There's really nothing better than having a best friend — it's that unbreakable bond that makes for such a special relationship. But if you're a cuddly type, is being affectionate with your gal pal crossing the line of friendship?
Lindsay Lohan and her BFF Samantha Ronson might take it to an extreme, but last weekend Michelle Williams was photographed holding hands with her co-stars at the premiere of Adoration in Cannes in an endearing, supportive sort of way — something that I found very sweet. Now I know some people feel uncomfortable with PDA, but where do you stand on being touchy-feely (in a friendly manor) with your girlfriends?










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Um... Lindsay and Samantha are in a relationship.
I'm not a very physically affectionate person, but some of my friends are, and I don't mind if they hug me, or other things that aren't too extreme.
1boys, girls...all affection is welcome!
2I'm affectionate with some of my friends (it depends on their personality and our level of closeness). We usually hug, very occasionally give cheek kisses, and never hold hands.
3I was gonna say the same thing about Ms. Lohan.
I'm a very affectionate person. I love to hug, cuddle and lay my head on your shoulder... But I DON'T do the with everyone!
4I walk arm in arm with a few of my really close friends and we hug, but that's about it.
5The whole Lindsay, Samantha thing is different...I would never kiss my friend. From those pics a couple of days ago, that seems like a relationship. However I am affectionate with close friends but as stated previously, it depends on the friend. I'll grab my girlfriends hand to keep from getting lost in a club or something if we're making our way through a crowd, but that's the extent of it.
6I've linked an arm with my close friend before, hug of course so I have no problem with being affectionate with my girl friends.
7I'm pretty sure Lindsay and Samantha are dating... and Michelle was getting support from her friends because it's her first premiere since Heath died, I think. I hug my friends, but I don't remember ever holding hands while walking down the street-- linked arms, maybe, but to me that's a more feminine/ sisterly posture than holding hands.
8ive held hands with my friends but more in the michelle williams, omg im going to pass out i need you to hold me up, type of way.
i think if LL and samantha are more than friends then more power to them. but i have never been, even at my drunkest moment, as touchy feely with my friends as they are.
9I wouldn't kiss my girl friends but yeah we get kind of close sometimes. But with my best friend its normal, we've known eachother since we were 12.
10I'm fairly affectionate with my friends and sister. It's natural for me, as I do care about them. I would hug, pat the arm or shoulder when we're talking, especially if we're having a heart-to-heart conversation. For instance, if a friend told me something significant, I would touch her arm, look her in the eyes, and say,"Really??" That's the extent of my physical contact or PDA with my friends.
11I hug my girlfriends, but the lip locking is reserved for my guy.
12No liplocking or anything like that but hugs and air kisses is basically the extent of it
13I only hold friends hands if we're snaking through a crowd or something. I hug, perhaps an occasional kiss on the cheek. I haven't really considered any policies on the matter though.
14hugs hello and goodbye or kisses on the cheek. linked arms when walking sometimes. hand holding usually only if drunk lol. or fighting through a crowd.
15I'm gonna have to say that I'm pretty sure everyone has figured out that Lindsay and Samantha aren't just friends...
16I haven't had close friends in years, so I probably have been "affectionate" with female friends since high school. However, holding hands, linking arms, kisses on cheeks, hugs are okay with me. Of course, most of my friends have been pretty reserved, so kisses on cheeks only happened with a certain circle of friends.
Making out with female friends...Hmmm...I'm going to say, NO. Just in the same sense that I wouldn't want to make out with male friends just for the hell of it.
17I consider myself a pretty affectionate person, but I do not nuzzle and canoodle with my friends! We hug, occasional cheek kiss, maybe even link arms but nothing more than that!
18im mildly affectionate i guess.
19haha... i'm a really affectionate person, and thank goodness, so are most of my really close friends. we link arms all the time, hold hands when clubbing, hugs, arms around waists, etc. i don't know. it doesn't feel awkward for us so i guess it's to each her own.
20I agree with a lot of gals here, I hug my friends, but it just depends how close the friendship is. I never kiss my friends.
Btw, Lindsay and Sam are a different story. It's called a relationship.
21we sometimes walk arm in arm (especially if its cold) or I hug them (if they let me)....actually one time my friend and I were walking arm in around past a religous crazy dude and he started screaming at us about Jesus... it was really weird! lol it wasnt untill after we past him we realized why he was shouting at us because he thought we were lesbians.
Liho and Sam are def together. I believe Liho is going through a phase, poor Sam is going to get hurt in the process.
22Same with the other posters. Linking arms and hugging. Holding hands if we're walking around a crowded place or something. Not so much the kissing unless we are drunk haha.
23I am NOT touchy with my girls. I dont want to cuddle with my best friend. Im not into that.
24some people think me and my best friend are lesbians. We are very affectionate, we hold hands, hug, kiss(not on the mouth), and sometimes I give her piggy back rides. But I'm like, really, really close with her. My other friends I only hug and hold hands, and then it's like, for support or something.
25It depends on the friend, of coure, but my two closest girl friends and I are very touchy-feely. I've never "made out" with one of them, but we snuggle up when we're watching tv, always hug, do cheek and quick kisses, etc. We don't think anything about changing clothes in front of each other, either--we've known each other so long we're like sisters. There isn't anything we don't know about each other already, so why fake sudden shyness?
26I like my personal space. But I'm okay with hugs from a select few close friends and family members. One time I worked for an art show and this European lady who was one of the heads of this thing kissed me on both cheeks. Not air kisses - actual contact. I was surprised but I didn't make a fuss. It was kind of nice, but I wouldn't want people to make a habit of doing that with me.
27yeah I'm a pretty affectionate person with my group of friends and all them are the same as well so it's just natural for us to hold hands, hug, kiss hello- goodbye, cuddle while watching movies, it's no big deal
28Every time I see my best friends we link arms and hug constantly because we barely see each other anymore and are excited. But with any other friends, we only hold hands when we're drunk or trying to stay together in a crowd.
29It depends on the friend and the level of comfort. Some of my friend I'll kiss on the cheek, or hug, or hold hands others are a little bit more formal. And um yeah Lindsay Lohan is dating Samantha - there is a big difference between girl friends and girlfriends.
30None of my friends or I are really "touchy-feely" type people. We hug when we haven't seen each other in awhile (or when we've had a few cocktails), but we generally aren't overly affectionate with each other.
31i'm not really that affectionate with most of my friends (or maybe because they're not really like that) but my best friend and i are really close. we link arms all the time, hug, hold hands for certain circumstances (like making our way through a crowd), and even throw our arms around each other's shoulder or waist at times. but we have never kissed, nor will we ever, because we're just friends
lindsay and samantha are together, i'm sure of it
32my friends and i hold hands and cuddle all the time. it brings us closer!
33My friends and I aren't really that affectionate. We hug when we greet each other and say goodbye to one another, hold hands when we are in a crowd or mosh-pit (lol), or sometimes rest our heads on each other's shoulders when we're sleepy. We definitely don't kiss each other.
34Everyone wants to read something more into a perfectly innocent situation.I don't know why people have to try to make a hype over this stuff. It's not sexually improper or immoral to hold hands last time I checked . It's just affectionate behavior not any sort of dirty indiscretion. If we all payed more attention to ourselves and worried less about what other people are doing we'd be better off. I've held hands with girlfriends before. It's a sign of love, support and closeness. If two friends have more than that going on so what. If someone thinks that a friend crossed the line by hand holding or a hug maybe they should see a psychologist. Sometimes I've seen girls get kissy kissy huggy huggy to eachother in bars as a means of pandering to men's sexual fantasies and I think that's sort of pathetic.
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