now I show all my love with the people I know who will receive it in the same way. For example, my mom, my best friends, and some friends. With my dad and sister the physical affection is not so much, but with facts and words we show it.
By the way, yesterday I saw a friend, and when we saw each other we wanted to hug each other, but the greeting was all strange because we did not know how hahahaha so we opened our arms something like your dad does.
Thanks for this post. HUGS ♥
There's a WHOLE new set of gestures that human beings are trying out instead of a hug - so cute! I hope you get to see and HUG your family soon! Xx