The Modern Cuddle

The modern age has brought many things to mankind. Good examples can be technology like the cool new invisibility lens being played with by the scientists at the University of Rochester that is said to work in 3D, unlike the other known cloaking devices or things like advanced medicine as can be seen in the many treatment approaches to the Ebola virus outbreak that has been ravaging different parts of the world and could arguably be called the modern day ‘plague’.

But one thing throughout all these many advances still remains the same and that is humans will remain human.

In a recent article I read how a woman from Portland, Oregon opened up a very interesting business, Cuddle Up To Me.

Now before your mind drops into the gutter- read on, because believe it or not, this isn’t an adult shop of any kind.

Samantha Hess basically charges customers $60 [R658.42] to spend an hour cuddling and she throws in some hair stroking and hand holding as well!

As crazy as it all sounds her business seems to be going crazy as people line up for a little platonic lovin’ and can you blame them?

It seems to me that along with all our modern day achievements mankind has slowly slipped further away from meeting our most basic need - human touch.

Sure we landed a man-made craft on a comet for the first time in human history, but have we figured out the root cause for depression?

Strange how with so many advancements in science that though we supposedly understand our species, we seem to apply that understanding less and less into our lives. It has me wondering if we really know anything at all.

Samantha got the idea for her business during a low point in her life, a point I’m sure many have reached at one point or another in their own lives.

It amazes me that all it took was the idea that some random’s warmth could brighten up a mood. But after thinking about it, it struck me that it wasn’t too much of a far-fetched idea. Because let’s be honest, ‘someone’ near beats no one around every time, right?