So is it not ok to hug married men?

Question

people on here says it's NOT ok to hug married men.

Well I don't hug men my age that are married. If they hug me it's usually a side hug or a shoulder hug.

I see nothing wrong with it especially if that married guy is old enough to be your dad and I'm 24.

What do you think?

Answer 1

There's nothing wrong with a hug. It would depend on the situation and who the person is, but generally speaking how can it be a problem? It's simply a friendly gesture.

Answer 2

If that's a delightful hug and not carried out in a sexual way or you're questioning with a grimy techniques, then this is okay to hug somebody who's married. Being married would not propose the tip of friendship. Now you suggested a stranger, why could you be going around hugging strangers?

Answer 3

I get hugs from men married and not married. There is a fine line whether appropriate or not. If the man is married and you and his wife are friends then I see no problem. If the man has made gestures toward you without the wife is so not appropriate. Been on both sides there. I prefer to not be hugged by a married man. Better left that way.

Answer 4

Every time I arrive at an event with my friends already there I go around and hug everyone, even my friend's husbands or my male friends if they have wives, and the same before leaving. The only way it would not be okay for you to give a married man a friendly hug is if his spouse doesn't feel comfortable with it or if you or he wants more than a hug.

Answer 5

considering the fact the im 25 and think someone who is 22 years older then me is sexy i would say it depends on if your friends, if you know he just a really good guy or if your are bringing on that kind of attention you know :) so really age is not a number and it just matter on the situation and what the hug meant. if you think it meant nothing then maybe it didnt but if this person is hugging you all the time i think there is a problem with that

Answer 6

Hi! I think it is ok. My husband and I hug friends that are married. We just do it appropriately. It should be a sign of affection or a greeting nothing more.



Just watch out for those bear hugs!!! :)



The Best,

MJ

Answer 7

It's okay to give a friendly hug. Like what you said, a side or shoulder hug. Always good to hug his wife when she's around, because she's his other half.

Answer 8

My husband gets hugs from our female friends all the time. I give my married male friends hugs.



A hug is a hug.

Answer 9

Depends, have you been friends for a long time or is this a new acquaintance? I would shy away from hugging a married man that is a new acquaintance regardless of his age.

Answer 10

REALLY DEPENDS...

some men have wives that are VERY JEALOUS! or the men might think it is MORE than it is.

OLD men are perverts too... so being old enough to be your dad won't matter. (and they might think you are coming on to them)



Unless you are FRIENDS with them and you know how they think... I wouldn't do it..

If you do the one arm hug rather than the full frontal hug might be a bit more generic.

Answer 11

I hug everyone! Married, unmarried, single, divorced.. ect.. who cares? Its a hug! If someone tells me they don't like hugs.. I won't do it, but its a great simple way to make you feel a bit better and a bit loved.

Answer 12

That's ridiculous. Of course it's ok. If it's a guy you know well and you've been hugging in a non romantic way for years, I don't see why there's any problem.

Answer 13

It is perfectly o.k. to hug a married man regardless what their age is, as long as it is just a very friendly hug.

Answer 14

married men are always tempted by the little side dish now and then,hugs are a gesture of closeness and thats why yoiu can hug married men no matter how old cus all men are sercret pervs who always want more than what theyve got

Answer 15

it depends on the hug,

if it's a friendly hug because than man is your friend, or if that man is your father, your brother, it's perfectly ok.



if that man hugs you and touches your back or slide his hands in your clothes (or if you touch him inappropriately) it's definitely NOT OK.

Answer 16

It is fine. I need a hug but I am not married.

Answer 17

Hug who ever you want. Hugs are harmless, just don't' be grinding your body into any married men while you hug them that just might annoy their wives.

Answer 18

there is nothing wrong with hugging married man, as long as you keep your distance.and anyway it;s just hugging and it's not like your sleeping with the guy right?

Answer 19

It's only a simple Hug. No big deal about that.

Answer 20

well at any age if you hug someone that is your friend well it is ok...huging is just a way to express your affection to the other person be it friendly or the other thing...

Answer 21

It is okay to hug people, even married men and women.

Answer 22

i think that it is fine because all married men are going to have firends and a hug simply represents your friendship!

Answer 23

Why are you hugging men old enough to be your dad?

Answer 24

of course it's fine! as long as it's a "nice to see you friend" hug, and not a romantic, "notebook" hug.

Answer 25

It's fine whatever age they are! BUT always remember that they am in a relationship & it ent fair on the 'other half' if you do anythin more!!!!! alwayyss rememba that k?!?!



xox

Answer 26

depends on culture

some cultures is extremely normal and expected others not so much or not at all

Answer 27

yu can hug them, but also respect their commitment to another woman.

e.g dont step over that mark.

Answer 28

i dont give a dam if any married woman hug me.

Answer 29

The Bible says that everything related to sex is EVIL and will lead you straight to hell. So you what you are doing is a sin, don't hug nor let them hug you. That is Satan tempting you.

Answer 30

my ex did a little more than that...every chance she got

Answer 31

It's okay.

Answer 32

thats fine lol!!

Answer 33

it's okay, as long as it isn't anything more

Answer 34

NOT OK.