This has been a big Pandemic Plus for me too.
I loathe being hugged by other grown-ups.
Before the pandemic, this was unacceptable.
Now it's normal.
I, of course, wrote an essay about this but I'm not including the link to it here because that would be rude.
Meanwhile, I'm serious about our writing a book together. Drop me a line at roSwarren@gmail.com (that's ros with an s and not a z) and we can maybe get that off the ground.