actually, koala's post made me remember that when I saw my new case manager for the 1st time a few weeks ago, she asked if she could hug me. This was my first appt. w/her as my case mgr but I have known her for 3 years so it wasn't that weird. And I said yes, and I hugged her, and it felt nice. Oddly, when my previous case mgr was leaving and it was my last session with her, I felt like she might want to hug me goodbye and I was really hoping she wouldn't. We didn't hug goodbye. I still feel kind of bad about that because I really liked her, but when it comes down to it touch is awkward and foreign to me, I feel like I have gotten off easy if I can squeak by without touching anyone.