Dear Knights,

It’s a beautiful day in the park, the sun is shining and there are no clouds in the sky. A woman sits down at a park bench looking around, seems like she’s waiting. A few minutes later, a male stranger walks up to her and says, “Hey want to cuddle?” She says yes and they lie on the grass and cuddle.

Wait what?

Forget Tinder, the new app Cuddlr allows complete strangers to meet up. No dates. No expectations. No kissing. Just public or private cuddling.

Trying to be a revolutionary new app, Cuddlr escapes the expectations of wanting a relationship and gets down to what everyone wants: someone to cuddle with.

According to the rules and guidelines of Cuddlr, “A cuddle can be many things: lying together in a park, window shopping holding hands, hugging, playing with each other’s hair, and putting your head in someone’s lap.”

This is what our society has come to: cuddling with strangers in a public place.

It’s understandable to have trouble finding a date or “getting back out there,” but it’s truly bizarre that people would actually download this app to cuddle with a stranger.

Users turn on their location services and other cuddlrs will appear who are in the same area. If one wants to cuddle with someone then they send a “cuddle request.” Then, the user has 60 minutes to accept the request , and respond with a message of 140 characters back saying for example, “Let’s meet at the park, I’m wearing a green shirt.” Walking directions are sent and then it’s cuddle time. After the cuddle date, one can rate the other person on how well they cuddled, so other users know if the cuddlr is reliable or not.

If people are this desperate and lonely to cuddle with someone then buy a dog.

It is sad that people would rather cuddle with a stranger to feel comfort and happiness than socialize and interact in person with someone and find that comfort and happiness.

As technology is improving, our communication and interaction skills are declining because we rely on our phones and computers to do the work for us.

Everyone wants to have that someone special to cuddle with, but don’t have it be a stranger from an app.
Sincerely,
Siena