I think I mentioned in another post that I get lonely and blue at the holidays. My father and mother have been gone 29 and 19 years respectively, but both of their final illnesses were connected to the holiday season. Now my only sister (8 years my senior) is rapidly sliding into the valley of Alzheimer’s disease. I have infrequent brief crying jags that are probably good for me, but I think in a good cuddle, I’d fall apart. If I were with someone who knows me and understands, it might be okay. But I don’t have that person in my life right now, and I don’t think it would be fair of me to lay all of that on a new ( new to me ) cuddle partner. Then again, I may be not giving the other person enough credit.