Kinda stuck me cause I almost never hear men talk that way. In 30 years I don't think I've told my best friend I love him more then twice. Hell I even have anxiety using heart emojis. It's honestly really encouraging to hear men talk this way, maybe some day I'll be able to be one of them.
:meow-hug: I struggle myself with expressing my emotions, not least because of autism. But I feel much love, a lot of it, for my friends and comrades. As robotic as that may sound, it's still true :soviet-heart:
Do it because you don't know when it might be the last time you see someone. Big part of why my friend group does so and we do group hugs at the end of a party or whatever is cause we all have a lot of dead friends.