How do you hug much shorter people?

[MasterM]

There is an issue which has been bothering me for years now and after reading posts on these forums for quite a while now I wanted to ask you how you deal with it.

I'm taller (2m - guess that's about 6'5") than most of my friends who are more like 1.6m.
It's quite frustrating for me if someone wants to hug me or if I try to hug somebody because all I end up with is either being hugged around the belly and unable to hug back as my arms would be wrapping around their head or I have to lean forward so much that I need to put one leg forward so not to fall over which is both uncomfortable and awkward (for both as the hugged person would need to lean backwards).

It might sound like a small or stupid problem but it's really bothering me because it really starts to feel lonely if you don't ever get your head closer to anybody than 25cm.
Also I guess it would be too harsh to tell people "please step on that bench first" or something like that.

How do you manage to hug much shorter or much taller people?

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

Pick up shorter people. I know of few people taller than me, so I have no idea there.

 

[ALuckyChance]

I first thought the thread title was talking about how to hug midgets.

Anyway, maybe you should crouch down a bit?

 

[Hazy]

Bend over a little.
I have a friend who's about 4'7'' (I'm near 5'10'') and I just lean in and put my arms through their underarms (girls tend to hug around the neck area from my experience, so it's still easily reachable for them.)

Seems to work.

 

[Dango]

I rarely have this problem as I'm rather short for my age...

But with my little cousins I usually just crouch.

 

[glyphseeker]

hmm this is quite a problem the only thing i can think of is... nope i got nothing

only thing i could say is just hug them anyway you can such as the whole "hug my belly while i hug your head" thing

 

[warprincenataku]

I usually go for the bend over instead of bending my knees, it seems better to me somehow. I think of bending my knees as a way to pick up children, but for adults a simple bend over is good enough.

 

[Trogdor1138]

I'm a 6'2" or so, I usually just bend my knees slightly. It happened a lot especially when I was in school hugging friends everyday xD My girlfriend is also much shorter, but there's usually no problem since you can be more forward and physical with it for obvious reasons. Plus it just results in kissing anyway. She also tippy toes a lot for it after awhile I noticed xD

So yeah, bend knees slightly I say, since you'll only hug for about 2 seconds, saves losing balance or anything, it might get a bit annoying but if you want a true hug then that's about all you can do.

 

[Blue_vision]

Just sort of bend over and crouch a bit.

 

[Omikron009]

I just bend over a bit. I'm not very tall, so I don't have to do it often.

 

[johnsom]

Bear hug? really shake them out like your trying to get their loose change.

 

[Scde2]

I used to bend over to hug shorter people. But my cousin started to make me crouch hug.
lol i dunno.

 

[ALuckyChance]

I used to bend over to hug shorter people. But my cousin started to make me crouch hug.
lol i dunno.

Your post is ordinary, yet your post length is obscene. What, is that about 164 posts every day for half a year?

 

[ottenni]

I dont hug them, i pat them on the head. Then i run as they rage. Its worth it.

 

[Crystalite]

I have a friend to that is very tall, and I am pretty average.
I reach up to put my arms around his shoulders/neck and he leans down and puts his arms around my shoulders.
I get the stretching and he gets the stooping ;-)
That is just for the short hugs.

If I was ever to embrace him longer (not happened yet) I think he would just go down on one knee, or we would just both sit down on a sofa or something, which makes it far easier.

 

[hurfdurp]

I'd rather have that mangled hug you describe than my current no-hug zone. Just man-handle them off the ground to your height I guess.

 

[Au Naturel.]

I never noticed before. I guess I just lean forward a bit. I can understand your problem though, especially if you go for the hug under their arms.

 

[MasterM]

Don't you think it's somewhat diminishing for them to be lifted off?

 

[SimuLord]

I'm 5'11 (1,8 m) and frequently date girls 5'3 (1,6 m) and shorter. My general MO is to pick her up and hold her airborne, or to rest my arms on her shoulders in that instance. Method of choice depends on if she's short and skinny (in which case she's probably less than 110 pounds/50kg and easy to pick up) or if she's short and stout (in which case the rest-on-the-shoulder method is preferred.)