What is friend-only hugs?

Question

between male and female, when do a friend-only hug, should their chest touch each other? or just shoulders and arms touch. We don't hug opposite gender in my country. now I'm in Canada, want to know an appropriate way of hugging.

Answer 1

ive always seen it as the closer ur hips/torsos are to each other, the closer u are romantically. so stay away from that if ure just friends. but when it comes to the chest its okay if they touch each other. it usually does when u have ur arms around them and ur chin almost on their shoulder. i think thats a true friend hug. the kind that makes u feel good afterwards. =] when its close and tight at the upper part.  

Answer 2

I admit I am in America but hey! I can help. I agree with the person above me but i would also like to point out that sometimes it gets awkward when you are cheek to cheek so REALLY try to avoid that. You may think it sounds silly but if you do it you will probably regret it!

Answer 3

How about you stop worrying so much about a hug? A hug can be really meaningless. You're not really suppose to think about it.  

Answer 4

the one arm with shoulder thing works. but honestly if your friends then no matter how you hug your friend will take it as a friendly hug. well as long as your hands aren't getting side tracked to other areas  other then the back  

Answer 5

This is how i hug..

Friends Male or female - Shoulder Arm hug

I only hug them on the chest if theyre like family or something.

It depends how close you are to your friend if your just like hanging out once in a while.. shoulder.

if youve known them for years.. chest.

Answer 6

when dealing with just friends keep it shoulders and arms ...no chest