Spreading the word on this site about local parties?

frankparker9frankparker9
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I'm helping organize the Santa Clara (in northern California) cuddle party for October, and as a long-time user of this site I thought of posting here to spread the word, but it felt too spammy. If every party going on around the world got a discussion thread, it would fill up the forum. What if we had a top-level forum category, alongside Cuddle Requests, for Cuddle Parties?

My impression (as I mentioned once before on here) is that cuddlers on this site don't necessarily know about their local parties (or that cuddle parties are even a thing), and people at the parties don't necessarily know about this site. In theory, anyone can go on cuddleparty.com or meetup and browse around, but... maybe you don't know if they are good parties... and in practice it seems there are a lot of cuddle enthusiasts who spend time on this site but don't know about the parties in their area. Which is shame because (and I don't know all the history but) my impression is that "cuddle culture" (or what I think of as cuddle culture) originated and spread via cuddle parties.

Yvonne's cuddle party in Santa Clara is one of the very oldest, going back at least a decade (and still one of the very best, I'd speculate). It has a community around it and is generally well-attended (20-30 attendees with gender balancing). Yet, it would great to pull in cuddly people from this site. I don't think Yvonne even knew about this site until I mentioned it. If you live in the vicinity of Silicon Valley, know that you are blessed with cuddle parties. Coming up there is Yvonne's party in Santa Clara (Oct 7), and Tree's (Theresa) party about 10 miles away from that the next day in Sunnyvale (Oct 8), which I've never been to but I've heard is also a long-running "one of the good ones." Both of these parties can be found on cuddleparty and meetup.

Maybe we can link up these communities more. It could also bring more users to the site, when people go to parties and mention that they found out about the party via cuddlecomfort. Cuddlers, unite!

Comments

  • sometimessometimes

    Agree. There are several cuddle parties every month in the New York City area. The men's tickets (and sometimes the women's) sell out almost immediatel and usually there's a waiting list. . Look them up on Meetup.com.

    It's a great way to meet like-minded people with shared experiences and expectations.

  • Brett4HealingBrett4Healing

    Happy to host / organize party for NYC

  • [Deleted User]chococuddles (deleted user)

    Best of luck @frankparker9!

    Let us know how it goes.

    Always inspiring to hear about successful cuddle parties. <3

  • sometimessometimes

    Brett, I know from long experience that most women won't consider a cuddling event that's organized by a random stranger, esp. one that might push his professional services (not saying you'd do that). Cuddle parties work because they have a long and transparent worldwide presence and events run by accredited organizers also with transparent credentials and identities who facilitate the entire event. Try one. Btw, I have no connection with the organization

  • GeekCuddlesGeekCuddles

    I've gone to local parties organized by random people as long as they've had some sort of written/confirmed code of etiquette for all attendees. This has been everything from small to very large gatherings both paid and unpaid. There has also been a lot of friends of friends things.

    I think as long as the organizers are genuine in their intentions the gathering will be fine.

  • sometimessometimes

    That's not been the case in New York at all. Obviously friends of friends events are a different category.

  • I_am_PolyloverI_am_Polylover

    There are a lot of cuddle parties in the LA area, but they are mostly on the west side which is too far for me. Therefore, I tried starting my own cuddle party in Pasadena. Everyone cancelled at the last minute, and I had to eat most of the cost of the hotel room. I may or may not try again in the future using what I learned in that attempt.
    <3 Jim

  • [Deleted User]chococuddles (deleted user)

    Ditto on the LA parties being too far away.

    I've considered co-hosting one in but in the San Fernando Valley next year.

    Everyone seems so spread out but there are so many people in LA. There must be some secret formula.

    Hire Indiana Jones?

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