Love & Hugs

I must preface this by saying that indeed, warm blood does flow through my veins, I promise.

However, if I hear one more "I love you" or see another hug exchanged betwixt the high school students whom I am so privileged to teach, I might ralph right in the middle of the floor. At this point, I'm just throwing up in my mouth a little. One more though and it's projectile FOR SURE!

Hugs are exchanged literally for no reason at all. The hug is the new "Hi!" Seriously, it's almost like a glancing blow: going from class to class, instead of "Hey, how's it going? Cool, see you in World History!" It's, "Hey, love you!" whilst hugging and pressing bodies together.

I'm not sure why it bothers me so much. I mean, on the one hand, I think sometimes I'm just sickened by the fact that some of the boys take advantage of (often) innocently given hugs from their friends that are girls. And, there are NUMEROUS ways to express affection, care, concern, coolness, etc. without saying "I love you." Probably, if I'm being honest with myself, I think sometimes I just kinda get embarrassed for them. I remember things I said to people I thought I cared about and looking back, I cringe thinking I was so flippant with my affection.

Really though, it's probably not that big of a deal. It could be worse of course. They could be kicking each other in the chins and saying "Bite me!" every time they see each other.

I guess I'll just have to make peace with love...:)