Honestly, spooning has very little to do with romance in my personal experience. I spoon with a great number of my friends. They're like stuffed animals, that you can actually talk to and that have actual body heat. And that have less fuzz.
Though if you squeeze too tight, they do admittedly experience pain, so don't do that.
And then there are the people who are better than stuffed animals for cuddling. Okay, so almost anyone is. But there are the people towards whom you're romantically inclined (most people don't feel romantically inclined towards stuffed animals...though there is that pretty creeptastic phenomenon with the Japanese pillow dolls.), and being romantically inclined can take spooning to a different level.
Anyways, to borrow a term from middle school, spooning with someone you "like-like" is just a little more fun. (Note: urban dictionary, that esteemed source of knowledge, defines "like-like" as more than a crush but less than love.) It could involve more physical contact; it could be the same as spooning with one of your other friends except for it makes you smile a little bit extra inside.
Also, it could involve less clothing. Though for me, that's really not the case. What's a little spooning in your underwear between good friends? At least in my book, that's a fun way to spend a bizarre evening. And I swear no alcohol was involved. It did involve a bunny...and a cat...and pancakes...but no alcohol! Clothing-optional/minimal-ness if of course always your own personal call (and just because you can never hear this too many times- you are always entitled to say no or change your mind. Anyone who ever tells you or makes you feel otherwise needs to GTFO and is not worthy of spooning with you. I pinky-promise. And I don't break pinky-promises. They're fricking sacred. Check out this wikipedia article if you don't believe me. It includes what I consider The Laws of the Pinky Promise.).
There are more ways to show you like somebody than with a lack of clothing anyways. You can always opt for kisses, hugs, or just bask in the happiness. I'm big on basking. I'd totally recommend it.
So happy spooning!
