Should married men be hugging other women?
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It can be - my husband will give friends of both genders hugs. If anything he is more likely to hug his female friends because they happen to be more hug-y type people and he isn't the type to generally initiate hugs. But it also can be more, it depends on the person and the circumstances. If you have someone that hugs everyone then they hug everyone. No big. If you had someone who only hugged scantily clad young people (of whatever gender) that would be iffy.
I mean I think we need context is he hugging people he doesn’t really know? Or is it a family member or friend? I think getting upset about him hugging someone of the opposite gender simply because they are the opposite gender is strange. Some people are just huggers 🤷🏻♀️
I wouldn't care. My spouse is trustworthy and I'm not a needlessly jealous person. If they weren't trust worthy I wouldn't have married them in the first place
If he's hugging everyone as he's a hugger then unfortunately that's an issue YOU need to work on and overcome. It's a hug not a kiss
In France everyone kisses on the cheek. It’s about intention..if he treats everyone the same, I think it’s a great quality. If he’s got a wondering eye or there are trust issues then there may be more to it. On the surface, I don’t see the problem x
My husband and I are both huggers. If the person is family or a friend, doesn’t matter the gender we hug (and sometimes we kiss on the cheek too, but mainly family). I wouldn’t think twice if he hugged someone he knew and the same goes for him with me. We also typically don’t hug people we don’t know well. We sometimes joke about it, but we always say, if we exchange Christmas cards, you get a hug! So to me I don’t see the issue if this is something he does and applies equally across the board.
It's a cultural thing or a personality thing. My husband culture hugs everyone. My friend's culture kisses everyone on the cheek
A lot of my guy friends give side hugs to females. If your man is a hugger he is a hugger and I think that is okay.
Hugs and pecks hello and goodbye I have no problem with unless their OH has a problem w it then l I’ll stop w them specifically. But I also hug and peck (on the cheek) or an air kiss, everyone hello. And my man does the same. He ain’t going around doing 10sec hugs they are 1-2secs and it’s a common greeting to me.
If he literally hugs everyone then you're juat selfish and jealous
It really depends on the person, situation, history. Based on a previous post I just saw, apparently it's not okay for a wife to want her husband to have a bro night w/o young coworkers joining 🫠 so clearly the world some of us live in is non existent now to many other women ha
If he treats everyone the same, and you have no other reason not to trust him, then he probably sees it as just a hug. People have different levels of comfort around physical contact based on their personality and how they were raised. Some people are more physically affectionate. Some are not. Unless he's going out of his way to hug women in skimpy clothes, I'd say he's just one of those people who is more comfortable and sees nothing wrong with it. That said, there's nothing wrong with bringing up your concerns and letting him know it makes you uncomfortable. Go into it with an open mind. If you talk it out you may find it puts your concerns at ease. He should at least be considerate of your feelings, so maybe a compromise is for him to curb the physical affection with women in skimpy outfits. That's an acceptable line to be drawn. Hugs can definitely just be hugs between genders, it just depends on the person and the intent. I've hugged many guys who aren't my husband or family.