From Hugs to Happiness: The Importance of Physical Affection

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🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When you show affection, you’re showing love. It's another way to say I love you. But, far too often couples let it slip away. They stop sitting close to each other on the couch. They stop holding hands as they walk down the street. It’s sad really. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Listen to all my episodes of Dr. Laura's Deep Dive in your favorite podcast app.
0:07.0	Search for Dr. Laura's Deep Dive podcast and follow my Deep Dive today.
0:17.0	Dr. Laura's Deep dive.
0:20.0	Deep dive. Dr. Laura's Deep Dive, Deep Dive, Dr. Laura's Deep Dive podcast.
0:26.4	Ed sent this email to me.
0:28.8	He wrote, I'm 69, divorced after 30 years of marriage.
0:32.9	The divorce came from many things.
0:35.5	We became inattentive to each other. Now I'm on my own and thinking
0:41.4	that if I would just have treated her kindly, I might be living in a different life today.
0:49.3	I miss the happiness we had, and I dream about the happiness that I still believe we could have.
0:56.9	With those thoughts in mind, I wrote the following poem.
1:03.2	A kiss, a touch, a smile, a snuggle, a a hug holding hands in public how many times did i shy away how many times
1:20.7	did i withhold how many times did i appear uninterested how many times did I appear uncaring and now how much do I want a
1:36.2	kiss a touch a smile a snuggle a hug Please continue sharing your message that growing part is nothing more than a
1:50.8	poor excuse and that treating each other kindly requires very little effort, particularly when
1:58.2	compared to the loss that comes as a result, signed Ed.
2:04.0	When you show affection, you're showing love. It's another way to say I love you. But far too
2:10.9	often, couples just let it slip away. They stop sitting close to each other on the couch. They
2:16.2	stop holding hands as they walk down the street.
2:18.5	It's sad, really. I had a husband call one time. He was about to dump his wife in spite of the fact
2:26.4	that he had a couple of kids still at home. He just, I don't know, didn't love her anymore.
2:31.8	I gave him one of my ridiculous assignments that I'm famous for.
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