# So has anyone here ever attended a "cuddle party"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2009, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-anyone-here-ever-attended-a-cuddle-party/503205 "2009-07-16T10:19:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 31
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-anyone-here-ever-attended-a-cuddle-party/503205/31 "2009-07-16T21:07:08Z")
Good post from the other thread: > [@What are your thoughts on cuddle parties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-cuddle-parties/374480/56): > > Cuddle parties (and many furries) strike me as an infantilization of that ritual. Rather than working through normal methods of socialization that lead to emotional and physical intimacy, they try to construct environments in which only nonthreatening contact occurs. It seems like people who go to a cuddle party are either emotionally unwilling to deal with real intimacy or are planning to disregard the “rules.” I’m sure not everyone is emotionally stunted or dishonest, but that’s the impression I get. I think that sums up nicely what I find creepy about it, especially the feeling that most people there are being dishonest about what they really want. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-anyone-here-ever-attended-a-cuddle-party/503205)._