Birgitte & Cuddle Party

Birgitte has been a certified Cuddle Party facilitator since 2004.

Trends: Let's Hug
Newsweek
August 30, 2004

Birgitte Philippides, 36, says the parties can improve life for singles. "Ever since I've been cuddling, it's been a waterfall of guys asking me out because I'm so much more approachable," she says.

A Party for the Touch-Deprived
NU Comment
By Erica Lee Schlaikjer
Winter 2005

"I asked him if I could wear my sexy lingerie and he said 'no,'" Birgitte remembered. "It was very confronting. I kept thinking, 'No one's going to want to talk to me when I'm wearing ratty old pajamas.' But it made me realize all the other wonderful things about me that people are attracted to."

Hey you, want to snuggle?
Staten Island Advance
By Elise McIntosh
August 1, 2006

And both Mihalko and Ms Baczynski marvel at the pounds dropped by some of the regulars, including Birgitte Philippides, who claims her weight loss of upward 30 pounds is a direct result of attending 100 Cuddle Parties.

Latest Dating Craze: Cuddle Parties!
National Enquirer
September 18, 2006

For Birgitte, the parties provided a safe gateway to the opposite sex and allowed her to deal with deep-seated issues she had that prevented her from having a stable relationship with a man.

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