Wives who don’t want intimacy anymore usually give these nice excuses like “I’m too tired” when they’re feeling disconnected.

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Whether you’re a touchy-feely person or not, there are multiple reasons to be more physically affectionate in your close relationships. Here are seven, with links to the research: 1. Physical ...

The Girl Scouts is reminding its members they don't "owe anyone a hug" ahead of the holiday season — declaring it could give impressionable children "the wrong idea about consent and physical ...

From the moment we’re born, physical touch is crucial to our survival; babies need physical touch to develop and be healthy. There’s that all-important skin-to-skin time that happens within just the ...

Relationship transformations don’t always require expensive therapy sessions or lengthy heart-to-heart conversations. Sometimes, the most profound changes emerge from the simplest possible gesture—a ...

Can you measure the quality of a friendship by the number of hugs? According to TikTok, the answer is yes. The video-sharing platform has spawned a number of new relationship terms and trends, but the ...