Spooning peacefully in a double bed, this pair could be any normal couple on a Sunday morning.
But revisit the scene an hour later and Jackie
Samuel will be curled up in the arms of another man.
The 29-year-old is a professional cuddler. She
turned to snuggling with strangers to help pay for her studies and provide for
her young son.
She can make $260 a day and cuddles with up to
30 men a week - including pensioners and war veterans.
However, her business 'The Snuggery' has not
gone unnoticed and her college has threatened to expel her - while others have
called her a prostitute.
She said: 'I think I was born knowing how to
snuggle. Snuggling is healthy, spiritual and fun.
'I think clients come to me for all different
kinds of reasons. Some of my older clients, their wives have passed away, and
they just need someone to be with, like someone to experience touch with.
'Some of the younger clients are between
relationships, some are in problematic relationships, and some people are just
really curious and they come to just find out what it's going to be like.'
Jackie advertises her services online and
charges $60 an hour.
The cuddling can take place anywhere around her
cottage in Rochester, New York, but most clients opt to use her large double
bed.
They are banned from touching parts of her body
covered by underwear, which she wears under pyjamas.
The business has done so well she has even hired
another snuggling professional, Colleen.
Her apprentice has yet to take on a client by
herself but has joined Jackie on two occasions in what they have termed a
'double cuddle'.
Despite her strict rules on sexual activity,
Jackie has received a barrage of emails and phone calls slamming her as a
prostitute.
She added: 'Some have said I am worse than a
prostitute because they think snuggling is more intimate than sex. I've been
told I'm monetizing love.'
One of her repeat customers, who would only give
his name as Tim, disagrees with her critics.
He said Jackie's cuddles had helped him
following a bad break-up and described the sessions as 'meditative'.
He even said he would continue to see her while
in a relationship.
'There's no cheating element, it's not immoral,'
he said.
Culled From Mail Online.
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