actually, it makes her healthier in one very specific way. lots of studies hav ebeen doen on animas as well as humans about hte effects of oxytocin<sp?>, the hug hormone. it is a chemical our brains and the brains of other animals produces when we are touched or touch others. it is indeed a very interesting chemical. it lowers blood pressure, it sparks creativity and intelectual energy. it is also what causes and cures the "seven year itch". basically we build a tolerance to it and the theory goes after about 7 years it stops working for us when generated as a response to a specific person (thus the fac that peopelget bopred with their spouses safter 7 eyars or so). the fascinating thing is htat the tolerance gets killed and everythign gets jumpstarted when we come in a prolonged contact with children (or i nthe case of laboratory rats, their young). i.e. the cure for the seven year itch is to have children. it is rather amusing. but i digress. what i was talkignaobu tin the first place is that if <lj user = "ladysprite"> is touchy with peopel that means that she is healthier then those who don't do that as much. so, yeah, be happy :)