每週收入1600美元! 美國女子專業抱抱撫慰人心!

A woman who describes herself as 'not a touchy feely person' has become a full-time cuddler – and now earns $80 an hour for giving hugs.

一名自稱“不是個輕浮的人”的女子，成爲了一名全職擁抱者--現在她通過擁抱他人，每小時可以掙到80美元。

Janet Trevino, 37, from San Antonio, Texas, became a professional, part-time cuddler in August last year – going full-time in September, in response to demand.

37歲的珍妮特·特維諾來自德州聖安東尼奧，從去年8月開始兼職專業擁抱者，爲響應需求，在去年9月成了一名全職擁抱者。

She now spends 13-20 hours a week cuddling men, aged between 40 and 70 and earns up to $1600 a week.

現在，她每週要花大約13到20個小時來擁抱年紀在40歲到70歲的男人，每週的收入可達到1600美元。

Janet, who has a partner called Carlos, had always been naturally supportive to those around her and, in her early 20s, even wanted to work as a missionary.

珍妮特有個男友名叫卡洛斯，也非常支持她做這件事。而在珍妮特20多歲時，她還曾想過當一名牧師。

'My whole life, I have done this kind of work. When I was 19 or 20, I wanted to be a missionary,' she recalled. 'I think people really need messages of hope and I wanted to spread that.'

她回憶道：“我的一生都在做這種工作。當我19還是20歲時，我想當一名牧師，我認爲人們真的需要希望，我願意去傳播希望。”

But three years ago, she decided she wanted to do more to explore who she is as a person.

但三年前，她決定去做更多，以探索自己到底是個怎樣的人。

At one of her workshops, she met two professional cuddlers who explained what they do and persuaded her to come along to a cuddle party - a non-sexual gathering of cuddlists.

在她的一個工作室裏，她遇到了兩名職業擁抱者，他們向她解釋了自己的工作，還勸說她加入一個擁抱派對--擁抱者們的聚會，與性別無關。

Soon Janet was hooked and immediately signed up to online training through a website called Cuddlist.

珍妮特很快就被吸引了，迅速在一家叫擁抱者的網站註冊了線上培訓。

This involved guidance on cuddling positions, how to make clients feel comfortable and how to stay safe.

課程包括對擁抱姿勢、如何讓客戶感覺舒適、如何保護自身安全等的相關指導。

'Once I started, I felt like it all clicked and I thought I was really good at it,' she said. 'I am not really a touchy feely person. That's not me at all but I love it. I feel like cuddling helped me find that missing piece.'

“一開始從事這個行業，我感覺一切都棒極了，我真的非常適合。我不是個輕浮的人，但我就是熱愛這件事。我感覺擁抱幫助我找到了缺失的那一部分。”