It is weird sometimes when someone approaches you for a hug and you miss-judge the position of his or her head, thereby both of you almost getting head-on-collision with one another.

I have seen it in so many places where people make lots of mistake when trying to hug another person. Anyway, we cannot all learn something at once, somehow, someone somewhere will have to come and teach us how to do some certain things properly. Here are few steps to a perfect hugging...

1. Your first step – Intention ; It is always good to make your intention known to the person you want to hug to know that you want to hug him or her. Don't let the person you want to hug get caught off guard by just running to him or her and hug straight away. Instead, let him or her know of your intention and the right way to do this is opening up your body with your hand raised about 15 to 20cm apart. Make sure it is your right hand that goes up higher than the left hand and lean back as you do so. The other person will understand your intention and quickly response properly.

2. Position of your head ; This is where most people get it wrong. If you want to hug somebody, it is important to tilt your head to the left. I mean your
own left not the other person's left, otherwise, you might accidentally heading the same way as if you want to kiss him/her or even headbutt him/her.

3. Embracing and for how long ; If you're a man hugging your fellow man, ensure your right hand is over his shoulder as your head is moving to your left, the same thing apply to man to woman only that, the right hand should move closely to her neck and the left to support her back . Embrace firmly and
ensure she's the one that first let go, as a man if you happen to be the one that first let go, you'll be looking insecure and immature. The duration depend on how comfortable both of you feel in the hand of each other, so it varies. Ideally, one or two seconds is enough but both of you may have some other agenda that'll keep the duration as long as you both want it. To separate the boys from the men when it is men to men hugging (hey! don't think gay here), the patting makes the difference. When men hug men, they firmly pat each other's back, and the harder you pat, the more masculine you probably are.

4. Time to step back ; After the hugging, you've got to step back and you can also get it wrong here too, because the way you step back when you hug men is different from that of the women....

For women; slightly and gently release her slowly, it shows that you enjoy hugging her but respect her decision that she's done hugging you. Let your hand
linger on her arm as you pull away, showing your fondness for her and your readiness to give her the perfect hug again if she so desire...

For men; once you're done with patting, move away from him smartly, lift your hand and step backward. Don't slowly move away from him the way you slightly move away from women and never let your hands linger his, else you may leave him confuse as per your intention for hugging him....

So,there you go. Don't just hug and keep mute, say something when you hug someone. You can say something like; how you dey guy, I'm happy to see you, great to see once again, I miss you dude or miss you babe.

You should never do any of these when you hug someone; dont scratch yourself, dont cough, and dont look scared after you hug someone. It is a bad manner to do any of them...

Thank you and have a blessed week

Culled from http://iloverelationship.com/easy-steps-perfect-hugging-learn-today/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LoveAndRelationshipInLifeOfHumanity+%28Love+And+Relationship+in+Life+of+Humanity%29

The basic rule is never to hug someone for over 3 seconds, the thing will become awkward after then.

Ppl needs to read dis
Cc: lalasticlala

Uhmm

braine:
The basic rule is never to hug someone for over 3 seconds, the thing will become awkward after then.

Yea....that awkward moment.....,and the person will be like.....Guy free me na

I risk a break up if I don't kiss my lady on the fore head each time we hug...OP these rules are far too simple compared to what my lady expects...nice thread I confess tho

just hug...Hug wey I go just hug d person way I wan hug.. I never learn my mechanic job finish na how to perfect hug I go dey look...

male to male hugs are no probs

Things can get complx when its opposite sex, especially when its not a relative. Should it be a tight 'breast-to-chest' hug or simple side hug?

ClassCaptain:
just hug...Hug wey I go just hug d person way I wan hug.. I never learn my mechanic job finish na how to perfect hug I go dey look...

Lolz....just take your time and go through it, so as to avoid giving that babe a headbutt

plendil:
male to male hugs are no probs

Things can get complx when its opposite sex, especially when its not a relative. Should it be a tight 'breast-to-chest' hug or simple side hug?

When it comes to the ladies everything is complex....simple breast to chest hug would do...

PissedOffWeed:
I risk a break up if I don't kiss my lady on the fore head each time we hug...OP these rules are far too simple compared to what my lady expects...nice thread I confess tho

Thanks....your lady must be the ''too romantic'' type

Gawd!!!!!
I love hugs...............

braine:
The basic rule is never to hug someone for over 3 seconds, the thing will become awkward after then.

I beg to disagree... I like lingering my hugs especially when I'm very fond of the person.

Luckygurl:


I beg to disagree... I like lingering my hugs especially when I'm very fond of the person .

Thats the other agenda the post is talking about but on a normal note it shouldnt exceed 3 seconds

Hmmmmmm