So the Snuggle House opened and nobody told me...

By JD

It's not your everyday business, in fact so rare that finding an insurance company took a month. After a long search, The Snuggle House is now open for business.

Selling snuggles. They say it's as simple as that. Anyone who needs a companion or just wants to be held, can make an appointment, pay a fee, and cuddle away.

The Main Street business first faced scrutiny from the city, and skepticism from the public. Many found it hard to believe snuggling wouldn't turn into something more.

But the owner says each "snuggle session" is monitored the entire time by an employee and they make sure the touch therapy never crosses into anything sexual.

One employee says some people don't have anyone to turn to, and it's rewarding to help them.

"There's a lot of loneliness in the world and with the holidays there are a lot of people who just have a hard time and they don't have anyone," says Professional Snuggler, Lonnie Johnson.

The Snuggle House had its first client Friday morning, and expects to have 8-10 clients each day, meaning a lot of laundry. Just like a hotel the sheets have to come off and be cleaned between each session.

So last weekend I was out of town for a wedding and The Victory Lap had to take a back seat for a couple days. Turns out the second I turned my back on Madison, the Snuggle House opened up for business.  Seems like it would’ve been a smarter financial move for them to open on a day when TVL was up and running since I’ve been giving them endless free advertising, but whatever.   (Sorry, but I can’t write every single day, that’s why I’m on my fifth year of college in the first place.)

To be honest I’m a little disappointed that nobody let me know this was happening while I was away. We’re supposed to be taking The Victory Lap together – if there’s something like this that absolutely needs to be on the blog, tell me so I don’t look like a jackass.

Anyway, let’s make it up to one another.  Here's the deal: If we can get 1,000 "likes" on the Facebook page in the next week, I'll go to the Snuggle House, film as much as they'll let me, and write an in depth account of what's happening inside that place. already got around 425 people that like it. If you’re reading this, you’re probably one of them – so invite your friends to like the page too. Share the page and your favorite articles on Facebook and Twitter. Show me what the Lappers and Lapettes are made of.

I’m a man of my word.