It seems odd to me, well “odd” in the sense that I can see the appeal but I’m another non-touchy-feely (except within a sexual relationship) person. Perhaps I should get a dog to cuddle., stress relief for the use of. 
I had a friend in HS that wasn’t a “snuggler” but we did shower together. We also uhh, how do I say this? *Groomed * each other. Intimately.
I sure do wish I had a close friend that I could do that with now. I grew out of it, but damn, it sure is hard to shave certain places by yourself!
I think you just move on and when you meet someone at 25 or 30 it’s a lot harder to get to that comfort level again - you lose they shyness, but you do get the worries of “Am I being too much/too forward?” “How bad are my stretch marks and rolls compared to hers?”
Just an observation:
In Korea, women commonly hold hands, not just in grade school, but through their 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s etc. It’s never thought of in terms like homosexual/heterosexual.
I have been recently playing in a band (in seoul) that has 4 rather beautiful female singers. It’s not unusual for them to spend a night talking, grooming, and then all sleeping in a bed together.
Yes, I had some fantasy about this, but upon attending one of their night sessions, I found myself utterly bored as they talked about their family, hair, music style etc.
But that’s only because you were there 
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From my experience of working in a boarding school, I’ve discovered that teenage girls are all over each other in the most… um… uninhibited fashion, at any given time of day or (I presume) night. It seems to be entirely affectionate and without sexual intent, but it can be distinctly disconcerting to have a pillow fight turn into a wrestling match between four or five 16-year-old girls, in the middle of the sitting room.
At the risk of sounding like an anthropological report, the following behaviour patterns seem to be common:
Hugging
Snuggling
Grooming (hair, face)
Stroking, caressing (non-sexual, again)
Kissing (not mouth-on-mouth)
Sleeping on each others’ laps, legs, arms, stomachs, backs.
It’s not uncommon in winter to find piles of students huddled on the cushions in front of the fire, lying around chatting.
So I’d say that at that age in the UK, between close friends, there’s a lot of physical contact between female friends. I’m not sure how it affects other relationships, and I’m not about to ask, so I’m going to let that part of the question pass.
I hug my female friends, sometimes we’ll kiss on the cheek. I’ve also shared beds with them, but no snuggling. We may cuddle up on the sofa or stroke hair, but that’s usually only if someone is upset. Groping breasts is not unknown either, put it’s only in a playful way.
The only time a new partner has been an issue was when the new girlfriend was jealous of me, and told him to stop spending time with me. It’s never been an issue with my female friends.
As the OP of the thread this OP was referring to, I didn’t meant snuggling in the spooning sense. But say, curling up and laying against someone like a cat would do is rather awkward when said someone has a boyfriend with an arm around her and is holding hands with him.
I’ve never done the shower thing with my friends - they are almost all not touchy feely at all. They’ve just learned to put up with me. 
Guys are physical through sex, but as all guys know, girls need physical affection outside of sex. For those of us who don’t have significant others to get that affection from, we get it from those close to us - our friends. Guys will masturbate while single, girls will cuddle.
Speak for yourself!
What? Are you suggesting that guys don’t masturbate?
As this thread evidences, that is not really true. You might want to check the size of that brush you’re painting all women with.
And the one you’re brushing men with. I need affection outside of sex, too. Does that make me a woman?
Yes, I decided to generalize about the opposite sex while chastising someone for generalizing about mine. 
lezlers and Misnomer both posting in the same thread…A thread about cuddling, no less!
Be still my throbbing,uh, heart.
You smooth-talker, you!