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I've always been like that, I hate hugging any male family members.

I WAS molested as a child, though.

I've gotten better, but it still weirds me out. I only like being affectionate with DH and my kids, really.

It is possible that you could've blocked it out, I'm sure. But going to a hypnotist could surface those memories, if there are any, IDK if I would want to do that.

Quoting Mayhem ♥:" I've always been like that, I hate hugging any male family members. I WAS molested as a child, though. ... [snip!] ... it out, I'm sure. But going to a hypnotist could surface those memories, if there are any, IDK if I would want to do that."

yeah you're right I don't know if I want to resurface anything...and I don't know why a smiley face with sunglasses was in my post above LOL must hit that on accident....

I feel similar.

I don't like hugging or even making prolonged eye contact with males in my family but I cannot recall ever being touched by any of them.

It's really weird. I always take a man being nice to me as him being a creep, I just can't explain it. I have thought about going to a therapist but I don't think I could put myself into that situation just yet.

I don't know either, but I am the same way too.. Not so extreme, but I am not comfortable dressing in a revealing manner around any male family members.. To top it off, I have had weird dreams that would also seem to indicate that there may have been something that happened in my childhood. I have also noticed I am a very emotionally detached person, but to be honest I DONT WANT TO KNOW.

I'd prefer to live being modest around my male family members. That seems to be more natural; however, society has made it OK for a lot of things that just seem plain disrespectful. My 11-y.o daughter is very modest even around me so it could just be a personality trait. I would think if all other areas of your life are good, and your expecting a child, you would not want to know THIS truth unless it was to confirm that you weren't molested. But prepared for the other side. I would not want to know it if the other way was true. That's probably not a correct answer from a pyschological perspective, but that's just one area that if it happened then it would help make sense of some things, but in the end would create a lot more problems for me in my life.

To be fair however, I live over 10hours away from my nearest family so I dont have to deal with this on a regular basis any more.