In the search for new and exciting ways to make money, a unique side hustle is gaining traction in the US: professional cuddling. And it's exactly what it sounds like. A client pays a certified ...

At Cuddle Up To Me, trained cuddlers hold, stroke, and embrace customers in a nonsexual way. When Samantha Hess's marriage ended five years ago, she felt she was lacking a basic human need: Physical ...

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - It's only natural that my interview with Alexis, a certified "Cuddlist," begins with a hug. It's her version of a handshake: firm, brisk and genuine. We conduct the interview in ...

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For many lonely souls out there, ours is a cold, clammy world bereft of snuggles; a barren landscape in which not a single cuddle session can be seen on the horizon. As parched for affection as these ...

Ivy Dremon opens the door to her South Philadelphia apartment and greets the stranger she will be cuddling for the next hour. "I'm super-excited," Dremon, 24, a professional "cuddlist," tells her ...

Paying to get cuddles is not as unusual as some might think. It is, in fact, a real business built to help people who feel lonely, depressed, or simply in need of an ...

Amy Grinnell is a “trained cuddlist,” and even she admits that it sounds absurd. Yes, a so-called “cuddlist” does exactly what you think she might. Grinnell, from Shelton, gets paid to cuddle. “It ...

When H. Melinda Krakowski, a customer service representative in New York City, was married, she couldn’t shake the feeling that she was alone, even when her husband was in the room with her. That’s ...

When Samantha Hess's marriage ended five years ago, she felt she was lacking a basic human need: physical touch. As a woman in her late 20s living in Portland, Oregon, she found plenty of men ...