Something I come across a lot are older people who are anxious to cuddle with younger out of fear that it's boundary pushing and not appropriate, especially in cuddles with the opposite sex. Obviously since intent is platonic this is very far from the truth, but has anyone had these issues when approaching or being approached for a cuddle?
I recently had a gent of 55 respond to an ad I had up who is interested but does not want to scare me off with his age. Little does he know, my eldest cuddle was in his 70s and I hope to find others who are even further down the road. As a pro I can't discriminate based on age, but even if I weren't I don't think I would anyway.
To some it might seem like a red flag since why would age even matter, but then there are times where doing something that actually isn't wrong still gives us these guilty feelings. As a survivor of child sexual abuse for instance, I feel guilty when I come into physical contact with children. I feel like I am passing my abuse onto them. (Don't worry, my therapist and I are working at this!)
So it begs the question— are you comfortable cuddling and connecting with someone who is well outside your age group? Why or why not?