Saturday, February 3, 2007

Muggle?

my roommate the other day said that all he wanted to do was spoon with a girl. it made me think about the word. its a terribly awkward word to say. especially to other guys. "my girl and i spooned last night. we spooned." something about it is just weird when said aloud or expressed as a desire. but i started thinking about other words, and there really arent any other options. there are no manly cuddling words. guys like to cuddle. we do. perhaps not as much as women do. probably because no guy aspires to just cuddling with a girl. but guys arent really complaining either. most of the time they are perfectly happy just cuddling with a girl. but we cant admit it. you cant tell your roommates that you cuddled all night with a girl. if you do, then you have failed. even though it may have been a success, you cant just say you cuddled, because it sounds queer. even if the roommates agree that it was a success, they cant congratulate you for it, because they are roommates and they cant allow you to gain satisfaction from just cuddling with a girl.
but what are you to say to them? if you say, 'we just hung out and cuddled,' then you sound like a loser. you could say, ' we just watched a movie and i held her all night,' but a guy can only say that if he's in a zach braf movie. he could say, 'we just watched a movie, and spooned.' but it just creates an awkward atmosphere in the room. i asked my friend karl about this and his suggestions for a word other than cuddling or spooning probably shouldnt be repeated. what about muggle? we muggled all night. too much like cuddle. how about packing it? could be interpreted the wrong way, but it could also work.

'what did you guys do?'
'not much, we just packed it in all night.'

its better than cuddling. but its easy to see why one might not think you were just cuddling with the person. yet it is manly. im open for suggestions and ideas. im sure this can be solved and sorted out sooner than later.


***so i just noticed that 'kaahl' posted a comment with some suggestions. he likes 'graze' and i do was well. 'we just grazed and watched a movie.' definitely can work. i also liked 'buss.' it sounds pretty cool. 'im just relaxing at home and bussin with my girl.' also has potential.

1 comment:

Kaahl said...

Well how about:

bear hug, brush, buss, clinch, clutch, coddle, cop, cosset, cuddle, dandle, embrace, feel, fondle, grab, graze, handle, hug, kiss, make love, massage, mug, neck, nestle, nuzzle, pat, paw, pet, play around, rub, spoon, squeeze, stroke

I like graze.

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