{"id":66843,"date":"2014-11-20T11:12:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T11:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=66843"},"modified":"2014-11-20T11:12:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T11:12:28","slug":"woman-opens-professional-cuddling-shop-gets-10000-customers-first-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/woman-opens-professional-cuddling-shop-gets-10000-customers-first-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman opens professional cuddling shop, gets 10,000 customers in first week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Professional cuddler Samantha Hess has opened a pro cuddling shop, where for $60 customers can get an hour’s worth of spooning and “the level of human contact that we want or need in order to be our optimal selves.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Located in Portland, Oregon, the shop is called Cuddle Up To Me\u00a0and is already very busy.<\/p>\n
“This business has taken off,” Hess told Fox 12. “I’ve gotten as many as 10,000 emails in a week.”<\/p>\n
Hour-long sessions cost $60 dollars and include hair strokes, hand-holding and a plethora of different cuddle positions.<\/p>\n
Hess says the business is in no way adult-orientated, and that she got the idea for it during a low point in her life.<\/p>\n
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Samantha Hess previously cuddled at customers’ houses<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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Where the magic happens<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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Hand-holding is included<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
“I was at a place where I thought paying someone to hug me and not have ulterior motives sounded like a great idea,” she added. “I decided why can’t this be a thing that we can easily and safely reach for?”<\/p>\n
Sessions are taped to ensure the safety of both cuddler and cuddlee.<\/p>\n
“After meeting Samantha Hess, I feel so much better,” said Steve from Vancouver in a testiominal on the Cuddle Up To Mewebsite<\/a>.<\/p>\n