Cyber Spooning - It Happens

Spooning withdrawal.

It's happening.

Ugh.

So spooning withdrawal is definitely a legit thing, and it kind of bites. I find that if I've had oodles of snuggles lately, suddenly going without for a period of time from 24 hours+ can be a little sad.

How do you tell if you have spooning withdrawal, you say?

Symptoms may include:

your skin feeling lonely or particularly sensitive

you smelling like yourself rather than snuggly other people

cold hands

restlessness

inability to sleep

desire to hug random strangers

clinginess with people with whom you do not usually snuggle/spoon

vast quantities of childhood stuffed animals in your bed

hugging yourself periodically

daydreams of snuggles

slight compulsion to consume juice boxes (okay so that's probably just me)

excessive desire to blog about snuggling (okay, probably also just me)

Anywho, you may be without your usual silverware at some point, be it due to vacation, general chaos, or midterms, and you've got to deal.

So how do you deal? While I have yet to develop a full scale 12 steps, here are some general tips:

• surround yourself with pillows/stuffed animals/fluffy blankets
  
• take a warm bath. It's like tiny liquid big spoons for your pores. Yep, that's a weird comparison. Good times, good times.
  
• take a shower, because it's like a vertical bath mixed with man made rain
• watch a movie that doesn't make you want to cuddle out of terror/happiness, if such a thing exists (Then again, I find a terrible lot of movies are terrifying at some point or another, including The Lion King, Happy Feet, and Jurassic Park.)
  
• write a poem about spooning
  
• write a blog about spooning
  
• drown your sorrows in homework
• hug your dog/mom/neighbor/life size Barbie
  
• dance naked. Preferably, with your curtains drawn and your door locked, because sometimes some people don't appreciate true art.
• daydream about past snuggles or future snuggles you would like to have
• make lists of epic places to snuggle. On a window washer thingy outside of a building? On a ferris wheel? On a boat?
• count some spoons (not sheep. spoons>sheep. Sheep smell icky. Spoons are cuddly. Clearly, spoons win.) and get some ZZZZ's
• cyber spooning with one of your fave spoons. This requires you to really think of some excellent cuddle-related verbs if you want to get any actual satisfaction out of this.
• enjoy a hobby that takes all of your focus, like building model air planes. Or building a model of the Millennium Falcon out of gumdrops. Or masturbating.

I hope these help!

Happy un-spooning, ya'll (I'm using the mother tongue in honor of my current locale!)!