PORTLAND, OR (KTRK) -- Many singles will opt out of spending Valentine's Day alone this Saturday and spend the day with a complete stranger instead. More than 100 people are set to attend an event in ...

PORTLAND, OR -- Many singles will opt out of spending Valentine's Day alone this Saturday and spend the day with a complete stranger instead. More than 100 people are set to attend an event in ...

Here's a plotline straight out of "Portlandia:" The Oregon hipster mecca is about to host the first-ever Cuddle Convention. The 18-and-over event, the pet project of professional platonic cuddler ...

Nov. 30, 2006 — -- Gary Nash was feeling just a tad out of touch when he decided to attend his first cuddle party. Nash, a New Jersey native who now works in the world of New York finance, walked ...

In February 2004, Marcia Baczynski organized the first Cuddle Party in New York City. A nonsexual, "boundary-appropriate" workshop for communication, intimacy and shared affection, Cuddle Party was an ...

Helen Jane Campbell, who is single, wasn't quite sure what she was getting into when she turned up at a 'cuddle party'. (Supplied) Cuddling is on the rise in the UK. If you find yourself single and ...

The first signs came early. Most infants can’t do much, and I was no exception, according to grown-ups who were present at the time. But there was one area in which I dominated at a very young age: I ...