@FunCartel @pmvines ok now I want a matching shirt and Fanny pack.
This thread just keeps getting funnier and funnier! 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you everyone for making me laugh!
For those who like a wee sip there is the CuddleSouthernComfort shirts with a pic of the resulting cuddle:
I have 30 T-Shirts already, which is about 20 too many. Might I suggest a coffee mug, stationery, sock hat, sweat pants, baseball cap, cuddle blanket, umbrella, and for @pmvines, toilet paper.
@FunCartel don't you dare make fun of fanny packs those are fighting words!
My sons mother was South African so fanny pack was such a funny thing to say because she was used to fanny being used as a term for the place that babies come from
@Charlie_Bear I love it! That's perfect!!!
This is such a cute idea!
@CuddlelessinLB haha accurate
@pmvines 😉
@Mark thanks for the clarification and confirmation 🙂
@pmvines I've seen it in quite a few other communities I've been in. It usually fizzles out pretty quickly because people generally don't actually want to do the work of designing, shopping for/ordering, or printing/making their own t-shirts. Besides, I make enough DIY shirts most years to know what a pain in the arse iron-on transfers and vinyls are 😂 but that also means I know what an insane markup the t-shirt shops make, so unless I'm bulk ordering I stay far away lol
People like to try to translate their online community feeling to "real life", thus things like meet-up events and creative endeavors to show pride and participation in the community. Really it's just a reversal of the creation of online groups for in-person communities. Folks always like to feel like they belong and contribute 😊
@cuddlefaery Sure, those might be your motives. Mine are to increase the odds of finding a cuddle partner.
@1_teddybear what would be my motives? I think I missed something?
I attributed what you said to your motives "People like to try to translate their online community feeling to "real life", thus things like meet-up events and creative endeavors to show pride and participation in the community. Really it's just a reversal of the creation of online groups for in-person communities. Folks always like to feel like they belong and contribute 😊" This is not so?
@1_teddybear I'm not one of those proposing to make or otherwise have CC t-shirts, so I have no motives in this case. I was responding to pmvine's earlier comment about having shirts etc. for online communities like this in general.
Beyond that - even if I were seeking to build local community via using CC t-shirts, how would that be counter to your goal of seeking a cuddle partner? Wouldn't a larger and more active local cuddle community make finding a cuddle partner easier? As would participating in said community, rather than remaining separate from it as a solo agent?
🤣🤣😂 curmudgeon is worth being a profile name!
Discombobulated curmudgeon! 😂🤣😅
I have a t shirt that says I’m a cuddle slut.
@HUGGGGGG 😆😆
Hahaha @m_r0 @HUGGGGGG Perfect for @pmvines !!
Thanks everyone…it may be good for me too! 😅😂🤣 this is a T-shirt worth having! … I had a bright red T-shirt that said GUILTY in the front and on the back it read “… for stealing your thunder, destroying your game plan and breaking you down” … I hope I remember it correctly …
Something to consider as food for thought. We are all part of a little bubble world where all of this stuff is awesome and amazing and completely normal. However, a middle aged man wandering around with a free hugs shirt hoping that it leads to them being able to put their hands on strangers can be seen as kinda creepy to those not in the bubble, AKA the general public . So I know that it's fun to talk about etc but you also have to be realistic. And this is coming from someone who is very pro touch and loves to cuddle. Despite the curmudgeonness
@pmvines Graphic tees make me feel so anxious and I don’t know why. It’s fun designing them but I couldn’t wear one. I get too embarrassed.
I would advise any woman against walking around in public with her CC user name spelt out on the back of the T-shirt, with "Pro" under it. That is asking for trouble. It is like putting a target on your back.
@Charlie_Bear I always see cool looking shirts but when I feel them a lot of the time the graphic is bulky , itchy, constricting , etc. The texture of clothes kinda puts me off sometimes when it comes to graphic tees
@CuddlelessinLB ~ Ditto!! I also want that!!
Or one with just 'CC', along with the blue and pink user placeholder image, on the front (lower/left side-ish) and the full name across the back/shoulder blades.
Dang, I wish I still had a computer!!
@quixotic_life Here is my attempt at what I think you wanted:
And just the logo in the center:
Aaaaaannnd one more 😅
@Charlie_Bear 🥰
Oooo wait!! I think I'd actually like this...
(except with it all the in the CC font/colors)
Oh, and to have it not too big, on my back right shoulder, perhaps turned 90° to the left??
Seems appropriate to have it able to be read while the wearer is laying down. I mean that's typically when I'm in full-on ready to cuddle mode, so makes sense to advertise it then... sort of 🤷♀️
Graphic Ts are my thing, but I'm 1000% picky. First up: 100% cotton, please. Second, screen printed Ts ONLY, because thou shalt not have itchy iron on designs ever. Third: I wear them for me because I like them, they amuse me, but I also forget that I'm wearing them. Like:
T from Haight/Ashbury in a 1960s comic book style of a women looking distraught and the caption: "OMG, I left the baby on the bus"
"I've upped my standards, now up yours."
Or my usual. Simple caption over my left pec: "Whatever. Bye."
I want a cuddlecurmudgeon one... But my caption would be: "No connection? No cuddle for you!"
Whatever you wear, do it with pride.
I love this idea! Teddy, great designs!!