And this explains why we live in a society where the dominant males all have large harems and many of the considerably less dominant males have none. Wait a minute … that’s Saudi Arabia, not the U.S.! We’re basically monogamous. Well, so much for that theory… but thanks for playing!
I don’t follow links from my work computer, no.
It’s still pretty damned weird and based on the rules there, I don’t see the point to it and wouldn’t attend one.
You know, I’ve always felt that you can’t go wrong with an explicit “no dry humping” rule. That’s why we put it on our wedding invitations, under the directions to the reception hall. Better safe than sorry, I always say.
Those jets are flying low today, aren’t they?
I just thought this was worth repeating…NERF SEX! NERF SEX! NERF SEX!
Haw haw haw! 
Interesting that you should feel that way. I have always found it desirable to encourage dry humping over wet humping in a public situation like a wedding reception. One hopes you at least provided your guests with warmed, pre-moistened towelettes for a quick post-coital clean-up. To do otherwise would be a major faux pas.
And it’s one more thing you can put “Steve and Nancy Covington, April 3, 2004” on!
Yay!
Yet another indication of the continuing pussification of America. What the hell is wrong with kids these days? I do think that these parties are mostly innocent and free of sex. That’s part of what’s disturbing here.
Like others pointed out, it’s odd that people would seek out this false affection and sham intimacy with people they don’t know. That’s part of what creeped me out about church groups too. I don’t like people pretending to be my friends when we have no real emotional connection. I don’t mind cuddling with friends or people I feel some kind of attraction or emotional connection to, I do mind cuddling with strangers and people who I don’t want to get to know better.
While I did attend some get-togethers that ended up being cuddle-fests, that was a natural outgrowth of the situation. We were good friends, we liked each other, and we hung out enough to be comfortable cuddling. It wasn’t about sex because we weren’t necessarily interested in each other that way, but we had emotional ties to each other. You have a movie showing with good friends who aren’t uptight and you get people using each other as pillows, snuggled up under blankets, and the like. Very few of us who weren’t already together ended up pairing off, as I recall. I do remember some inadvertent boners, but that happened even if it wasn’t someone I was attracted to and didn’t want to do anything with. Little guy has got a mind of his own.
In college, there were a couple of friendly parties --mostly movie marathons-- that ended up being a lot of cuddling, along with a little bit of wandering hands. Some people paired up, others didn’t. Some guys used them as an excuse to meet girls, others just went for the fun of hanging out. My motives were both. If I met someone, fine, if not then I at least got to hang out and get to know people. Yes, sex was an undercurrent, but it wasn’t overt.
I’ve heard of porn parties, on the other hand, where the whole idea was to watch porn, masturbate or be masturbated, and maybe more. I never went to one of those, though at least one gathering with a group of mostly gay friends turned into that. On the other hand, none of us went there with the express purpose of doing that either, or I wouldn’t have gone.
It doesn’t have to be about sex though, and it looks like these aren’t. I just can’t imagine any normal adult going to a party where “affection” is facilitated, mediated, sanitized, and completely non-spontaneous. My reaction: BLEGH!. Either hang out with friends and get your cuddle on or have some real fun and throw an orgy. This infantile bull$#!† is ridiculous.
Yer funny!
Gah. This is just…weird. Cuddling should not require a damn itinerary. I say that if you want to be friendly and affectionate, be friendly and affectionate. Creating a heavily-regulated event over human contact really seems to defeat the purpose.
Me, I’d much rather go for a “just let it flow” party. Get together with a whole bunch of friends an acquaintances in a peaceful, romantic setting. Spend some time doing fun stuff…talking, watching a big game on TV, playing piano, reading, whatever. No rude or disruptive behavior, but other than that, anything is off limits. Maybe have drinks go around every once in a while, not enough to get anyone plastered, but definitely enough to lower inhibitions. Then when it gets later, everyone retires to one of several nice, quiet dark rooms. And if anyone just wants to cuddle at that point, well, knock yourselves out. 
If I were already getting sex on a semi-regular basis with a girlfriend or whatever, I might be down for some cuddle party action on the side. But as things are now, that sort of thing would just give me a lot of frustration with no reward other than a terrible case of “blue balls”… :dubious: