[Harmless Teddy Bear]

And being clingy is nothing to exult in either. It is annoys the heck out of people when you go around whining "I need a hug, I have only had eight today and my shrink says I need fourteen. Give me a hug!"

Keep your nasty hands to yourself and we will get along fine.

Happily the people I choose to be around are emotionally healthy people who don't go around counting things.

[JockoManning]

How is it that you seem to construe a compulsive aversion to counting as healthier than a compulsive need to count?

How is it that you seem unable to detect/discern the difference between comfortable, mature, healthy enjoyment of physical, non-sexual affection freely given and received frequently throughout the day vs a desperate, insecure clingy-ness?